Time Stretch; Procedure For Dividing A Sample - Roland Fantom-Xa Owner's Manual

Editing a Sample
Stretching or Shrinking a Sample

(TIME STRETCH)

This operation stretches or shrinks the sample to modify the length
or tempo. You can stretch or shrink the sample by a factor of one half
to double the original length.
* You cannot execute this with more than one sample selected.
1.
Press [SAMPLE EDIT <-> LIST] to access the SAMPLE EDIT
screen.
2.
Press [F3 (MODIFY)] to open the Sample Modify Menu
window.
3.
Press [F3 (TIME STRETCH)].
fig.TIMESTRETCH
4.
Press or to select the parameter.
5.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to specify the tempo/
length.
When setting the BPM (tempo) value, you can hold down
[SHIFT] and turn the VALUE dial, or use [INC] [DEC] to adjust
the value to the right of the decimal point.
Parameter Explanation
BPM Change the BPM of the sample to the BPM you
specify.
Time Specify the length of the sample as a time value.
Rate Specify the length relative to the current length
of the sample.
50.0–200.0%
Type Lower settings of this value will make the
sound more suitable for faster phrases, and
higher settings will make the sound more suit-
able for slower phrases.
TYPE01–TYPE10
Quality Adjust Make fine adjustments to the tonal quality of
the Time Stretch.
1–10
6.
Press [F6 (EXEC)].
A message will ask you for confirmation.
7.
To execute, press [F6 (EXEC)].
The length of the sample will be changed as specified.
* To cancel, press [F5 (CANCEL)].
110
Dividing a Sample into Notes
(CHOP)
The chop function divides a sample waveform into separate notes.
* The Create Rhythm function (p. 114) makes it easy to create a rhythm
set from a chopped sample.
* You cannot execute this with more than one sample selected.
1.
Press [SAMPLE EDIT <-> LIST] to access the SAMPLE EDIT
screen.
2.
Press [F3 (MODIFY)] to open the Sample Modify Menu
window.
3.
Press [F4 (CHOP)].
fig.CHOP
4.
Specify the point(s) at which the sample is to be divided.
Refer to "Procedure for Dividing a Sample" or "Automatically
Dividing a Sample (Auto Chop)" (p. 111).
5.
Audition the sample as described in the section
"Auditioning the Divided Samples" (p. 111).
If you want to re-make settings, move or delete the point (p.
111).
6.
Press [F6 (EXEC)].
A message will ask you for confirmation.
7.
To execute the division, press [F6 (EXEC)].
The divided samples will be added to the sample list.
* To cancel, press [F5 (CANCEL)].
When you execute the Chop operation, a message will ask whether
you want to execute Create Rhythm.
• If you want to execute Create Rhythm, press [F6 (EXEC)].
For the rest of the procedure, refer to p. 114.
• If you don't want to execute Create Rhythm, press [F5
(CANCEL)].

Procedure for Dividing a Sample

You can freely specify the dividing point(s).
1.
Press or to move the cursor to "Current Address."
2.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to move the point.
3.
At the location where you want to divide the sample, press
[F2 (ADD)].
The current location will be the dividing point.
4. 2 3
Repeat steps and to specify other dividing points.
You can specify up to 15 dividing points; i.e., the sample will be
divided into a maximum of 16 pieces.