Chapter 3. Sampling; Before You Sample; Sampling From A Cd - Roland SP-404 Owner's Manual

Chapter 3. Sampling

Recording (sampling) audio material whose copyright is owned
by another party for any purpose except personal enjoyment
without permission of the copyright owner is forbidden by law.
Don't make illegal recordings.
Roland Corporation shall assume no responsibility whatsoever
with regard to any damages or penalties you may incur by
using Roland products to make illegal recordings.

Before You Sample

Before you sample, read this section to understand the settings you'll
make for sampling, and the amount of sampling time that is
available.
Choosing High Quality or Lo-Fi
Sampling (Sampling Grade)
For each pad, you can choose from two levels of audio quality
(Sampling Grade): STANDARD or LO-FI.
Use the [LO-FI] button to switch the sampling grade.
[LO-FI] unlit: STANDARD
Choose this when you want to sample with high audio quality.
[LO-FI] lit: LO-FI
Choose this when you want to sample with lower fidelity for a
much longer sampling time.
You can't change the sampling grade after you've sampled.
Selecting Stereo or Monaural
Sampling
For each pad, you can choose whether to sample in stereo or in
monaural.
Press [STEREO] so it's lit for stereo sampling, or make the button go
dark for monaural sampling.
You can't switch between stereo and mono after you've
sampled.
About the Sampling Time
The time available for sampling into the SP-404's internal memory
and a memory card is described below.
The times given here are for monaural sampling. For sampling
into the SP-404's internal memory, the time shown is the total
time for sample banks A and B. For sampling into a memory
card, the time shown is the total time for sample banks C–J.
For stereo sampling, the available sample time will be half the
time listed here.
The SP-404's Internal Memory
STANDARD
Approximately 5 minutes
Memory Card
Capacity STANDARD
32 Mbyte Approximately
12 minutes
64 Mbyte Approximately
24 minutes
128 Mbyte Approximately
48 minutes
256 Mbyte Approximately
96 minutes
512 Mbyte Approximately
193 minutes
1 Gbyte Approximately
386 minutes
If you've created patterns or saved backup data on a memory
card, the available sampling time will be less than shown above.
If you've already sampled to all pads, or have used up the
available sampling time, you'll need to delete unneeded
samples before you continue, and sample to a vacant pad. For
details, refer to "Deleting a Sample" (p. 27).

Sampling from a CD

Here's how to sample from a CD in stereo.
As an example, here's how to sample in stereo to pad 10 of bank B.
1.
As described on p. 10, connect your CD player to the LINE
IN jacks.
2.
Put the CD in play-standby mode.
3.
Make sure that [PATTERN SELECT] is not lighted.
If it's lit, press [PATTERN SELECT] to switch it off.
4.
Press [REC] so it's lit.
The pads to which you can sample start blinking, and the SP-
404 enters sampling-standby mode.
If you decide to cancel sampling at this point, press [CANCEL]
so [REC] goes out.
LO-FI
Approximately 11 minutes
LO-FI
Approximately
24 minutes
Approximately
48 minutes
Approximately
96 minutes
Approximately
193 minutes
Approximately
386 minutes
Approximately
772 minutes
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