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Checking the remaining sampling time, Chapter 3 – Roland SP-303 User Manual

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Chapter 3. Sampling

Chapter

3

Never turn off the power while the dots on the display
are blinking. Turning off the power at this point may
result in corruption of data not only in the sample that
was being deleted, but in other samples as well.

Checking the Remaining
Sampling Time

To check the remaining available sampling time, do the
following.

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1. Confirm that [PATTERN SELECT] is not lit.

If [PATTERN SELECT] is lit, press it so that the button’s
light goes out.

2. Select the memory whose remaining time you want to

check.

If checking the remaining time of the internal memory,
press either BANK [A] or [B], causing the button to light
up.

If checking the remaining time of a memory card, press
BANK [C] or [D], causing the button to light up.

* The same action is performed, regardless of whether BANK

[A] or [B] (or BANK [C] or [D]) is pressed.

3. Press [REMAIN].

The remaining sampling times for “STANDARD” and
“MONO” are indicated in the display.

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* Please be aware that the displayed remaining time may not be

precisely accurate.

* When displaying the remaining sampling time of a memory

card, the indication of minutes and seconds changes according
to the amount of time left. If there are ten minutes or more
remaining, then the time is indicated only down to the tens of
seconds.

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Additionally, when one hundred minutes or more of
sampling time remains, seconds are not shown, and only
the “minutes” are indicated.

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minute

second

minute

(x10 sec)