Course curriculum
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An Introduction To The Akai S950 Manual
- Why An Akai S950 Beginners Manual?
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Chapter #1 The Layout of the Akai S-950
- Rack Ears For The Akai S-950
- The Front Panel Starting With The Disk Drive Area
- The Number Pad Area
- The Control Knob & Audio Inputs
- The Back Panel
- Test What You've Learned So Far
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Chapter #2 S-950 Sample Architecture
- The Akai S-950's Sample Architechture
- How Do You Play the Akai S-950?
- Test What You've Learned So Far
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Chapter #3 The S-950's Eight Operation Modes
- The S-950's Main Menu Pages
- Test What You've Learned So Far
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Chapter #4 The Akai S-950's Play Menu
- The Play Menu
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Chapter #5 The Akai S-950's Record Menu
- Name Of Sample To Be Recorded
- Name Of Sample To Be Monitored
- Audio Source
- Audio Bandwitdth
- Recording Time
- Pitch Of Sound Being Recorded
- Start Sampling With
- Test What You've Leard So Far
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Chapter #6 The Akai S-950's Edit Samples Menu
- 01 - Edit Sample Name
- 02 - Select Program Monitor
- 03 - Loudness - Note Number & Pitch Fine Tune
- 04 - Replay Mode
- 05 - Sample Direction
- 06 - Sample Start Time Setting
- 07 - Sample End Point Time Setting
- 08 - Sample Looping Setting
- 09 - Sample Crossfade Loop
- 10 - Resampling & Truncation
- 11 - Sample Splice & X-Fade
- 12 - Splice Crossfade Time
- 13 - Sample Splice Order
- 14 - Timestretching
- Test What You've Learned So Far
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Chapter #7 The Akai S-950's Edit Program Menu
- 01 - Edit Program Name
- 02 - MIDI Program - Key Loudness & Positional Crossfade Settings
- 03 - Keygroup Select
- 04 - Velocity Threshold Setting
- 05 - Soft Sample Note Range
- 06 - Loudness - Filter - Transpose & Fine Tuning
- 07 - Loud Sample Note Range
- 08 - Loud Sample - Loudness - Filter - Transpose & Fine Tuning
- 09 - Voltage Control Filter (VCF) Settings
- 10 - Amplitude Envelope (ENV) Settings
- 11 - Keygroup Velocity Parameters
- 12 - The Warp Feature
- 13 - LFO Parameters
- 14 - LFO Depth Modulation Control
- 15 - Keyfilter - Constant Pitch & One Shot Mode
- 16 - Assigning Program MIDI Channels
- 17 - Assigning Individual Audio Outputs
- Test What You've Learned So Far
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Chapter #8 The Akai S-950's MIDI Functions Menu
- 01 - MIDI Channel & OMNI Mode Setup
- 02 - MIDI Test Display
- 03 - MIDI Receive Monitor
- 04 - MIDI Program Change
- 05 - MIDI RS232 Settings
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Chapter #9 The Akai S-950's Utility Menu
- 01- ME35T Audio Trigger To MIDI Unit
- 02- Input MIDI - PItch - OnTime & V-Curve
- 03 - Input - Capture Time & Recovery Time
- 04 - Input Gain Trigger Threshold
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Chapter #10 The Akai S-950's Disk Menu
- 01 - Volume Selection & Renameing
- 02 - Clear Memory & Load Disk
- 03 - Load Program
- 04 - Load Sample
- 05 - Clear Volume & Save Entire Memory
- 06 - Save Program
- 07 - Save Sample
- 08 - Erase Sample/Program From Disk
- 09 - Format Disk
- 10 - Load/Save Drum Settings
- 11 - Loading MIDI Program Changes
- 12 - Park Hard Disk
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Chapter #11 The Akai S-950's Master Tune Menu
- Master Tune - The Easiest Of Them All
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Chapter #12 A Casual Walkthrough With The Akai S-950
- S-950 Casual Walthrough
- Akai S-950 Closing Notes
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Chapter #13 Manual Update 1.1
- Update 1.1 Introduction
- S-950 Timestretching - An Expanded Look
- Timestretching A Practical Walkthrough
- Sample Splicing Recapitulation
- Sample Splicing On The Akai S-950 A Practical Look
- Velocity Layering Recapitulation
- Velocity Layering A Practical Look
- Envelope Modulation Recapitulation
- Envelope Modulation A Practical Look
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Appendix 1.1.1
- Record/Playback Trigger Input Functionality
- A Practical Walkthrouh of the Record/Playback Trigger Input
Read Reviews Of The Manual
Akai S-950 Operational Manual
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Great resource!
Ardavan Ashkani
I have had the Akai sampler many years. Some functions are hard to figure out but the course makes them easy to understand. I also learned some neat tricks!
I have had the Akai sampler many years. Some functions are hard to figure out but the course makes them easy to understand. I also learned some neat tricks!
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