Adjusting The Ext Source Settings; Changing The Bpm Of A Sample - Boss SP-505 Owner's Manual

Adjusting the EXT source settings

You can change the following settings for the EXT source.
Type
The Lch and Rch signals from LINE IN will be
MONO:
mixed, and output to LINE OUT.
STEREO: The Lch and Rch signals from LINE IN will be
output to LINE OUT Lch and Rch respectively.
Level 0–127
Adjusts the volume.
Panpot LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT
LEFT: Pan the sound to OUTPUT L.
CENTER: Pan the sound to the center.
RIGHT: Pan the sound to OUTPUT R.
* If Type is set to STEREO, the Panpot setting will be ignored.
Pad Play TRIG, GATE
TRIG: The sound will begin playing when you press
the pad, and stop when you press the pad once
again.
GATE: The sound will play only while you hold down
the pad.
1. Press [EXT SOURCE].
2. Press [WAVE EDIT].
3. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the
parameter whose setting you want to adjust.
fig.01-06b
4. Use the VALUE dial to adjust the setting.
5. Press [EXIT], [SONG], or [PTN] to return to the Play
screen.
Never turn off the power while the display indicates
"Keep Power On!"
Chapter 1. Playing samples from the pads

Changing the BPM of a sample

You can change the BPM of a sampled phrase.
1. Sample a phrase (a one or two measure portion of a
song).
"Recording a sample"; p. 22
2. Press the pads to play the sampled phrase.
3. Press [BPM ADJUST].
fig.01-07
4. Use the VALUE dial to adjust Play BPM.
The BPM of the currently playing phrase will change.
You can also press CURSOR [ ] and adjust the setting
in 0.1 BPM steps.
* You can press [F1] (INIT BPM) to return to the original
BPM.
5. Press [EXIT], [SONG], or [PTN] to return to the Play
screen.
* If the Play Type setting for the sample is set to SINGLE, it is
not possible to change the BPM. Change the Play Type to
PHRASE. (p. 45)
* It is not possible to change the BPM if the sample is set to
reverse playback. Turn Reverse OFF. (p. 45)
* If the sample is shorter than approximately 200 ms, changes in
BPM will not be reflected.
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