Sample Your Own Sounds - Roland SP-404 Owner's Manual

Quick Start
Changing the Tempo at Which a
Pattern Plays
Here's how to change the playback tempo of a pattern.
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1.
Press [PATTERN SELECT] so it's lit.
2.
Press [TIME/BPM] so it's lit.
3.
Turn the CTRL 2 knob.
The playback tempo of the pattern changes. The display
indicates the playback tempo as a BPM value.
What's BPM?
This stands for Beats Per Minute, indicating the number of
quarter notes played in one minute.
4.
Press [TIME/BPM] once again so it's no longer lit.
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Sample Your Own Sounds

Let's try sampling into pad 9 of sample bank B, to which no samples
were assigned when the SP-404 was shipped from the factory.
Recording (sampling) audio material whose copyright is the
property of another party without permission from the
copyright owner for any purpose other than personal
enjoyment is a violation of copyright law. Don't make illegal
recordings.
Roland Corporation shall assume no responsibility whatsoever
with regard to any damages or penalties you may incur by
using Roland products to make illegal recordings.
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1.
Connect your CD player as described in p. 10.
2.
Make sure that [PATTERN SELECT] is not lighted.
If it's lit, press [PATTERN SELECT] to switch it off.
3.
Press BANK [B] so it's lit.
4.
Press [REC] so it's lit.
The SP-404 enters sampling-standby mode; pads to which no
sample is assigned start blinking.
If at this point you decide not to sample, press [CANCEL] so
[REC] goes out.
5.
Press pad 9.
Pad 9 lights, while the other pads go out.
[REC] starts blinking.
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