INTRODUCTION ................................................................ .......................................................... 1
FEATURES ................................................................ ....................................................2
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ................................................................ ..................................5
FRONT PANEL ................................................................ ..............................................6
TAKING CARE OF YOUR DISKS ................................................................ ...................8
REAR PANEL ................................................................ .................................................9
SETTING UP THE S3000XL ................................................................ ..........................11
CONNECTIONS ................................................................ ..............................................11
LOADING THE DEMO FLOPPY DISKS ................................................................ .......... 12
MOUNTING THE S3000XL ................................................................ .............................13
GETTING AROUND THE S3000XL ................................................................ ................14
OPERATING MODES ................................................................ ....................... 14
SOFT KEYS ................................................................ .....................................14
SELECTING PARAMETERS AND ENTERING DATA ........................................ 15
MARK AND JUMP KEYS ................................................................ ..................16
NAMING FILES - THE NAME KEY ................................................................ .... 17
THE ENT/PLAY KEY ................................................................ ........................ 17
LCD CONTRAST ................................................................ ............................................ 17
RECORD LEVEL, MAIN VOLUME, HEADPHONE OUTPUT ............................................18
HOW THE S3000XL WORKS ................................................................ ........................ 19
S3000XL FLOWCHART ................................................................ ................................. 20
SINGLE MODE ................................................................ ...........................................................23
SELECTING PROGRAMS ................................................................ .............................. 23
VIEWING PROGRAMS ................................................................ ..................................24
SETTING PROGRAM LEVELS, PAN, FX SENDS .......................................................... 24
SETTING PROGRAMS' MIDI PARAMETERS ................................................................ .25
SETTING PROGRAM LOUDNESS AND VELOCITY ....................................................... 26
LOADING FROM FLOPPY DISK ................................................................ .................... 28
LOADING FROM HARD DISK ................................................................ ........................ 28
DELETING PROGRAMS ................................................................ ................................ 30
RENUMBERING PROGRAMS ................................................................ ........................ 32
USING THE S3000XL IN `OLD AKAI' MODE! ................................................................ .33
USING SELECT PROG - PROGRAMS WITH THE SAME NUMBER .................. 33
LAYERING PROGRAMS ................................................................ ...................33
CREATING KEYBOARD SPLITS ................................................................ ......33
USING RENUMBERING TO CREATE MULTI-TIMBRAL SETUPS ..................... 34
SINGLE VS MULTI ................................................................ ........................... 35
MULTI MODE - COMBINING SEVERAL PROGRAMS ................................................................ .37
ASSIGNING PROGRAMS TO PARTS ................................................................ ............ 38
SETTING A PART'S MIDI CHANNEL ................................................................ .............. 38
MIXING THE PARTS ................................................................ ...................................... 38
SENDING PARTS TO THE INTERNAL EFFECTS ........................................................... 38
ASSIGNING PARTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS .................................................... 39
TUNING AND TRANSPOSING PARTS ................................................................ ........... 39
SETTING A PART'S LOW AND HIGH KEYRANGES ...................................................... 39
SETTING A PART'S PRIORITY ................................................................ ...................... 40
INITIALISING A PART ................................................................ .................................... 40
SETTING UP A MULTI ................................................................ ................................... 41
MODIFYING THE MULTI ................................................................ ................................ 42
NAMING A MULTI ................................................................ .......................................... 43
SAVING A MULTI ................................................................ .......................................... 43
LOADING A MULTI ................................................................ ........................................43
RENUMBERING PROGRAMS ................................................................ ........................ 44
USING MULTI MODE FOR LAYERING PROGRAMS ...................................................... 47
USING MULTI MODE TO SET KEYBOARD SPLITS ...................................................... 48
PROGRAM EDITING ................................................................ ................................................... 50
WHAT IS A KEYGROUP? ................................................................ .............................. 51
KEYGROUP ZONES ................................................................ ...................................... 52
OVERLAPPING AND CROSSFADING KEYGROUPS ..................................................... 53
ASSIGNABLE PROGRAM MODULATION ................................................................ ......54
EDIT SINGLE ................................................................ .................................................58
NAMING PROGRAMS - COPYING AND RENAMING ...................................................... 59
DELETING PROGRAMS ................................................................ ................................ 60
MIDI PAGE ................................................................ ....................................................64
OUTPUT LEVELS PAGE................................................................ ................................ 66
PAN PAGE ................................................................ ....................................................69
THE TUNE PAGE ................................................................ ...........................................71
MODULATION PAGES ................................................................ .................................. 72
PITCH BEND ................................................................ .................................... 72
LFO1 ................................................................ ................................................ 74
SETTING LFO1 MODULATION DEPTH ............................................................77
LFO2 ................................................................ ................................................ 78
SETTING UP THE SOFT PEDAL ................................................................ ......81
PORTAMENTO ................................................................ ................................. 82
KEYGROUP PARAMETERS - CREATING KEYGROUPS ............................................... 85
MAPPING OUT YOUR KEYGROUPS - SETTING KEYSPAN ............................ 88
ASSIGNING SAMPLES TO KEYGROUPS AND ZONES - SMP1 .................................... 90
SMP2 ................................................................ ...............................................93
SMP3 ................................................................ ...............................................95
THE FILTERS ................................................................ .................................................96
ENV1 - SHAPING AMPLITUDE ................................................................ ...................... 99
ENV2 - SHAPING THE FILTER ................................................................ ....................... 101
USING THE FILTER AND ENVELOPE GENERATORS ..................................... 102
THE SECOND FILTERS ................................................................ ................................. 103
CREATING 24db/8ve 4-POLE LOWPASS FILTER ............................................107
THE TONE PAGE ................................................................ .............................109
ENV3 ................................................................ ............................................................. 111
KEYGROUP PITCH/AMPLITUDE MODULATION ............................................................112
EDIT MULTI ................................................................ ................................................................. 114
SCREEN DIFFERENCES IN EDIT MULTI ................................................................ ....... 115
SAMPLE MODE ................................................................ .......................................................... 116
WHAT IS SAMPLING? ................................................................ ...................................116
RECORD MODE ................................................................ ............................................ 118
THE MAIN RECORD PAGE ................................................................ ............................ 120
NAMING SAMPLES FOR RECORDING ................................................................ ......... 120
ADJUSTING THE RECORDING AND THRESHOLD LEVELS .......................................... 122
RECORDING ON THE S3000XL ................................................................ .................... 122
DIGITAL RECORDING ................................................................ .................................... 123
EDIT SAMPLE ................................................................ ............................................................125
NAMING SAMPLES - COPYING AND RENAMING .........................................................127
DELETING SAMPLES ................................................................ .................................... 128
TRIMMING SAMPLES ................................................................ ................................... 129
LOOPING................................................................ ....................................................... 133
LOOP AUTO FIND AND CROSSFADE LOOPING ........................................................... 134
MAKING A GOOD LOOP ................................................................ ..................136
LEVEL NORMALISATION ................................................................ .............................. 138
DSP FUNCTIONS - TIMESTRETCH, RE-SAMPLING AND EQ ........................................ 139
TIMESTRETCH ................................................................ ................................. 139
PERFORMING A TIMESTRETCH ................................................................ ......142
RE-SAMPLING ................................................................ ................................. 143
PERFORMING A RE-SAMPLE ................................................................ ......... 144
EQ ................................................................ ....................................................145
EQ'ING A SAMPLE ................................................................ ..........................147
USING THE EQ ................................................................ ................................ 147
FURTHER EDITING FUNCTIONS ................................................................ ...................148
THE PARAMETER PAGE ................................................................ ................. 148
REVERSING SAMPLES ................................................................ ...................150
SECTIONAL EDITING ................................................................ ....................... 151
THE JOIN PAGE ................................................................ ............................... 154
SPLICING SAMPLES ................................................................ ....................... 154
CROSSFADING ................................................................ ................................ 155
MIXING AND LAYERING SAMPLES ................................................................ 155
SETTING DIGITAL FADES ................................................................ ................157
EFFECTS MODE ................................................................ ......................................................... 159
ORGANISATION OF EFFECTS FILES ................................................................ ........... 162
ASSIGNING EFFECTS TO SINGLE PROGRAMS .......................................................... 163
ASSIGNING EFFECTS TO MULTI PARTS ................................................................ ......165
ASSIGNING EFFECTS TO INDIVIDUAL KEYGROUPS .................................................. 167
PROCESSING EXTERNAL SOUND SOURCES THROUGH THE EFFECTS .................... 168
ROUTING EXTERNAL SOUNDS THROUGH THE EFFECTS ........................................... 169
SELECTING THE EFFECTS OUTPUT ................................................................ ............ 169
CHAINING EFFECTS ................................................................ .....................................170
MUTING EFFECTS ................................................................ ........................................172
EFFECTS EDIT ................................................................ ...........................................................173
DISTORTION/RING MODULATION ................................................................ ................174
EQ ................................................................ ................................................................. 175
MODULATION EFFECTS ................................................................ ............................... 177
CHORUS, PHASE SHIFT AND FLANGING EFFECTS ....................................... 177
ROTARY SPEAKER EFFECTS ................................................................ ......... 179
AUTOPAN AND FREQUENCY MODULATION EFFECTS .................................. 182
STEREO PITCH SHIFT EFFECTS ................................................................ ..... 183
BYPASSING THE MODULATION EFFECTS ..................................................... 185
DELAY AND ECHO EFFECTS ................................................................ ........................ 186
MONO DELAY/ECHO EFFECTS ................................................................ ....... 188
PING PONG ECHO EFFECTS ................................................................ .......... 189
CROSSOVER DELAY ................................................................ ....................... 190
STEREO DELAY/ECHO EFFECTS ................................................................ ...191
REVERB EFFECTS ................................................................ ........................................192
REVERSE REVERB ................................................................ ..........................195
GATED REVERB ................................................................ .............................. 196
EFFECTS OUTPUT SECTION ................................................................ ........................ 198
EFFECTS DIRECTION ................................................................ .................................... 199
SOLOING THE CURRENT EFFECT ................................................................ ................201
COPYING EFFECTS ................................................................ ...................................... 202
SAVE MODE ................................................................ ...............................................................204
SELECTING FLOPPY OR HARD DISK ................................................................ ........... 204
SELECTING THE HARD DISK PARTITION ................................................................ ..... 204
SELECTING THE HARD DISK VOLUME ................................................................ ........ 204
SELECTING THE TYPE OF SAVE ................................................................ ................. 204
SAVING TO FLOPPY DISK ................................................................ ............................ 206
SAVING TO HARD DISK ................................................................ ................................ 207
RENAMING FILES ................................................................ ......................................... 209
DELETING ITEMS FROM DISK ................................................................ .....................210
HARD DISK CONTROL ................................................................ ..................................211
FORMATTING A FLOPPY DISK ................................................................ .....................212
FORMATTING A HARD DISK ................................................................ ......................... 214
NOTES ON USING EXISTING S1000/S1100 SOUND LIBRARY..................................... 215
LOAD MODE ................................................................ ...............................................................216
SELECTING FLOPPY OR HARD DISK ................................................................ ........... 216
SELECTING THE HARD DISK PARTITION ................................................................ ..... 216
SELECTING THE HARD DISK VOLUME ................................................................ ........ 217
SELECTING THE TYPE OF LOAD ................................................................ ................. 217
LOADING FROM FLOPPY DISK ................................................................ .................... 219
LOADING FROM HARD DISK ................................................................ ........................ 220
LOADING S900/S950 SAMPLES AND PROGRAMS ...................................................... 222
LOADING S1000/S1100 DATA ................................................................ ...................... 222
AUTO LOADING FROM DISK ................................................................ ........................ 222
SEARCHING FOR FILES - USING THE FIND FUNCTION ............................................... 223
USING THE TAG DIRECTORY SYSTEM ................................................................ ........ 225
NAMING TAGS ................................................................ ................................. 226
NOTES ON USING THE TAGGING SYSTEM .................................................... 227
HARD DISK CONTROL ................................................................ ..................................228
IMPORTING SOUNDS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURER'S CD-ROMS ........................... 229
GLOBAL MODE ................................................................ .......................................................... 231
TUNING THE S3000XL ................................................................ ..................................231
SETTING THE MASTER OUTPUT LEVEL ................................................................ ......231
MIDI FUNCTIONS ................................................................ .......................................... 232
MIDI FILTER ................................................................ .....................................232
PPM PAGE - MONITORING MIDI ................................................................ ..... 233
MIDI RECEIVE PAGE - ANALYSING MIDI ........................................................ 233
TRANSMIT TEST PAGE - SETTING THE ENT/PLAY KEY ................................ 234
MIDI SAMPLE DUMPS ................................................................ ..................... 235
PERFORMING A MIDI SAMPLE DUMP ............................................................236
MIDI VIA SCSI ................................................................ ..................................237
ME35T DRUM SETTINGS ................................................................ .............................. 238
DAT BACK-UP AND RESTORE ................................................................ ...................... 240
PERFORMING A DAT BACK UP ................................................................ ....... 241
PERFORMING A DAT RESTORE ................................................................ ......241
STANDARD MIDI FILE - MIDI SONG FILE PLAY............................................................242
LOADING STANDARD MIDI FILES ................................................................ ...243
USING THE SMF FUNCTION ................................................................ ............ 244
HARD DISK RECORDING ................................................................ .............................. 245
APPLICATIONS ................................................................ ................................ 245
FORMATTING THE HARD DISK FOR DISK RECORDING ................................. 246
CREATING NEW TAKES ................................................................ ..................251
COPYING TAKES ................................................................ .............................251
RENAMING TAKES ................................................................ ..........................251
DELETING TAKES FROM DISK ................................................................ ....... 251
RECORDING A TAKE ................................................................ ....................... 255
EDITING A RECORDING ................................................................ ...................258
PLAYING A TAKE IN THE EDIT PAGE ............................................................. 259
USING THE EDITING FUNCTIONS ................................................................ ...259
PLAYING TAKES ................................................................ .............................261
USING THE PLAY PAGE ................................................................ ..................263
EDITING A TAKE FOR SYNCHRONISED PLAYBACK ...................................... 264
NOTES ABOUT SYNCHRONISING TO EXTERNAL AUDIO ............................... 264
USING THE SONG MODE ................................................................ ................265
CREATING A SONG ................................................................ ......................... 265
TRIGGERING TAKES FROM MIDI ................................................................ .... 268
USING MIDI TRIGGERING ................................................................ ................268
USING THE SONG MODE TO CHAIN TAKES ................................................... 271
USING THE NUMERIC KEYPAD IN THE SONG MODE..................................... 272
BLOCK EDITING IN SONG MODE ................................................................ .... 273
NAMING SONGS ................................................................ .............................. 275
SAVING A SONG ................................................................ .............................275
LOADING A SONG ................................................................ ........................... 275
BACKING UP TAKES TO DAT ................................................................ .......... 276
RESTORING TAKES BACK FROM DAT TO DISK ............................................. 277
APPENDIX 1 ................................................................ ...............................................................279
CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL HARD DISK DRIVE .........................................................279
NOTES ON USING HARD DISK DRIVES ................................................................ ........ 279
SCSI CABLES ................................................................ .................................. 279
TERMINATION ................................................................ ................................. 279
SCSI CABLE LENGTH ................................................................ ...................... 280
APPENDIX 2 ................................................................ ...............................................................281
DATA COMPATIBILITY ISSUES ................................................................ .................... 281
SOUND DATA ................................................................ ................................... 281
EFFECTS FILES ................................................................ ............................... 282
MULTIS ................................................................ ............................................ 282
ME-35T DRUM SETTINGS ................................................................ ................282
SONGS AND QLISTS ................................................................ ....................... 282
APPENDIX 3 ................................................................ ...............................................................283
INSTALLING THE OPTIONS ................................................................ ..........................283
INSTALLING MEMORY EXPANSION ............................................................... 283
APPENDIX 4 ................................................................ ...............................................................285
USING THE FXM008 FLASH ROM BOARD(S) ............................................................... 285
APPLICATIONS ................................................................ ............................................. 286
HOW THE FLASHROM WORKS ................................................................ .................... 287
SAVING DATA TO THE FLASHROM ................................................................ .............. 288
WHAT TO DO NEXT ................................................................ ....................................... 291
USING THE FLASHROM AS A FAST HARD DISK .......................................................... 292
EDITING SOUNDS ON THE FLASHROM ................................................................ ....... 293
COPYING A FLASHROM SAMPLE TO RAM ................................................................ .294
FORMATTING AND ARRANGING THE FLASHROM ....................................................... 295
SAVING FLASHROM DATA BACK TO DISK ................................................................ .. 297
BACKUP/RESTORE OF THE FLASH ROM TO/FROM DAT ............................................297
INSTALLING THE FLASHROM ................................................................ ....................... 298
APPENDIX 5 ................................................................ ...............................................................301
MIDI CONTROLLER LIST ................................................................ .............................. 301