Roland SP-303 - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY........... 2
Main Features.......................... 6
Panel Descriptions ................... 7
IMPORTANT NOTES ................ 10
QUICK START ......................... 11
Making Connections ...............................................11
Turning On the Power.............................................12
Turning Off the Power ............................................12
Listen to the Samples .............................................13
Adding Effects to Samples.....................................14
Try Playing a Pattern ..............................................15
Playing with the Tempo Changed.................................... 15
Sampling Your Own Sounds..................................16
Lifting the SP-303’s Memory Protection .......................... 16
If you don’t like the sampled sound ................................ 17
Chapter 1. Playing Samples ... 18
Composition of Samples ........................................18
Switching Sample Banks........................................18
Number of Samples That Can Be Played
Simultaneously (Polyphony)..................................18
Having a Sample Continue to Play Even
When the Pad is Released (Hold) ..........................19
Playing Sounds Input From External Devices
(EXT SOURCE Pad).................................................19
Adjusting the Volume of the External Input Sounds..... 20
Chapter 2. Using the Effects ... 21
Adding Effects to Samples.....................................21
Turning Effects On and Off Rapidly (Effect Grab)......... 22
Selecting an Effect From MFX ........................................... 22
Applying Effects to Multiple Samples ...................22
Applying Effects to All Samples Simultaneously .........23
Effects List...............................................................24
Chapter 3. Sampling ..............27
Before Sampling..................................................... 27
Selecting Higher Quality Sampling, Extended Sampling,
or Lo-Fi Sampling (Sampling Grade)...................................... 27
Selecting Between Stereo and Mono Sampling .............. 27
About Sampling Time ........................................................ 27
Sampling from a Microphone................................ 28
Sampling from a CD or MD.................................... 29
Sampling With the Tempo Specified Beforehand ....... 30
Starting Sampling Automatically
(Auto Sampling) ..................................................... 31
To stop auto sampling ........................................................ 32
Making Samples with Effects Added
(Resampling) .......................................................... 32
Deleting an Individual Sample .............................. 33
Deleting All Samples Together ............................. 34
Changing the Assignment of Samples to the Pads ..... 34
Checking the Remaining Sampling Time............. 35
Chapter 4.
Changing the Sampling Settings..36
Playing Phrases Repeatedly (Loop Playback)/
Playing the Sound Only Once (One Shot Playback)
.... 36
Having Samples Play Only While the
Pad Is Pressed (Gate Playback)............................ 36
Having Samples Play Even If the
Pad Is Not Held Down (Trigger Playback)............ 36
Playing Samples in the Reverse Direction
(Reverse Playback) ................................................ 37
Setting the Sample Volume ................................... 38
Preventing Unneeded Portions from Being Played
(Markers/Start Point/End Point)
................................. 38
Adjusting both the Start and End points ......................... 38
Adjusting only the End Point ............................................ 39
Adjusting only the Start Point
(End Point is the end of the sample) ................................ 39
Finely Adjusting the Start Point and End Point ............. 40
Deleting Unwanted Portions (Truncate)............... 41
Changing the Sample’s BPM ................................ 41
Changing the Length of a Sample
Without Changing the Pitch (Time Modify)......... 42