Table Of Contents - Roland SP-404 Owner's Manual

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY .........................2
IMPORTANT NOTES...................................4
Before You Start .........................................7
Names of Things and What They Do..............................................7
Connecting Other Equipment ........................................................10
Turning the Power On/Off ............................................................10
Inserting/Removing a Memory Card ...........................................11
Quick Start ................................................12
Listen to the Samples .......................................................................12
Apply Effects to the Samples..........................................................12
Play the Patterns...............................................................................13
Sample Your Own Sounds..............................................................14
Chapter 1. Playing Samples ....................16
How Samples Are Organized.........................................................16
Switching Sample Banks .................................................................16
How Many Samples Can Play Simultaneously (Polyphony) ....16
Having a Sample Continue Playing After You Take Your
Finger Off the Pad (Hold) ...............................................................16
Playing an External Input Sound (External Source) ...................17
Chapter 2. Using Effects ..........................18
Applying an Effect to a Sample......................................................18
Applying an Effect to Multiple Samples.......................................18
Applying an Effect to All Samples ................................................19
Checking the Previously Used Effect ............................................19
Pre-specifying the Parameters of the Effect You'll Select
Next ....................................................................................................19
Effect Limit Mode.............................................................................19
Send/Return Mode (FLANGER, PHASER).................................19
Effect List...........................................................................................20
Chapter 3. Sampling.................................23
Before You Sample...........................................................................23
Sampling from a CD ........................................................................23
Sampling from a Mic .......................................................................24
Sampling to a Memory Card Bank ................................................25
Sampling at a Specific Tempo ........................................................25
Using a Count When You Sample .................................................26
Initiating Sampling Automatically (Auto Sampling) .................26
Applying an Effect to a Sample and Sampling It Again
(Resampling).....................................................................................26
Deleting a Sample ............................................................................27
Exchanging Sample Pad Assignments..........................................28
Checking the Remaining Sampling Time .....................................28
Chapter 4. Changing the Settings of a
Sample.......................................................29
Specifying the Volume of a Sample...............................................29
Playing a Phrase Repeatedly (Loop Playback) or Only Once
(One-shot Playback).........................................................................29
Making a Sample Play Only While You Hold Down the Pad
(Gate Playback) or Continue Even If You Release the Pad
(Trigger Playback)............................................................................29
Playing a Sample Backward (Reverse Playback).........................30
Omitting Unwanted Portions of the Sample
(Marker/Start Point/End Point)....................................................30
Deleting an Unwanted Portion (Truncate)...................................32
Changing a Sample's BPM..............................................................33
Changing the Length of a Sample without Affecting the Pitch
(Time Modify)...................................................................................33
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Chapter 5. Recording a Performance of
Samples (Pattern Sequencer) ................. 34
How Patterns Are Organized.........................................................34
Changing the Tempo of a Pattern..................................................34
Stopping Pattern Playback..............................................................34
Switching Patterns During Playback.............................................34
Recording a Pattern..........................................................................34
Deleting a Pattern.............................................................................36
Changing the Assignments of Patterns to Pads...........................37
Chapter 6. Using a Memory Card ........... 38
Formatting (Initializing) a Memory Card.....................................38
Importing Audio Files .....................................................................38
Exporting Audio Files......................................................................39
Saving Backup Data (Backup Save)...............................................40
Loading Backup Data (Backup Load) ...........................................40
Deleting Backup Data (Backup Delete).........................................40
Chapter 7. Other Functions..................... 41
Using the SP-404 with Other MIDI Equipment ...........................41
Adjusting the Blinking Speed of the Display Illumination........42
Checking the Remaining Battery Level.........................................42
Using the Protect Setting.................................................................43
Initializing the SP-404's Internal Memory ....................................43
Checking the Version Number.......................................................43
Setting the Internal Processing Level of the SP-404 ....................43
Chapter 8. Examples of Using the
SP-404 ....................................................... 44
Using the Pattern Sequencer to Create a Rhythm Pattern .........44
Using the SP-404 with a Turntable ................................................45
Appendices............................................... 46
Quick Reference to Operations ......................................................46
Troubleshooting ...............................................................................47
Message List......................................................................................49
Recommended Memory Cards ......................................................50
MIDI Implementation......................................................................50
MIDI Implementation Chart...........................................................51
Specifications ....................................................................................52
Index.......................................................... 53