Akai S5000 User Manual

WARNINGTo prevent fire or shock hazard, do notexpose this appliance to rain or moisture.Operator’s Manual/ STEREO DIGITAL SAMPLERSoftware Version V1.3

8 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /SCSI COPYThe UTILITIES page has several new additions:One of them - SCSI COPY - allows you to make a mirror image copy of

Version 1.30 9/ NEW FEATURES*** ALL DATA ON THE DESTINATION DRIVE WILL BE ERASED ***Please be very careful when selecting the destination drive.AKAI

10 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /MEMORY COMPACTAnother of the features introduced in UTILITIES is MEMORY COMPACT:Samples in memory need to be held contigu

Version 1.30 11/ NEW FEATURESIt should not be necessary to use this new function regularly and the COMPACT MEMORY shouldbe used when, for example, mem

12 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /PLAYSHEET FUNCTIONThe Playsheet function has been designed specifically for theatre work following requests fromusers in

Version 1.30 13/ NEW FEATURESFor example, a ‘scene list’ for a production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ may look like this:SCENE LISTAct 1 Scene 1Act

14 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /CREATING A PLAYSHEETBecause a playsheet is actually a multi, you must use MULTI mode to create playsheets and aplaysheet

Version 1.30 15/ NEW FEATURESPressing SCENE LISTS will take you to this page:This screen shot shows an empty scene list - you could have many scenes s

16 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /To create a scene, simply press CREATE SCENE (F5). You will receive the usual name promptwhere you may name the scene if

Version 1.30 17/ NEW FEATURESAs the prompt advises, use the DATA wheel to select the playsheet (i.e. multi) you want to assign.Continue to add playshe

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18 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /EDITING SAMPLES FOR USE WITH A PLAYSHEETPlaysheet users have very specific requirements for playback options. With that i

Version 1.30 19/ NEW FEATURESRECORDING SAMPLES FOR USE WITH A PLAYSHEETNo special requirements. However, as they are always played out on C3 within th

20 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /USING THE PLAYSHEETAll ten cues may be played simultaneously. When a cue is playing, it is highlighted and if two ormore

Version 1.30 21/ NEW FEATURESLOADING AND SAVING SCENES AND PLAYSHEETSLoading and savings scenes and playsheets is much like loading and saving multis,

22 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /In the actual playsheet mode, SHEET TOOLS gives you access to QUICKLOAD and QUICKSAVE:QUICKLOAD will show this screen:Bec

Version 1.30 23/ NEW FEATURESPressing QUICKSAVE shows something like this screen:The selected scene is shown which will be saved to the last folder us

Version 1.30 1/ O/S UPDATEVersion 1.30 introduces new features and improvements.NEW FEATURES• Emu EIII sound library compatibility.• Software activate

2 Version 1.30O/S UPDATE /Improved disk handling.The disk system now does an auto re-scan of removable media after disk eject or insertion. So,for ex

Version 1.30 3/ NEW FEATURESEMU EIII SOUND LIBRARY COMPATIBILITYThe S5/6000 can now load Emu EIII sound library from Emu CD-ROMs.No special operation

4 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /‘SOFT’ DISK EJECTWhen swapping removable media and disks, it has been essential to use the UPDATE function inthe DISK LIST

Version 1.30 5/ NEW FEATURES*** IMPORTANT NOTE ***For those who still insist on hooking up their sampler to a Mac/PC via SCSI or for those havingtwo s

6 Version 1.30NEW FEATURES /‘RAMP’ FUNCTIONS IN EDIT SAMPLETo eliminate the possibility of clicks and pops at that start and end of samples, two new f

Version 1.30 7/ NEW FEATURESNEW LOOP FUNCTIONSSeveral new loop playback functions are introduced in V1.30 and are available in EDIT SAMPLE- LOOP: Thes