Roland SP-404SX - Manual (Page 14)

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Playing Patterns
What’s a pattern?
The SP-404SX lets you successively play several samples by pressing a pad, and create a song by recording this perfor-
mance . Such a succession of samples is called a “pattern .”
Pads to which a pattern is assigned will blink red .
When you press a blinking pad, the pattern will
play .
What is a pattern bank?
A “pattern bank” is a set of twelve patterns assigned to the pads . The SP-404SX has ten pattern banks, A–J .
Use the [A/F]–[E/J] buttons to switch pattern banks .
To select F, Press the [A/F] button twice so it starts
blinking .
On the factory-installed SD card, patterns are assigned to pads [1]–[12] of pattern banks [A]–[E] . You’ll probably want to start by
listening to these .
1. Press.the.[.PATTERN.SELECT].button.so.it’s.lit .
The display will indicate “ P t n .”
2. Press.the.BANK.[A/F].button.so.the.button.is.lit .
If the button is blinking, bank F is selected . Press
the [A/F] button once again so it lights steadily .