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Re: S1100 user interface !!

2005-06-16 by manaay

As far as I know on mixer page it is possible to set audio settings
(like output level, effect send) and not midi. So this don't speed up
assigning programs to midi channels..

regards,
Miha

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "tbiggz"
<infarmah@h...> wrote:
> I'm not an expert user by any means, but I was 
> wondering since you have the digital mixer in the
> S1100, you could use that with omni mode in some 
> way to do what you need.
> 
> Admittedly, the Kurz interface is better for this.
> (at least on the K2000).
> 
> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "manaay" 
> <mlampret@e...> wrote:
> > Hi again.. 
> > 
> > in a few month of using S1100 I didn't find any solution for my
> > problem described at the bottom of this post.. Can anyone please
> > describe how to  use this sampler in multi-timbral mode.. how do you
> > place programs on different midi channels.. I know it is possible 
> and
> > I already did this, but it is pain in the ... compared to other 
> samplers..
> > 
> > I got Ensoniq ASR-10 which is realy easy to use, now I am thinking
> > about selling S1100 or buying scsi CD for it. But... are the 
> programs
> > on AKAI CDs prepared for multi-timbral mode..
> > 
> > I realy don't understand why people are so happy with this sampler..
> > ok, it sounds great but who cares.. it has the worse interface in 
> the
> > world.. correct me if I am wrong.. I would really like to konw the 
> trick..
> > 
> > Please help me.. I don't want to loose more money and time for buing
> > scsi cdrom.. unless this is the key.. 
> > 
> > thanks, 
> > Miha
> > 
> > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "manaay"
> > <mlampret@e...> wrote:
> > > One question about user interface. Does all AKAI samplers have 
> user
> > > interface like S1100? What I don't like is that I have to select 
> midi
> > > channel for each program and not program for midi channel. So if 
> I am
> > > searching for some sound that I want on midi channel 2 I need to 
> go
> > > through all programs and set it's midi channel to 2 and if I dont 
> like
> > > that sound I need to turn it off and go to next program and repeat
> > > this procedure and so on for each program.. It that true? I hope 
> there
> > > is an easier way to do that. On my Kurzweil 2500 I just choose 
> midi
> > > channel.. and than scrool through programs... much faster..

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