User manual AKAI CD3000XL

[. . . ] STEREO DIGITAL SAMPLER WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Operator's Manual WARNING WARNING!! To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. 1-En CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. THE SYMBOLS ARE RULED BY UL STANDARDS (U. S. A. ) The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol superimposed across a graphical representation of a person, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure; that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intented to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. 5A-En CD3000XL Operator's Manual i WARNING IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WARNING - When using electric products, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following; 1) Read all the instructions before using the product. 2) Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bath tub, washbowl, kitchen sink, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool or the like. [. . . ] Before you can do any recording, you must name the sample you are about to record. If you have just switched the CD3000XL on with no disk in it, you will have the four synth waveforms in there. Use one of these as the basis of your new sample. RECORDING FROM AUDIO CDs Using the internal CD-ROM player, the CD3000XL allows you to record data from audio CDs. Possibly the most useful application for this is to record directly from `sampling' CDs. A sampling CD is a CD made especially for sampling that contains the individual sounds of various instruments such as synthesizer, drums, orchestra, and sound effects, etc. . NOTE: Read the restrictions regarding copyright described at the beginning of this chapter. When you select "CD-AUDIO", you will see a window in the centre of the screen in which you can select a track(s) and an index . To change a track, move the cursor to the field, and select the desired track. If the selected track contains some indexed recordings, move the cursor to the field to select an index. You can use the following soft keys as transport keys to play back a sampling CD. Pressing this key will cause the sampling CD to play from the start point of the selected track. Pressing this key will "rewind" the CD. Pressing this key will "fast forward" the CD. Page 126 CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual SAM PLE Pressing this key will pause playback of the CD. Using this key and the REW and FF keys allows you to locate the top of the part you wish to start sampling. This is not a transport key, but will cause the CD3000XL to enter sampling mode. You can rename and copy samples in the same way as in analogue recording. You cannot change the recording level, which has been already set to the optimum level in the factory. Press the PLAY key (F3), then follow the normal analogue recording procedure. NOTE: To start recording, the CD player should be in playback or pause mode. NAMING SAMPLES IN THE RECORD PAGE To create a new sample or rename an existing one, press the NAME key. You will see this screen: In conjunction with the CURSOR keys which can be used to move the cursor around within the name, you can use the DATA control to scroll through characters. When you have entered a unique name, you will see name indicating that the name you have entered is unique: appear next to the sample If does not appear, then a sample of the same name already exists in memory. TIP 1: It is worth taking the time to name your samples sensibly. It may be quick to simply call them SAMPLE 1, SAMPLE 2, 3, 4, etc. , but, when you come to put them into a program, these names may not mean much to you. If you return to them in a week they certainly won't!Names like PIANO C#3 are best - this tells you the instrument and the note it is sampled on so it will be easier to set your program up later when you come to assign your samples to specific keyranges. [. . . ] Depending on your environment, your body could have a high static electricity charge which, when you handle the FMX008 board, could destroy the memory chips on it and/or cause damage to the sampler's circuitry. To minimise static electricity, avoid carpeted areas and low humidity areas. If the board is inserted incorrectly and/or damaged, this could cause long term (and expensive) damage to the FMX008 board and/or your sampler. cannot be held responsible for any damage to the FMX008 board, the sampler and/or any peripheral equipment (disk drives, mixers, amplifiers, recording equipment, etc. ) that may be damaged or for any loss of earnings, income or damage to your personal or professional reputation, employment opportunities or for any physical harm that may come to you as a result of incorrect installation of the FMX008. · · · Installation of the board is fairly straightforward as long as you proceed with caution and take care and use common sense. ** IMPORTANT NOTE ** Consult your AKAI Professional dealer on installation of any options (including memory) to the sampler. [. . . ]