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MESA II About MESA II 1

About MESA II

Modular Editing System by AKAI

MESA II is the computer based software system that provides the centralized control of

hardware operation and data transfer in a wide range of AKAI Samplers and digital

recorders, etc. from a single screen on the Macintosh. It currently supports S-series

Samplers, S2800, S3000, S3200 and CD3000, and XL-series Samplers, S2000,

S3000XL, S3200XL and CD3000XL.

Using a computer to control external hardware devices has a number of advantages.

For instance, samples and programs can be loaded from any device into the Mac memory

and manipulated, played, and stored on any device of the user’s choosing. The audio

and parameter data can be backed-up, or saved, onto the Mac disks, and reloaded at

later time.

While those external devices like the Samplers can be operated from their own front

panel, most of them offer only small screens for the cost reason and such. The power

of MESA II lies in enabling access to the functions of such devices on a much larger

screen via a graphical user interface: users use the mouse to select functions, set

levels and parameter data via buttons, sliders, knobs and faders on the screen. Audio

Editing, Sample Editing, Program Generation, Storage, and File Manipulation can all

be controlled from the Mac. The convenience of a large screen graphical user interface

not only saves time and effort but offers a finer level of control to manipulate sounds

and programs.

In addition, MESA II takes in the audio file formats of incompatible machines translating

file formats into the general audio file formats such as AIFF and SD2, thus the data

from various devices can now be manipulated as easy as working with a single ma-

chine.

MESA II has been further expanded to be fully compatible with AppleScript in Mac

OS7.5. AppleScript provides a facility to write scripts that control the look, feel and

functionality of MESA II and the efficiency of operation can be improved. For instance,

scripts can be written to perform batch updates such as changing the settings of sev-

eral programs with one click of the mouse, to integrate all version numbers or creation

dates of a set of files, or to gather several programs into one. Some useful script

sources are included to the MESA II, and the further scripts will be made available.

“Power users” are encouraged to adapt these and write their own to suit their method of

working.

MESA II has the familiar interfaces of Mac system such as drag and drop, interactive

On-Line Help, etc.

MESA II is written as a modular system and it allows you to install only the necessary

modules to the Mac, thereby saving Mac RAM memory.

Centralized control of

various hardware de-

vices and data trans-

fer

Save time and gain

finer level of control on

a large screen with a

top-notch Graphical

User Interface

Interface between in-

compatible machines

Automate tasks such

as batch updates, pro-

gram generation or

setup procedures

Familiar, easy to oper-

ate and well written

interface

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