Playing The Pad Samples; Basic Ways To Play Samples; Playing A Sample; Adjusting The Overall Sample Volume - Roland DiscLab CDX-1 Owner's Manual

Playing the pad samples

Basic ways to play samples

Playing a sample

Press a pad in which a sample has been recorded (lit), and it will play.
There are 3 kinds of how a pad starts/stops sounding. For details refer to "Changing
how a pad starts and stops sounding—Pad Play" (p. 70).

Adjusting the Overall Sample Volume

The overall monitoring volume of the samples you play from the pads can be
adjusted by the PAD/SEQ LEVEL fader and the MASTER fader.
To adjust the volume of an individual pad sample, refer to "Adjusting the volume of
a sample–Sample Level" (p. 76).

Playing samples simultaneously

Up to four samples can be played simultaneously. If you press more than four pads,
the sample of the pad you pressed last will be given priority, and the sample of the
pad that was pressed first will stop sounding.

Playing pads while audio tracks play back

The number of sounds that can be played simultaneously is four stereo notes total
for the audio tracks, pads, and sequence track. Audio track playback takes
priority over pad playback. This means that if seven or more audio tracks are
playing, pressing a pad will not sound its sample (the pads will be extinguished).
If you wish to play back audio tracks and add samples played from the pads,
the [STATUS] of at least two audio tracks must be extinguished (muted). In this
case, you must turn off the audio track [STATUS] in a combination of 1-2, 3-4,
5-6, or 7-8.

Playing pads while you play back an audio CD

Sample data assigned to pads will remain in the internal memory of the CDX-1
unless mixdown (p. 133) is performed or the power is turned off (p. 34). Here's how
you can use the Pad/Sequence in internal memory to play the pads while an audio
CD plays back.
1. With samples assigned to the pads (pads lit), insert an audio CD.
2. Press PLAY [
].
The audio CD plays.
3. When you press a pad, its sample will play.
At this time you can play up to three pads simultaneously.
Can I layer samples from another pad bank?
When you switch pad banks, the samples of the previous pad bank will stop.
However, samples to which Hold (p. 72) is applied will continue to sound until Hold
is defeated. You can press other pads to layer samples from another sample bank.
Even in this case, it is not possible to exceed the limit of four stereo notes.
Depending on the status of the
audio tracks, even pads that
contain samples may be
extinguished, and will not be
playable. For details refer to
"Playing pads while audio
tracks play back" on this page.
The number of samples that
can be played simultaneously
will not increase even if you
sample in mono. However,
mono sampling uses only half
the memory of stereo
sampling.
When [SEQ PLAY] lights, an
audio CD is inserted, and the
Sequence function will
automatically be turned off.
Also, when you press
[SEQ PLAY] turn on, an audio
CD will not be played back
even if an audio CD is
inserted.
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