Akai Preferences

S-1000/3000 Type
This determines what specific Akai Program format is converted to, or when creating a Volume.

.AKP Type
This determines what specific Akai S-5000 Program format you convert to. Z-Series has three filters, and the MPC-4000 has an extra Pad assignment chunk.

Allow 24-bit samples for S-5000
Your source format may be in a higher bit rate than 16-bit. Checking this allows dithering to the higher 24-bit bit rate.

External Modulator
The Akai's have an external modulator source defined, and it is switchable as a global parameter. You can select which parameter will be represented as the "external modulator".

Velocity Grid
Incoming source formats can be highly disorganized or staggered, which propagates messiness when converting. Checking this parameter lines the velocity split values (if any) to a specific grid without the randomness that the source format may be defining.

Auto Name Volumes
Auto Names Volumes.

Unique Program Number
When checked, on converting into Akai Volumes, the app makes sure that no Program Numbers are duplicated. This insures that when you load the Volume as a Volume, no program will play on top of each other.

Only 12-char names considered for stereo
Akai samples are dual-mono, they are defined as stereo when the names end with -L or -R. This option makes the restriction that the name must be 12 characters long (the last two characters being -L or -R) to be considered "stereo"; mostly for combining the samples into one single interleaved stereo sample in the destination.

aksys filename restrictions
aksys™ is a program that Akai put out to communicate with the S-5000-series through USB. It puts additional restrictions on program and sample naming; this option insures that it occurs on newly created .akp and WAVE files.

Write MESA, Pulsar, S-5000 "where the samples are"
Checking this forces the new Program file to be written where the samples of the source format are.

All Samples moved to Destination Folder for bulk
Checking this forces the new Program file to be written where the samples of the source format are.

Bulk Akai Volume Options
An Akai Volume is technically a Bank format, containing possible multiple Programs. When converting into a Bank format, this specifies if all Programs will go into one Bank file, or separated Bank files.

Combine sample-numbered Programs
On an Akai, Programs that have the same program number, set on the same MIDI-Channel, play simultaneously. Checking this merges these Programs when converting them into one single Program, so the destination plays them just like the Akai did.

Parameter Tolerance
When converting INTO this format, there may be structural limitations where if you wanted to ensure all parameters were converted perfectly, you'd end up with multiple Programs/Presets being created, perhaps in more of a mess than you prefer. Setting Parameter Tolerance to a higher percentage gives some grace to these parameters so the conversion will be a little exact but you'll wind up with a cleaner organization that will be more usable to you.

Pulsar Type
This selects the Pulsar or STS type you are converting to when you select the Pulsar conversion option in the Master Translation Dialog or the right-click method.

S-5000 Sample Naming Length
Although the technical limit to a sample file name in the S-5000 Series is 31 characters (not including the .wav extension), there are some factors where you might want to limit this. Firstly, the Akai's themselves only display 20 characters maximum. Also, some samplers that import S-5000 Programs only recognize sample names to a certain length (NI's Maschine is an example). This option allows you to regulate this.