General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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INTRODUCTION 3
mental and creative effects (reverbs and modulations). The Effects Libraries house the
Effects and they can store up to 64 reverbs and 64 modulations.
• Sequencer
The multi-track sequencer can memorise 250.000 events in the 2 Megabyte Operative-
R
AM
. This 16 track sequencer has a very extensive Event Edit facility, including the
functions Master Track, Copy, Insert/Delete Events, Quantize, Microscope and others.
• Disk drive
The S Series Music Processor data can be saved to floppy disk via the disk drive,
which handles 3.5” HD floppy disks and force-formats them with a capacity of 1.62
Megabytes. The drive can also format and use Ms-Dos floppy disks (1.44 Mb or 720
Kb) or Atari (720 Kb), for the transferring of MIDI Files and Samples read by Sample
Translator.
• R
AM
-disk
The S Series Music Processor can be fitted with a 512 kb or 2 Mb optional Static R
AM
(
NON
-
VOLATILE
), backed by a small rechargeable Nickel/Cadmium battery. The R
AM
-
disk is a fixed disk with high speed accessing facilities.
• M
IOS
multitasking operating system
The S Series Music Instrument Operating System allows simultaneous operation of
several tasks, such as modifying a Sound, playing back a Song, loading a Song in
background, etc..
• User Program
The MIOS can be expanded by User Programs, made available from time to time by
Generalmusic, providing the instrument with additional functions by loading appropri-
ate software via floppy disk.
• Advanced M
IDI
control
The S Series Music Processors incorporate 2 independent MIDI lines with M
IDI
-Merge
and M
IDI
-Thru functions. These instruments are fully implemented MIDI units.
• SampleTranslator 2.0 incorporated
SampleTranslator is a Waveform creating programme which allows the creation of
new Sounds starting from samples originating from Akai S1000 floppies, from
floppies containing files generated by the more popular computer editors, or from data
received via M
IDI
.
• Samples and Programs read from Akai S1000™ floppy disks
The possibility of reading the Akai format allows the S Series instruments to gain
access to the greatest sample library available on the market. The Programs
(multisamples) are converted into Music Processor Waveforms.
How to use this manual
This manual is divided into several sections.
❑
Overview of the instrument and the edit/handling environments describes the sound
synthesis technique and how the data handling operations are organised.
❑
Installation, power up, demo explains how to setup and turn on the instrument and
how to listen to the demonstration songs (demo).
❑
User interface/selection explains how to use the Data Entry controls, examines the
display and takes a look at the operations common to sound and data selection.
❑
Practical guide is a simplified guide for the non-expert synth user. The information
contained in this section is sufficient for a normal use of the instrument: how to load
songs and new Sounds from disk, how to record and play back a song, how to control