Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Dear Richard,
Thanks for your intro. backlight display is quite easy to fix. Manual:
there are some guys here who bought one from ebay. I'm still available
for scanning their manual & putting it on this site. 
Regards,
Frank


--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "mardigrasbomber"
<ysaebud@f...> wrote:
>
> Hello to everyone, I've just joined the group and so I am leaving 
> the requested message.
> I recently bought an S1100 for a mere £40. I've been making music of 
> some kind or another for 15 years (I might go through my music 
> history some other time)and have used many different types of 
> machine, but even from the age of 15 (half my life away now) I 
> dreamed of one day putting a beautifully creamy white Akai sampler 
> in a set-up, and so when a forty quid one pops up you don't hesitate.
> As you might expect the backlights gone and no manual (that seems to 
> be a common problem around here) but it's in working order otherwise.
> I've not actually set it up proper as yet (I'm decorating the room 
> don't you know) but it will be up within the week.
> I've downloaded the S1000 manual but alas it leaves out some things 
> for the S1100, most notably effects. Was this ever resolved around 
> here, did anyone get round to scanning the missing pages or discover 
> a web-site to download from?
> Or will I just have to poke around on the machine and hope for the 
> best? That sounds likely. 
> Anyway it's good to have some support out there in the world of 
> Akai, and hopefully I'll learn a trick or two from yourselves. 
> Thanks for having me, Richard.
>