Importing Wave Files From Your Computer - Roland sp-404sx Owner's Manual

Importing Wave Files from Your Computer

By using the included "SP-404SX Wave Converter" software,
WAV or AIFF files from your computer can be written to an
SD card and assigned to pads of the SP-404SX.
Card reader (sold separately)
WAV
AIFF
Use the "SP-404SX Wave Converter" software on
your computer to copy the data to SD card
1. Installing Wave Converter .
Windows users
Navigate to the Wave Converter folder on the "SP-404SX
UTILITY CD-ROM" and double-click Setup.exe.
Mac OS X users
Navigate to the Wave Converter folder on the "SP-404SX
UTILITY CD-ROM" and double-click
SP-404SX Wave Converter Installer.pkg.
2. Connect the card reader (sold separately) to your
computer, and insert an SD card .
3. Start up Wave Converter .
Windows users
Select the SP-404SX Wave Converter from the Start
menu.
Mac OS X users
Double-click the SP-404SX Wave Converter icon.
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4. Use Wave Converter to load WAVE files .
Load the data from SD
card into the SP-404SX
5. Insert the SD card into the SP-404SX, and switch
You must first format
the SD card on the
SP-404SX (p. 35).
Using the procedure described as follows, assign WAVE
files (or AIFF files) to the pads of the SP-404SX. When you're
finished, click [Exit] button to exit the software.
1
Select the SD card drive.
4
Click [Import] button to open a dialog
box. Select the WAVE file that you want to
import.
on its power .
You'll be able to play the imported WAVE files on the
SP-404SX.
MEMO
• For more about using SP-404SX Wave Converter, refer
to the online help.
The online help is a PDF file. You'll need Adobe Reader
(available free of charge) in order to read it.
• If you want to import audio files from an SD card
without using the included "SP-404SX Wave Converter"
software, refer to "Importing WAVE Files" (p. 36).
2
Select the sample
bank.
3
Click the pad to
which you want to
assign the WAVE
file. The border of
the selected pad
will turn green.
5
Exit the
software.