Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4
Remove the Card Cover .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Main Features..........................................................................................9
Front Panel................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Quick Start.............................................................................................14
Making the Connections........................................................................................................................................... 14
Turning the power on................................................................................................................................................ 15
Turning the power off.................................................................................................................................... 15
The SP-505's display .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Parameter list display .................................................................................................................................... 16
Wave display................................................................................................................................................... 16
Sub-window display ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Press the pads to play sounds .................................................................................................................................. 17
Listening to the preset patterns ............................................................................................................................... 18
An overview of the SP-505 ....................................................................................................................................... 19
How the SP-505 is organized ........................................................................................................................ 19
Applying effects ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Recording a sample.................................................................................................................................................... 22
What are the 32 pad banks?...................................................................................................................................... 29
Basic ways to play samples ...................................................................................................................................... 29
Switching the pad bank ............................................................................................................................................ 30
Switching the pad accent .......................................................................................................................................... 30
Looping the sound (Loop Mode)............................................................................................................................. 31
Changing the BPM of a sample............................................................................................................................... 33
Selecting an effect ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Turning the effect on/off .......................................................................................................................................... 35
Effects List ................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Before you sample...................................................................................................................................................... 39
Selecting the Sampling Grade....................................................................................................................... 39
About the sampling time............................................................................................................................... 39
6