The right way to load AKAI data
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:45 pm
Hi all.
Just got a PM and I know from answering other questions around the forum that many people here don't seem to know how to load AKAI data into their keyboards or don't understand what all this means.
So.... just so you know there are 2 ways to load AKAI data.
***Method 1***
You insert the AKAI disk and you select the sounds you want to load to memory, and using the drop down menu in the top right you load the sounds. Ok, that's simply enough but you need to know that doing it this way means that the OASYS will not read any filter information from the AKAI programs and so it will do nothing other than load the sample data to memory and setup a multisample for you.
A disadvantage of using this method is that if there are 8 programs on the AKAI disks that share the same pool of samples. The OASYS will load the same sample data to memory 8 times which obviously results in you wasting memory. For example, a 650MB Symphony Of Voices CD will generate about 2.5GB of samples if you load it this way.
***Method 2***
Instead of loading selecting the sounds as in method 1, select the folder that all the sounds are in and using hte drop down menu select the Advanced AKAI loading option from the menu. This time the OASYS will read all the AKAI filter information from the programs and everything will load to memory. So this time around you will have your multisample and your programs and combi sounds all generated for you. Sort of like plug and play. Everything is setup for you exactly as if you had a real AKAI Sampler. In addition to that, loading the data this way allows the OASYS to see what samples are used in what programs, and so the same sample will never be loaded twice to memory. So a 650MB Symphony Of Voices CD this time around will use up exactly 650MB of sample RAM.
***What is an AKAI Disk***
It's a disk that contains data in AKAI format that was designed for an AKAI Sampler like the S- Series. This format was at one point the most popular sample format on the face of the planet and so there are thousands of Sample Libaries avaialbe in AKAI format from online stores everywhere. Your OASYS will load S1000 and S3000 disks which are the two most popular AKAI foramts there are.
So to recap, loading AKAI S1000 or S3000 disks using Method 2 posted above is in many ways like loading a dedicated KORG Library. Meaning that the sounds you load will be instantly ready to play and sitting in Prog mode as normal sounds. About the only thing the OASYS wont read is the Effect Information, so you will have to assign a basic reverb and no more.
Most AKAI disks don't contain effect settings anyway, so it makes little difference.
Regards.
Sharp.
Just got a PM and I know from answering other questions around the forum that many people here don't seem to know how to load AKAI data into their keyboards or don't understand what all this means.
So.... just so you know there are 2 ways to load AKAI data.
***Method 1***
You insert the AKAI disk and you select the sounds you want to load to memory, and using the drop down menu in the top right you load the sounds. Ok, that's simply enough but you need to know that doing it this way means that the OASYS will not read any filter information from the AKAI programs and so it will do nothing other than load the sample data to memory and setup a multisample for you.
A disadvantage of using this method is that if there are 8 programs on the AKAI disks that share the same pool of samples. The OASYS will load the same sample data to memory 8 times which obviously results in you wasting memory. For example, a 650MB Symphony Of Voices CD will generate about 2.5GB of samples if you load it this way.
***Method 2***
Instead of loading selecting the sounds as in method 1, select the folder that all the sounds are in and using hte drop down menu select the Advanced AKAI loading option from the menu. This time the OASYS will read all the AKAI filter information from the programs and everything will load to memory. So this time around you will have your multisample and your programs and combi sounds all generated for you. Sort of like plug and play. Everything is setup for you exactly as if you had a real AKAI Sampler. In addition to that, loading the data this way allows the OASYS to see what samples are used in what programs, and so the same sample will never be loaded twice to memory. So a 650MB Symphony Of Voices CD this time around will use up exactly 650MB of sample RAM.
***What is an AKAI Disk***
It's a disk that contains data in AKAI format that was designed for an AKAI Sampler like the S- Series. This format was at one point the most popular sample format on the face of the planet and so there are thousands of Sample Libaries avaialbe in AKAI format from online stores everywhere. Your OASYS will load S1000 and S3000 disks which are the two most popular AKAI foramts there are.
So to recap, loading AKAI S1000 or S3000 disks using Method 2 posted above is in many ways like loading a dedicated KORG Library. Meaning that the sounds you load will be instantly ready to play and sitting in Prog mode as normal sounds. About the only thing the OASYS wont read is the Effect Information, so you will have to assign a basic reverb and no more.
Most AKAI disks don't contain effect settings anyway, so it makes little difference.
Regards.
Sharp.
just read, you know the soft already...