Assigning An Imported User Sample To An Instrument; Importing A User Sample (Sample Import); Selecting A User Sample (Sample); Editing A User Sample's Settings (Sample Edit) - Roland TR-8S Owner's Manual

Assigning an Imported User Sample to an Instrument

Importing a User Sample
Here's how an audio file saved on an SD card can be imported as a
user sample.
* Use the TR-8S to format the SD card.
* The maximum length of a single audio file that can be imported
is approximately 180 seconds (in the case of 44.1 kHz/MONO).
Depending on the state of memory usage, the maximum time might
be shorter.
1.
Using your computer, copy an audio file to the
following folder of the SD card.
ROLAND\TR-8S\SAMPLE\
File formats that can be imported
WAV, AIFF
2.
Insert the SD card into the TR-8S (p. 6).
3.
Press the [UTILITY] button.
4.
Use the [VALUE] knob to select
[ENTER]
and then press the
5.
Use the [VALUE] knob to select the audio file that
you want to import, and press the
A confirmation message appears.
6.
To execute, use the [VALUE]
[ENTER]
and press the
If you decide to cancel, use the
[ENTER]
and then press the button.
When the import is completed, the display indicates
"Completed!" and you exit the UTILITY screen.
Selecting a User Sample
1.
Press the [SAMPLE] button.
[SAMPLE]
The button and the
selected in [TR-REC]) are lit, and the SAMPLE screen appears.
2.
Use the [VALUE] knob to select the user sample
that you want to assign as the instrument's tone.
MEMO
5 Choose from the sample that you imported from the SD card.
5 You can press a
[BD]–[RC]
destination.
3.
Press the lit [SAMPLE]
[SAMPLE]
The button goes dark, and you exit the SAMPLE screen.
(SAMPLE Import)
"Sample Import,"
button.
[ENTER] button.
knob to select "OK,"
button.
[VALUE] knob to select "Cancel,"
(SAMPLE)
[BD]–[RC]
button (that had been
button to change the loading-
button.
Editing a User Sample's Settings
1.
Hold down the [SHIFT]
[SAMPLE]
button.
The SAMPLE Edit screen appears.
2.
Select a parameter.
2-1.
Use the [VALUE] knob to select a parameter.
2-2.
Press the [ENTER] button.
3.
Modify values.
3-1.
Use the [VALUE] knob to edit the parameter value.
3-2.
[ENTER]
Press the button.
Return to the parameter selection (step 2).
NOTE
"---,"
If the screen indicates
4.
[SAMPLE]
Press the lit
The [SAMPLE] button goes dark, and you exit the SAMPLE Edit
screen.
If you had edited the settings, a screen asks whether you want to
save the sample.
MEMO
5 The settings you specify here are common to all kits that use
the same user sample.
5 ACB tone or preset samples (samples for which the
is shown) show the parameter values as "---"; these values
cannot be edited.
(SAMPLE Edit)
button and press the
editing is not possible.
button.
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