Modular Editing System by Akai (MESA). The MESA program is supplied
free with the S2000, S3000XL, S3200XL, CD3000XL and the DPS12i and
DPS16 Digital Personal Studios.
At its most basic level, MESA allows graphic editing of every
parameter in the new "S" Series samplers. The program comes with a
variety of pre-configured control layouts so that you can be up and
running immediately. MESA also includes a versatile Layout Editor that
lets you design custom control layouts optimized for the exact way you
work.
However, MESA is much more than just a graphic editor. With MESA you
can create and edit programs and translate sounds from differnet audio
file formats such as AIFF and SD2 (Mac version) and .WAV files (PC
version).
MESA also includes a File Manager for saving, organizing and accessing
sound data on a variety of external storage devices and a graphic Wave
Editor for editing sound data as well as recording data from an audio
CD in the Mac's internal CD ROM drive.
MESA's modular design makes it easy to update by simply adding a new
product module to the appropriate folder. Newly supported products
include the DPS12/DPS12i and DPS16 Digital Personal Studios.
MESA for the DPS12/DPS12i and DPS16 features complete control of all
mixer parameters and transport controls. Also included is a MIDI
dynamic automation recorder that allws you to graphically edit the
automation data for each track independently, a MIX Scene manager,
Beat Map manager and a Tempo manager. It's even possible to access the
recorders basic setup properties such as timecode settings, sampler
rate, etc.
Features:
Supplied free with the S2000, S3000XL, S3200XL, CD3000XL samplers and
the DPS12i and DPS16 Digital Personal Studios
Allows graphic editing of every parameter of the new S-Series samplers
Comes with a variety of pre-configured control layouts so that you can
be up and running immediately
Includes a versatile Layout Editor that lets you design custom control
layouts optimized for the exact way you work
Includes a File Manager for saving, organizing and accessing sound
data on a variety of external storage devices
Includes a graphic Wave Editor for editing sound data as well as
recording data from an audio CD in the Mac's internal CD ROM drive
(waveform editing not supported on the DPS12i/DPS16)
Compatible with AppleScripts for the automation of repetitive tasks. A
large selection of pre-written scripts are included with MESA. Custom
scripts can be created with any AppleScript editor.
