Roland SP-404MKII Creative Sampler and Effector User Manual
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Table of contents
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Table of contents
Introduction .............................................................................. 4
What You Should Know About This Unit (How Data is
Organized) ............................................................................. 4
What’s a Sample? ............................................................................. 4
What’s a Pattern? ............................................................................. 4
Banks and Projects .......................................................................... 5
Getting Things Ready ........................................................... 6
Connecting External Equipment ................................................ 6
About the Power Supply ............................................................... 8
Turning the Power On/Off ......................................................... 10
Playing Back Samples (SAMPLE MODE) ........................ 12
Selecting a Sample Bank ..................................................... 12
Adjusting the Volume for All Banks (BANK VOLUME) ....... 13
Playing Back a Sample to the Tempo of a Song (BPM SYNC)
.............................................................................................. 14
Playing Back Only While a Pad is Pressed (GATE) ............. 15
Playing Back Samples Only One Time (One-shot Playback)
.............................................................................................. 16
Playing Back Samples Repeatedly (LOOP) ........................ 17
Playing Back a Sample in Reverse (REVERSE) .................... 18
Playing Back Samples in Detailed Steps (ROLL) ................ 19
Setting the Roll Interval .............................................................. 19
Setting a Fixed Sample Volume (FIXED VELOCITY) .......... 21
Changing the Sample Volume for Playback (16 VELOCITY)
.............................................................................................. 22
Playing Back Samples in Scale Pitches (CHROMATIC) ...... 23
Muting the Playback of a Sample (PAD MUTE) ................. 24
Playing Back Multiple Pads at the Same Time (PAD LINK
GROUPS) .............................................................................. 25
Preventing Samples from Playing Back at the Same Time
(MUTE GROUP) .................................................................... 26
Stopping All Sample Playback (STOP) ............................... 27
Pausing the Sound of a Sample (PAUSE) .............................. 27
Disabling Buttons that Are Not Used When Playing Live
(LIVE MODE) ......................................................................... 28
Using the Effects ................................................................... 29
Adding Effects to a Sample (BUS FX) ................................. 29
Assigning Effects to BUS 1 and BUS 2 .................................... 30
Deciding on Effects to Use for Each Sample ........................ 30
Using the MFX Effects .................................................................. 31
Editing the Effects ............................................................... 33
Turning Effects On/Off at the Desired Timing ................... 34
Temporarily Output Only the Effect Sound (MUTE BUS) .. 35
Sampling (SAMPLING) ........................................................ 37
Configuring the Sampling Settings (RECORD SETTING) ... 37
Configuring the Input Effects (INPUT FX) ............................. 37
Sampling .............................................................................. 39
Adding a Count-in Before Sampling ...................................... 39
Automatically Setting the End Point of a Sample (END
Resampling a Sample (RESAMPLE) .................................... 41
Sampling What You Previously Played (SKIP-BACK
SAMPLING) .......................................................................... 42
Editing a Sample (SAMPLE EDIT) ..................................... 44
Setting the Playback and Loop Regions (START/END) ..... 44
Processing a Sample .................................................................... 45
Marking and Splitting Samples (MARK) ............................ 46
Using a Marker to Split and Assign a Sample to a Pad
Making Fade-in/Fade-out Settings (ENVELOPE) ............... 49
Changing the Pitch or Playback Speed of a Sample
(PITCH/SPEED) ..................................................................... 52
Displaying Parameters Set in a Sample ............................. 54
Initializing the Sample Parameters (INIT PARAM) ............ 55
Organizing the Samples ..................................................... 56
Exchanging (Swapping) Samples Between Pads ................ 56
Copying the Sample from a Pad ............................................... 56
Copying all samples in a bank to another bank .................. 57
Protecting a Sample (PROTECT) ............................................... 57
Deleting the Sample from a Pad .............................................. 57
Combining Samples to Create a Pattern (PATTERN
SEQUENCER) .......................................................................... 59
Playing a Pattern ................................................................. 59
Creating a New Pattern (Real-time Recording) ................. 60
Adding a Count-in Before Recording a Pattern ................... 61
Creating a New Pattern (TR-REC) ....................................... 62
Converting Patterns to Samples ........................................ 65
Sampling a Pattern (RESAMPLE) ............................................... 65
Converting Patterns to Samples (BOUNCE) .......................... 66
Selecting a Pattern Bank .................................................... 67
Playing Back Patterns in Order (PATTERN CHAIN) ........... 68
Recording Effect Operations to a Pattern (EFX MOTION
REC) ...................................................................................... 71
Deleting Effect Operations Recorded in a Pattern (EFX
MOTION ERASE) .................................................................. 72
Deleting Specific Effect Operations From a Pattern .......... 72
Recording Pad Mute Operations to a Pattern (PAD MUTE
MOTION REC) ....................................................................... 73
Deleting Pad Mute Operations Recorded in a Pattern (PAD
MUTE MOTION ERASE) ........................................................ 74
Deleting Specific Pad Mute Operations from a Pattern ... 74
Editing a Pattern (PATTERN EDIT) ...................................... 75
Copying and Connecting Patterns (DUPLICATE) ................ 75
Cropping Unnecessary Sections from a Pattern (CROP) .. 75
Aligning the Playback Timing of Samples Inputted to a
Pattern (QUANTIZE) ...................................................................... 76
Organizing the Pattern Data .............................................. 78
Exchanging (Swapping) Patterns Between Pads ................ 78
Copying the Pattern of a Pad .................................................... 78
Extracting Specific Samples (Pads) from a Pattern............. 79
Copying all patterns in a bank to another bank ................. 79
Protecting a Pattern (PROTECT) ................................................ 80
Deleting the Pattern from a Pad ............................................... 80
Setting the Tempo ............................................................... 82
Setting the Tempo Data in a Sample ................................. 83
Setting the Tempo for a Bank or Project ........................... 85
Setting the Tempo in Time with the Rhythm (Tap Tempo)
.............................................................................................. 86
Mixing the Samples (DJ MODE) ....................................... 87
Playing Back Samples While in DJ Mode (PAD MODE) ..... 89
Playing Back Patterns While in DJ Mode ........................... 90
Playing Back a Sample from the Marker Position ............. 91
Adding a Marker While Playing Back a Sample ................ 92
Editing a Marker While Playing Back a Sample .................... 92