Sampling From A Mic - Roland SP-404 Owner's Manual

Chapter 3. Sampling
5.
Press BANK [B] so it's lit.
Sample bank B is selected.
6.
Press pad 10.
Pad 10 lights, and [REC] starts blinking.
7.
Press [LO-FI] to select the sampling grade.
[LO-FI] unlit: STANDARD (high audio quality)
[LO-FI] lit: LO-FI (low fidelity audio)
8.
Press [STEREO] so it's lit.
Stereo sampling is selected.
If you select monaural sampling when the input source is
stereo, the same sound will be recorded for L/R. In this case, the
sense of stereo will be lost, but the sound will use only one note
of polyphony and the memory consumption will also be half
that of stereo; use the setting that's appropriate for your
situation.
9.
If you want to apply an effect while you sample, press an
effect button at this point.
The effect button you pressed will light, and the effect will be
applied to the sound of the CD.
You can use the CTRL 1 knob and CTRL 2 to adjust the effect at
this time. The CTRL 3 knob is used to adjust the sampling level,
so you won't be able to use it to adjust the effect.
10. Start playback of your CD, and turn the CTRL 3 (LEVEL)
knob to adjust the sampling level so that the PEAK
indicator lights occasionally.
When you've finished making adjustments, stop your CD
player and return it to play-standby mode.
11. Start playback of your CD, and press [REC] at the moment
you want to begin sampling.
[REC] lights, and sampling begins.
Never turn off the power while sampling is in progress. Doing
so may damage not only the sample being recorded, but also
other samples as well.
12. At the moment you want to stop sampling, press [REC].
[REC] and pad 10 go out.
If you applied effects in step 10 while sampling, the effect
button will also go dark.
13. Press pad 10 to play back the sound you just sampled.
If the beginning or end of the sample contains unwanted sound
or silence, you can make settings so that only the desired
portion of the sample is played. For details, refer to "Omitting
Unwanted Portions of the Sample (Marker/Start Point/End
Point)" (p. 30).
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Sampling from a Mic

Here's how to sample an audio source from a mic (monaural).
As an example, here's how to sample in monaural to pad 11 of bank
B.
1.
Connect a mic to the MIC IN jack as described on p. 10.
* If you're using the SP-404's internal mic, you don't need to make this
connection.
2.
Make sure that [PATTERN SELECT] is not lighted.
If it's lit, press [PATTERN SELECT] to switch it off.
3.
Press [REC] so it's lit.
The pads to which sampling is possible start blinking, and the
SP-404 enters sampling-standby mode.
If you decide to cancel sampling at this point, press [CANCEL]
so [REC] goes out.
4.
Press BANK [B] so it's lit.
Sample bank B is selected.
5.
Press pad 11.
Pad 11 lights, and [REC] starts blinking.
6.
Press [LO-FI] to select the sampling grade.
[LO-FI] unlit: STANDARD (high audio quality)
[LO-FI] lit: LO-FI (low fidelity audio)
7.
If [STEREO] is lit, press [STEREO] so its LED goes out.
Monaural sampling is selected.
You can select stereo sampling when the input source is
monaural, but this will use twice as much polyphony and
consume twice as much memory space.
8.
Press [MIC] so it's lit.
Now you can input audio from the mic.
9.
Turn the CTRL 3 (LEVEL) knob all the way to the right, and
while inputting sound into the mic, turn the MIC LEVEL
knob to adjust the sampling level so that the PEAK
indicator lights occasionally.
If the audio input is distorted, turn the CTRL 3 (LEVEL) knob
toward the left until the sound is no longer distorted.
Howling could be produced depending on the location of
microphones relative to speakers. This can be remedied by:
1. Changing the orientation of the microphone(s).
2. Relocating microphone(s) at a greater distance from
speakers.
3. Lowering volume levels.
10. If you want to apply an effect while you sample, press an
effect button at this point.
The effect button you pressed will light, and the effect will be
applied to the sound from the mic.