Boss Audio Systems SP-505 - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4
Remove the Card Cover .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Main Features..........................................................................................9
Names of Things and What They Do...................................................10
Front Panel................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Quick Start.............................................................................................14
Making the Connections........................................................................................................................................... 14
Turning the power on................................................................................................................................................ 15
Turning the power off.................................................................................................................................... 15
The SP-505’s display .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Parameter list display .................................................................................................................................... 16
Wave display................................................................................................................................................... 16
Sub-window display ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Press the pads to play sounds .................................................................................................................................. 17
Listening to the preset patterns ............................................................................................................................... 18
An overview of the SP-505 ....................................................................................................................................... 19
How the sections of the SP-505 are connected ........................................................................................... 19
How the SP-505 is organized ........................................................................................................................ 19
Applying effects ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Recording a sample.................................................................................................................................................... 22
If you are not satisfied with the sampled sound........................................................................................ 23
Changing the BPM (tempo) of the sample (BPM Adjust).................................................................................. 24
Synchronizing the BPM (tempo) of several samples (BPM Sync) ................................................................... 25
Dividing a sample between several pads (Chop) ................................................................................................ 26
Playing pitches with a sample (Pitch) .................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 1. Playing samples from the pads ........................................29
What are the 32 pad banks?...................................................................................................................................... 29
Basic ways to play samples ...................................................................................................................................... 29
The number of samples that can be played simultaneously ............................................................................. 30
Switching the pad bank ............................................................................................................................................ 30
Switching the pad accent .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Using the Hold function to play samples.............................................................................................................. 30
Changing how the sample sounds or stops (Pad Play)....................................................................................... 31
Looping the sound (Loop Mode)............................................................................................................................. 31
Playing a sample backward (Reverse Playback).................................................................................................. 32
Playing an audio input signal (EXT Source)......................................................................................................... 32
Adjusting the EXT source settings.......................................................................................................................... 33
Changing the BPM of a sample............................................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 2. Using the internal effects ..................................................34
Selecting pads to which effects are applied (FX Assign) ................................................................................... 34
Selecting the pad that will be the effect synchronization source (SYNC SOURCE).................................... 34
Selecting an effect ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Using the pads to select an effect ................................................................................................................. 35
Turning the effect on/off .......................................................................................................................................... 35
Controlling how the effect is applied .................................................................................................................... 35
Effects List ................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 3. Recording samples ............................................................39
Before you sample...................................................................................................................................................... 39
Stereo/mono sampling selection ................................................................................................................. 39
Selecting the Sampling Grade....................................................................................................................... 39
About the sampling time............................................................................................................................... 39