Roland SP-303 - Manual (Page 30)

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Chapter 3. Sampling
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* You can also stop sampling without pressing [REC] by
pressing the lit (sampling) pad. In this case, after sampling
stops, the sound just sampled is played back automatically.
The BPM is automatically calculated to correspond to the
time of the sample (if BPM is set, the time from the start
to the End Point), and that value appears in the display.
* If the sampling time is two or more measures or is less than
one measure, the BPM display value may be double or half the
correct value. In this case, press [TIME/BPM], getting it to
light up, and turn CTRL 2 (BPM) to correct this to the desired
value (refer to “Changing the Sample's BPM” on p. 41).
* Note that the displayed BPM value is an approximate value
for the sampling time, and may not be entirely accurate.
12. Press the pad 2, and you will hear the sound that you
just sampled.
Sampling from a CD or MD
Sounds input from a CD or MD are sampled in stereo.
Here is an example describing the procedure for sampling in
stereo to Pad 3 in Bank B.
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1. Refer to p. 11 for instructions on connecting the CD or
MD player to the LINE IN jack.
2. Turn on the power of your CD/MD player, and put the
player in play-standby mode.
3. Confirm that [PATTERN SELECT] is not lit.
If [PATTERN SELECT] is lit, press it so that the button’s
light goes out.
4. Press [REC], and confirm that the button has lit.
The pads to which you can sample then blink, and the
SP-303 goes into sampling standby.
* If you now decide not to sample, press [CANCEL].
[REC] light goes out.
5. Press BANK [B], and confirm that the button has lit.
Sample Bank B is selected.
6. Press pad 3.
Pad 3 lights up, and [REC] blinks.
7. Press [LONG/LO-FI] to select the sampling grade.
[LONG/LO-FI] not lit:
STANDARD (Sampling with high-quality sound)
[LONG/LO-FI] lit:
LONG (Twice the sampling time of STANDARD)
[LONG/LO-FI] blinking:
LO-FI (Extended sampling time)
8. Press [STEREO], and confirm that the button has lit.
Stereo sampling is selected.
When you want to sample to a memory card, insert a
memory card into the card slot, and press BANK [C] or
[D] to select the sample bank for the memory card.
If the memory card being used here has not been
formatted for the SP-303, BANK [C] and [D] blink, and
“FMt” appears in the display.
If you want to format at this time, press BANK [C] or
[D].
BANK [C] and [D] then remain lit, and [DEL] begins to
blink. When you press [DEL], formatting then begins.
Formatting the memory card erases all data on the card
and allows the card to be used with the SP-303.
The power of the SP-303 must be turned off before
inserting or removing a memory card. If a memory card
is inserted when the power is turned on, the data in the
memory card may be destroyed, or the memory card
may become unusable.
If you select a bank or pad, or perform another operation
when sampling to a memory card, the dots in the display
may blink and the SP-303 may appear to stop working
for a short while; however, this does not indicate a
malfunction. Still, be absolutely sure never to turn off the
power while the dots are blinking.
* Depending on memory card capacity and the amount of
data stored on the card, operations may stop for about a
minute.
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