Roland MC-909 Getting Started Manual page 40

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Resampling
Once you've created some big, monstrous sound—by recording a pattern or by playing, or by
adding some of the MC-909's amazing effects—you can "resample" the whole thing. When you
resample, the MC-909 makes a new sample from the audio coming out of its own outputs. Since
this is all done digitally, you can sample and resample over and over, and it can sound better and
better and better. This is a great way to build up insanely rich, complex sounds.
You can also stretch a pattern way beyond its 16 parts by filling up all of the parts, resampling and
then creating a new pattern with the sample played by a single part—this'll leave you 15 free parts
for additional performances, or even more resampled stuff.
Let's learn how to resample using Get Started!
1. Press the round PART 8 button to select the unused Part 8.
2. Press SAMPLING/RESAMPLING to go back to the Sampling Menu.
3. Press F2 (Resampling). The Sampling Standby screen appears.
The parameters on this screen are pretty much the same ones we saw when we first sampled.
One difference, though, is that we can no longer change the Input Select parameter—with
resampling, the MC-909 always listens to its own outputs. There's also no level to be set—
turning the OUTPUT and INPUT knobs does nothing here—the MC-909 automatically takes
control of levels in resampling.
4. Let's set the other resampling parameters as follows:
• Stereo Switch—We'll leave this one alone since we want to resample Get Started! in stereo.
• Pre Sample Time—is fine at 0ms.
• Stop Trigger—Since we know the length of our pattern—16 beats—we can take advantage
of the MC-909's Stop Trigger feature. Set Stop Trigger to BEAT.
• Sampling Length—The MC-909 automatically sets this to 16. (You're not the only one who
knows how long the selected pattern is!)
• Auto Trigger Length and Gap Time—These parameters have no bearing on what we're
doing.
5. Press F2 (Auto Trig) and F3 (Trim Sw) to checkmark them.
6. Press TOP to make sure we've returned to the beginning of the pattern.
7. Press PLAY—Get Started! is resampled. The MC-909 stops resampling when it reaches the end
of the pattern. The pattern also automatically stops playing after 16 beats.
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