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INTRODUCTION
Page 14 CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual
LOADING THE DEMO FLOPPY DISKS
To get you started, some sounds are provided on floppy disk.
To load the sound library disk, insert it into the drive and press the LOAD key. Now simply press
F7 - CLR. You will receive a prompt asking you if you want to clear the entire memory. Respond
by pressing F8 - YES
The library disk supplied comes with several programs. In SINGLE mode, these may be
selected from the CD3000XL’s front panel using the DATA wheel or alternatively, you may use
MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE commands from your MIDI controller to select new programs.
You will also note that they are laid out in a MULTI for multi-timbral sequencing. You may use
this to play the demo sequence that is also supplied on floppy disk with the CD3000XL.
To play the demo sequence on the CD3000XL, assuming the sound data disk has been
loaded, follow the procedure below.
1 Insert the DEMO SEQUENCE floppy disk into the disk drive.
2 In GLOBAL mode, press (F5) to get to the MIDI SONG PLAY page and press
(F2) to get to the LOAD page for song files.
3 Select and load a MIDI song file from the file list. You can load as many files as you like as
long as there is enough memory space.
4 Once the files are loaded, press (F1) to return to the MIDI SONG PLAY page. Select
the file you wish to play and press (F7) to play the selected MIDI song file. Press
(F8) to stop playback.
If you have owned an Akai sampler before, you may also have other sounds on CD-ROM or
hard disk. Operation is virtually identical to the S3000 series and the S1000/S1100. To load
sounds from hard disk, press the LOAD key and select HARD at the top of the screen. Move
the cursor to the volume name field and select the volume you wish to load. Press F7 - CLR -
followed by F8 - YES - to clear the current contents of memory and load the entire hard disk
volume. If you have not used an Akai sampler before and you need more detailed information
on loading from hard disk or CD-ROM, please see the section LOAD MODE.
However you load sounds, whether it’s from floppy disk, hard disk, cartridge or CD-ROM, just
load them and enjoy playing with your new sampler. Although we suggest you read the
operator’s manual thoroughly, of course, at this stage, you don’t want be bothered with that so
just experiment and get a feel for the CD3000XL. As long as you don’t press the SAVE key
and accidentally overwrite your floppy disk or hard disk volume, you can’t damage your sounds
permanently or come to any harm (you can’t damage a CD-ROM as it’s a read only device). If you
do start messing with the samples and programs and don’t like the results, simply re-load the
sounds in or load another bunch of sounds to play with.