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Introduction

REC GAIN (not S1000PB)

This is a 3-position slider switch (LOW, MID, HIGH) used for matching the level of the

input source to the recording amplifier of the S1000. Fine adjustment should be carried

out with the REC LEVEL control on the front panel. Ideally, you should set the REC

GAIN so that the REC LEVEL is set about 2 o'clock. Remember that unlike analog

devices, digital devices produce distortion which is particularly unpleasant, and "soft

dipping" and the effect of saturation cannot be obtained by digital recording. You should

always allow sufficient headroom for transient peaks when making a sample.

REC LEVEL (not S1000PB)

This rotary control is used when recording samples, to control the level of the signal fed

into the S1000's recording section.

REC IN (not S1000PB)

Two parallel pairs of stereo balanced connectors are provided for connection of sound

sources to be sampled. One pair is a pair of ITT-Cannon XLR-31F connectors (wired in

accordance with American standards - 1=shield, 2=cold, 3=hot), and the other pair is a

pair of unbalanced 1/4" phone connectors.

Unbalanced sources can, of course, be connected to the XLR inputs. If a mono source is

used for sampling, use only either the LEFT (MONO) XLR or phone connector.

POWER SWITCH

Turn on the S1000 with the power switch on the left of the front panel (press for

on, and press again for oft). On power-on, the display will indicate the initial

SELECT PROG page, and the LED by the

SELECT PROG button will light.

Editing controls

While most of the features described so far are those you might expect to find on any

top-quality keyboard, all other controls on the panel are connected in one way or another

with the display and operations specific to the S1000.

The display

The display is a backlit LCD display which usually displays white against a blue

background. When displaying characters, 8 lines of 40 characters each can be displayed.

The display is also capable of displaying graphic information, such as a volume vs time

display of a sample, envelope shapes and a "MIDI PPM" for checking MIDI input to the

S1000. The contrast of the display can be adjusted using the LCD CONTRAST control

at the bottom right of the screen.

The bottom line of the display will always contain a row of up to eight or fewer "soft

key" legends. These indicate the current function of the buttons immediately below the

display

(F1 - F8). These buttons have no predefined function -their use at any one time is

defined by software - hence "soft keys". (When writing a button name as shown on the

front panel, it will be written in this way:

MIDI). Soft key legends may be of three types:

"Selected" (white on blue). When a soft key legend is displayed in this way, it means that

this function has been selected. In this manual, this type of legend will be displayed like

this: TUNE.

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