Assigning Samples To Pads - Zoom MRS-1608 Operation Manual

screen. To return to the main screen, press the [EXIT] key
several times.
By pressing the [EXIT] key instead of the [ENTER] key,
you can cancel the operation and back up one step at a
time.

Assigning samples to pads

To assign samples to pads for the sampler program,
proceed as follows. You can also set the volume and
panning for each pad.
1.
From the main screen, press the [RHYTHM]
key in the display section, and then press
the [DRUM] key and [BASS] key in the
rhythm section simultaneously.
Both keys light up, and the pad sampler can be used.
2.
Press the [UTILITY/TRACK EDIT] key.
The rhythm utility menu appears.
UTILITY UTILITY
SPL PRG SPL PRG
3.
Verify that the indication "UTILITY SPL
PRG" is shown, and press the [ENTER] key.
The sampler program menu appears.
SPL PRG SPL PRG
SELECT SELECT
4.
Verify that the indication "SPL PRG
SELECT" is shown, and press the [ENTER]
key.
The display changes as follows. You can now select a
sampler program to load into the pad sampler.
PRG SEL PRG SEL
SPL PRG0 PRG:0 SPL PRG0
ZOOM MRS-1608
PRG:0
5.
Turn the dial to select the sampler program,
and press the [ENTER] key.
The selected sampler program is loaded into the pad
sampler. When loading is complete, the unit returns to the
rhythm pattern or rhythm song selection screen.
NOTE
An unused program number cannot be selected. To create a
sampler program from scratch, you must first create a new
program (→ p. 128).
6.
Press the [KIT/PROG] key in the rhythm
section.
When you press the [KIT/PROG] key at the rhythm
pattern or rhythm song selection screen, a menu for
making settings for each pad appears.
Pad bank
PAD:1-0 PAD:1-0
EMPTY EMPTY
Sample name
If no sample has been assigned to the displayed pad, the
sample name field shows "EMPTY".
HINT
In a newly created sampler program, all pads assignments
will be empty.
7.
Use the cursor up/down keys to select a
pad bank, and press the pad to which you
want to assign a sample.
The pad is selected. For example, if you press pad 2, of
pad bank1, the following indication will appear.
PAD:1-2 PAD:1-2
EMPTY EMPTY
8.
To make a setting for this pad, press the
[INSERT/COPY] key in the rhythm section .
The indication "SPL LOAD" appears on the display, and
you can select a sample to assign to the pad.
SPL LOAD SPL LOAD
SAMPL000 SAMPL000 No.0
Sample name
Reference [Pad Sampler]
Pad number
No.0
Sample number
129