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panel. The SP-808 actually uses a dual D-Beam controller that can edit two different parameters at
once. Most of the preset effect Patches already have controllers assigned to the left and right beam.
Use the following procedure to edit an effect in real time using the D-Beam controller:
1. Hold SHIFT and press SELECT ROW so that "a" (PATCH) is lit.
2. Press SELECT ROW so that FILTER is lit.
3. Press REALTIME EFFECTS [ON/OFF] so it is lit.
4. Press D-BEAM CONTROLLER EFFECTS so it is lit.
5. Play the desired sample or track and move your hands over the D-Beam to control the
effects as desired.
Use the following procedure to change the effect parameters the D-Beam controls:
1. Hold SHIFT and press SELECT ROW so that "a" (PATCH) is lit.
2. Hold SHIFT and press FX INFO.
3. Use the CURSOR buttons to highlight CTL (Control) and press ENTER/YES.
4. CURSOR down to C5BL(Control 5 Beam Left) and rotate the VALUE/TIME dial to select the
desired effect parameter for the left D-Beam.
5. CURSOR down to C6BR(Control 6 Beam Right) and rotate the VALUE/TIME dial to select the
desired effect parameter for the right D-Beam.
6. Use the PARAMETER buttons and the VALUE/TIME dial to change other effect values as
desired.
7. Press PLAY to return to the main play screen.
8. Press one of the pads to play a sample and move your hand across the D-Beam to hear the
results.
Virtual Analog Synth
In addition to all of the other effects, the SP-808 contains a virtual analog synthesizer similar to the
Roland JP-8000. This is a programmable monophonic synthesizer that can be triggered from an
external keyboard, the D-Beam controller, or the Step Modulator. It has all of the parameters you
would expect from an analog synth including cutoff, resonance, VCO, VCF, LFO, portamento, ring
modulator, delay, chorus, and flanger effects. You can customize these parameters and save the
settings as a user effects Patch. You can also sample the output of the synthesizer to a pad or
record it to a track. Use the following procedure to control the virtual analog synthesizer effect f rom
a MIDI keyboard:
1. Connect the MIDI OUT of your keyboard to the MIDI IN of the SP-808.
2. Set your keyboard to transmit on MIDI channel 11 (refer to the owner's manual for your
keyboard if you are unsure how to do this).
3. Press FX INFO, use the VALUE/TIME dial to select "P99 20>AnlgSyn," and press ENTER/YES.
4. Play the keyboard to hear the virtual analog synthesizer.
Tip: You can adjust the parameters of the virtual analog synthesizer in real time using the Realtime
Effects knobs. Refer to pages 123-130 of the SP-808 Owner's Manual for more information.
If you have edited the effect parameters and would like to save those settings, use the following
procedure to write a user effects Patch:
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