Akai CD3000XL Operator's Manual download pdf (Page 18)

INTRODUCTION

Page 12 S3000XL Operator’s Manual

LOADING THE DEMO FLOPPY DISKS

To get you started, some sounds are provided on floppy disk.

To load the sound library disk, insert it into the drive and press the LOAD key. Now simply

press F7 - CLR. You will receive a prompt asking you if you want to clear the entire

memory. Respond by pressing F8 - YES

The library disk supplied comes with several programs. In SINGLE mode, these may be

selected from the S3000XL’s front panel using the DATA wheel or alternatively, you may

use MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE commands from your MIDI controller to select new

programs.

You will also note that they are laid out in a MULTI for multi-timbral sequencing. You may

use this to play the demo sequence that is also supplied on floppy disk with the S3000XL.

To play the demo sequence on the S3000XL, assuming the sound data disk has been

loaded, follow the procedure below.

1 Insert the DEMO SEQUENCE floppy disk into the disk drive.

2 In GLOBAL mode, press (F5) to get to the MIDI SONG PLAY page and press

(F2) to get to the LOAD page for song files.

3 Select and load a MIDI song file from the file list. You can load as many files as you

like as long as there is enough memory space.

4 Once the files are loaded, press (F1) to return to the MIDI SONG PLAY page.

Select the file you wish to play and press (F7) to play the selected MIDI song

file. Press (F8) to stop playback.

If you have owned an Akai sampler before, you may also have other sounds on CD-ROM

or hard disk. Operation is virtually identical to the S3000 series and the S1000/S1100. To

load sounds from hard disk, press the LOAD key and select HARD at the top of the

screen. Move the cursor to the volume name field and select the volume you wish to load.

Press F7 - CLR - followed by F8 - YES - to clear the current contents of memory and load

the entire hard disk volume. If you have not used an Akai sampler before and you need

more detailed information on loading from hard disk or CD-ROM, please see the section

LOAD MODE.

However you load sounds, whether it’s from floppy disk, hard disk, cartridge or CD-ROM,

just load them and enjoy playing with your new sampler. Although we suggest you read

the operator’s manual thoroughly, of course, at this stage, you don’t want be bothered

with that so just experiment and get a feel for the S3000XL. As long as you don’t press

the SAVE key and accidentally overwrite your floppy disk or hard disk volume, you can’t

damage your sounds permanently or come to any harm (you can’t damage a CD-ROM as

it’s a read only device). If you do start messing with the samples and programs and don’t

like the results, simply re-load the sounds in or load another bunch of sounds to play with.

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Akai CD3000XL Operator's Manual Page 18