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	Hi, Pat.

	I have catalogue here. So I copy it here.


	S950	MIDI DIGITAL SAMPLER 243,000 yen(=about $1723 now)

	S950 is grade upe version of S900

	S950 feauturing
	
	* 12 bit renear sampling
	* Sampling Frequency 7.5 kHz - 48 kHz
	* 8 voices multi
	* internal memory 750 kbytes (option EXM006 * 2 ==> 2.25 Mbytes)
	* 2 HD/2 DD disk drive (compatible with S900 library)
	* Filter Emvelope, Pre-trigger Recording, Crossfade Looping
	* Performance Loading (You can load disk during playng)
	* Front Pannel: MIC INPUT * 1, LINE INPUT * 1, REC/PB TRIGGER * 1
	* Back Pannel : MIDI IN * 1, MIDI OUT * 1, MIDI THRU * 1,
			INDIVIDUAL OUT * 8, MIX OUT * 1, LEFT * 1, RIGHT * 1,
			VOICE OUT * 1, RS-232C
	* SIZE 482.6(W) * 132.6(H) * 425(D)mm(EIA 3U RACK) 
	* WEIGHT 10.4 kg

	I believe this is great !! Sorry my poor information.

	Hiro	/TSC Tokyo, Japan

    
    Great ......
    
    
    
    I thank you very much for your Help .
    
    I will buy it now . But do you know if the S1000 sounds are compatible
    with the S950 ?
    
    I don't think so ....
    
    Your informations are very Helpful for me ....
    
    Thanks again.
    
    PAT.
        

>    I will buy it now . But do you know if the S1000 sounds are compatible
>    with the S950 ?
>    
>    I don't think so ....

	You are right. I'll write sound library information here.
	I hope this helps.

	Regards.

	Hiro

	SOUND LIBRARY	SWM #1-#6 FOR S1000
			WORKSTATION #1-#4 FOR S1000
			SL1001-  FOR S1000
			SL5001-  FOR S950,S900
			SL501-SL583 FOR S950,S900

    
    
    Are you sure that your name is not SPEEDY GONZALES ?
    
    Thanks for your informatons Hiro.
    
    See you soon on the NET.
    
    Regards
    
    PAT.
    

	Hi,PAT.

	You might know but there is stronger (also more expensive) S1100.

	Anyway, I just let you know about that.

	Thanks.

	Hiro

    
    Are you sure that's not the S1000 ?
    
    I will buy the AKAI S950 perhaps will I buy the S1000 in One Hundred
    Years .
     
    Thanks Hiro...
    
    Soon on the NET ..
    
    PAT.

	Hi, PAT !!

>    Are you sure that's not the S1000 ?

	I'm sorry I couldn't understand this meaning.
	So I'll write here again the same thing.

	AKAI sells S1100, not S950, not S1000 in Japan.
	
>    I will buy the AKAI S950 perhaps will I buy the S1000 in One Hundred
>    Years .

	I have KORG DSS-1, that has sampling tool. But sampling time is
	not so long. Also, sampling is so difficult for me. I hope the 
	source and environment is important on sampling.
	
	Well, just aside from this topic, I have my acappella tape.
	If you are interested in it, please let me know by mail.
	I'll send it to you. All song is English, so you can enjoy, I hope.

	Please let me know if you buy S950. 

	Thanks

	Hiro	/TSC Tokyo, Japan

    Hello HIRO,
    
    I did not know that the S1100 was on the market.
    
    Yes I will buy my S950 tomorrow ,and I think I will receive it
    
    next wekk.
    
    I'd be very glad to receive your "ACAPPELLA" hiro.
    
    I know sampling is very hard to do but I'll try to do my best.
    
    SOON ON THE NET
    
    PAT..
    
    

    HIRO ,
    
    That's me again,
    
    Could you tell me in dollars the price of an S950 in JAPAN?
    
    I am very curious to know his price.
    
    I'll command my AKAI this evening and probably have it Friday...
    
    I'll tell you if it's great but I think so.
    
    SAYONARA,
    
    PATRICK.

	Hi, Patrick. This is speedy Hiro.(Does this have another meaning ?)
	Well, I'll reply to your request.

	In Japan, one dollar is about 137 yen now.
	AKAI S950 fixed price is 243,000 yen in Japan. 
	So in dollars, it's about (243,000/137=) 1773.7 dollars.

	Is it expensive or cheap ?  Wait. We can buy in discount price.
	Well, Normally musical instrumentals are 15%-20% discount, 
	so we can buy S950 about 1418.9-1507.6 dollars.

	Is it enough ? If you have another information request, 
	please let me know,

P.S	I'll teach you some Japanese.

	Good bye 		---> SAYONARA (You know)	
	How are you doing ?     ---> GENKI DESUKA ? (GEN of GENKI pronounce as 
						     GE of GET, right ?)
	Thank you		---> DOUMO ARIGATOU
	It's great !		---> SUGOI ! or SUBARASII !
	See you soon		---> SOREJYA- MATANE
	Really ?		---> HEI-?

    Bonjour Hiro,
    ??????  Hiro,
    
       Comment vas tu ?
       GENKI DESUKA ?
    
         Could you tell me how much are the taxes in JAPAN (in %) 
               if I want to buy a S950 in japan how much will have I
               to pay for The AKAI , The Transport, The CUSTOMS etc...
                                                                      
    
       Cause if I can have it for 1418.9 or 1507.6 it would be great
                                                   c'est super
                                                   SUGOI , or SUBARASII        
                   
                                                                        
     Thanks for your answers .
    
    Oh what's the voltage in JAPAN ? 220 240 V ?
    
    SAYONARA
    AU REVOIR.
    
    PATRICK.

    I've got iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit HIRO .....
    
    I received it yesterday evening and went to ber at Half past Twelve.
    
    I had some problems to load Disks in the Sampler at first but I
    did it corectly about one Hour later.
    You know that the S950 is able to use the S1000 sounds without
    problems!!!!!.
    The most important thing to know is that the S950 only recognize
    the ORIGINALS DISKS OF AKAI .If for example you copy an original
    DISK made by AKAI on a S1000 you won't be able to load it with
    a S950.....
    I think the USER'S MANUAL should be more clear.
    When you never used a sampler before it's impossible to understand
    all the fonctionnalities at first time.
    I was lucky to know Synthesizers since a few years and computers
    too.
    My Music DEALER gave me a box with about 30 Disks for S950 and 
    80 for S1000 and will give me again the same number of Disks soon
    imagine ..........
    
    I will tell you my operations on this new instrument.
    But the first sounds I heard were GREAT ... I heard a sound of an
    HAMMOND ORGAN , I was on my chair and I'd nearly fall on the floor...
    
    I hope to discuss with you soon on the NET.
    
    But if we talk about AKAI for a long time ,I think we shoud do it
    by MAIL.
    
    My MAIL adress  is . TDCIS3::RENOUVEL
    
    SAYONARA.
    (AU REVOIR)
    
    PATRICK SAN
    

    Request from an interested COMMUSIC'er:  Don't go offline - keep it
    open !  Reasons:
    
    	1.	I'm really enjoying this multilingual note,
    	2.	I'm seriously thinking of buying a sampler, and the Akai
    		range seems to be the most popular.
    
    
    Jim Burke

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				  Congratulations !

    
>    I received it yesterday evening and went to ber at Half past Twelve.

	Congratulations! In Japanese, "OMEDETOU GOZAIMASU !"

>    You know that the S950 is able to use the S1000 sounds without
>    problems!!!!!.

	Congratulations! That's sounds good.

>    The most important thing to know is that the S950 only recognize
>    the ORIGINALS DISKS OF AKAI .If for example you copy an original
>    DISK made by AKAI on a S1000 you won't be able to load it with
>    a S950.....

	Really ? ( "Hei-?" This is a little bit my local dialect. Not common
		   all over Japan.)

>    I was lucky to know Synthesizers since a few years and computers
>    too.

	I agree with you. I think so, too. ("WATASHI MO SOU OMOIMASU.)
					     ^^^^^^^ ^^	^^^ ^^^^^^^^
					        I    too so  think
 
>    PATRICK SAN

	I'll teach you one thing about how to use "SAN". 
	We don't use "SAN" ourselves. We use "SAN" when we call person's
	name, for example, "PATRICK-san" or "Jim-san".
	So, please put "SAN" after the name except yourself, right ?

	And about tax, in Japan, normally 3%. Everything 3%. Is this enough ?

	I might have said before, I have DSS-1, sampling synthesizer.
	I also feel sampling is funny. 

	By the way, what kind of music do you play or record ?

	Have a good sampling midnight !!

	Hiro	

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    Hello Specialists
    
    
    
    I bought a AKAI S950 Sampler and still have two problems :
    
    
    - The first one is what Have I exactly to do to play several
    
    instruments on different Channels (MULTI)
    
    - The second is most difficult to explain :
    
     Imagine that I play a C on my Master Keyboard ,
    
     the first time I hear it on the Left Loud Speaker,second time on the 
    
    right etc ... the sound arrives sometimes on the Right side ,sometime
    
    on the Left one ..
    
    What could I do ?.
    
    
    Thanks for your Answers..
    
    Pat. 
    
    
    

    I don't know exactly what steps you take to get your 950 to respond in
    MULTI mode.
    
    But the 'random pan' problem you pose should be easy.  Assign an LFO to
    modify the pan position.
    
    karl

    I have an S950, so I thought this note would be a good place to ask my
    question, namely:
    
    	Is there sample-editing software available that allows you to
    upload a sample from the RS232 port on the sampler into a PC or
    something and then edit the sample graphically ? If these things exist,
    what PC's do they run on ? (Atari, MAC, IBM, etc)
    
    	
    Paul. (UK-based new noter in COMMUSIC).
    
    
    PS: If the previous questions haven't been answered elsewhere...to get
    the S950 to respond in MULTI mode you just need to specify in your
    program the channel offset from the base channel for each sample in the
    program. The PAN problem sounds as if the stereo outputs are being
    used. If you don't specify one of the eight outputs for a sample in the
    program, the dynamic assignment will sometimes go left and sometimes
    right...if you need more info on this just ask.
    

    There are several good sample-editing software packages on the market. 
    The one that comes to mind right off the top of my head is Alchemy.
    
    digidesign also makes a package, but I don't remember the name.  Most
    good packages of this sort or Macintosh-based.
    
    Try looking under keywords SOFTWARE or SAMPLING, or check out the (very
    large!) DIR BY KEYWORD topic located in the 1st 20 notes in here.
    
    And welcome.
    
+b

    Paul,  waveform editing packages have been around quite a while.
    Digidesign has offered a MAC based package, loading/dumping samples
    using the MIDI port (can you say 'slow'?) or the RS422 port.
    And the S900/950 are really popular, so I bet you'll have little
    problem.
    
    I have to imagine there are VGA-style sample editors for MAC.  You can
    also import samples done on other machines, using Standard Sample file
    format.
    
    karl

I agree with what the previous noters have to say.  I use Sound Designer
and Alchemy both extensively.  I have landed some remixing contracts that
would have been impossible to present my demos using standard tools.

The new version of Alchemy can even act as a front-end to Digidesign's
Sound and Pro Tools....

Kris..

    Thanks for the suggestions...can you give me some idea of prices for
    Alchemy/Sound Designer/etc. and also what type of MAC they require to
    run on ?
    
    Since I'm new to this area I don't have a backlog of
    magazines/brochures to look this stuff up in !
    
    Paul.

>    Thanks for the suggestions...can you give me some idea of prices for
>    Alchemy/Sound Designer/etc. and also what type of MAC they require to
>    run on ?

Alchemy can go as low as $400...kind of pricey but very powerful product.
Most Sound Designer users that I know usually buy some kind of complete 
audio production system from Digidesign Inc.....usually Sound Tools (designed
for use with the Macintosh II, SE, and Quadra series.  Sound Tools consists
of 4 components:  The Sound Accelerator digital signal processing card, AD IN
analog to digital convertor, DAT I/O interface and Sound Designer II audio
editing software.  Together, these pieces form a complete hard disk-based
recording system with DSP capabilities.  Price is well over $2000!  Many
Sound Tools hackers will tell you that it is worth every cent ;-)

Kris...

    Don't scare him off, kris.. the sound tools stuff involves dedicated
    hardware and extended stereo sampling to the MAC's hard disk.. way
    outside the scope of the request.
    
    You'll do fine with the base Digidesign sample editing program..
    Alchemy is a bit much for someone with ONE sampler to deal with.
    
    karl, ready to say goodbye to this incarnation of Commusic..

>    You'll do fine with the base Digidesign sample editing program..
>    Alchemy is a bit much for someone with ONE sampler to deal with.

Karl...I can always learn something new...which "base Digidesign sample 
editing program."?

Does Digidesign unbundle the 'sample editing program'?

Kris..
  

>Does Digidesign unbundle the 'sample editing program'?
    Yes, this is the original sample editing program.  It was meant 
    to accept samples via MIDI SYSEX or directly in the serial
    port, manipulate onscreen, and download back to the sampler.. 
    It predated any "sample in stereo using our board to your MAC/PC 
    hard disk" packages that are out there now.
    
    Contact a knowledgeable music store or Digidesign themselves (see
    any music comix, they're regular advertisers).
    
    karl