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2. Press F1 (Sampling) to display the Sampling Standby screen.
The Sampling Standby screen offers a selection of options that allow you to set up your sampling
session. Here's what the parameters do:
• Input Select—The setting for this parameter instructs the MC-909 to sample from a specific
input. You can choose:
• LINE IN L/R—When you've connected your CD player or other line-level device in stereo to
the MC-909's L(MONO) and R INPUT jacks, choose this setting.
• LINE IN L—With this setting, the MC-909 samples a line-level device in mono from the
L(MONO) INPUT jack.
• DIGITAL (OPT)—To sample from the stereo COAXIAL DIGITAL jack, select this value.
• DIGITAL (CO-AX)—To sample from the stereo OPTICAL DIGITAL jack, select this value.
• MICROPHONE—Use this when you want to sample from a mic or mic-level device connected
to the L(MONO) INPUT jack.
For our purposes, select LINE IN L/R, DIGITAL (OPT) or DIGITAL (CO-AX), depending on the type
of connection you've made between your CD player and the MC-909.
• Stereo Switch—This switch determines whether the MC-909 samples in stereo or mono. We
want to set the parameter to STEREO now.
• Pre Sample Time—The MC-909 can add a little bit of time to the front of a sample to help ensure
that the very beginning of your audio doesn't get chopped off. For now, leave this set to 0ms
("0 milliseconds").
• Stop Trigger—The MC-909 can stop sampling automatically after a specified number of beats
or length of time. In our example, we'll stop sampling manually, so set this to MANUAL.
• Sampling Length—When Stop Trigger is set to BEAT or TIME, Sampling Length allows you
to specify the number of beats or duration after which sampling automatically stops. This
parameter can't be adjusted right now since we've set Stop Trigger to MANUAL.
• Auto Trigger Level—When the MC-909's Auto Trigger feature is turned on, it automatically starts
sampling when the input signal reaches the level specified by this parameter. We'll be using
Auto Trigger in our example, and the default setting of 5 will be fine for us.
• Gap Time—Though we won't be exploring this feature in this guide, the MC-909's Auto Divide
Sampling feature automatically splits up a longer sample into smaller parts at silent spaces, or
"gaps," in the sample. This parameter determines how long such a gap must be.
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