About.sd.card; Formatting An Sd Card; Exporting Wave Files - Roland SP-404SX Owner's Manual

About SD Card
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For details on recommended SD cards, and on how to
insert or remove an SD card, refer to "Inserting an SD
card" (p . 10) .
For details on SD card capacity and available sampling
times, refer to "About the Available Sampling Times"
(p . 25) .

Formatting an SD card

NOTE
• When you format an SD card, all data on that card will
be erased .
• Do not format the SD card included with the
SP-404SX!
The included SD card contains preload data . All of this
data will be lost if you format the included SD card .
Restoring the included SD card to the factory-
set condition
To restore the SD card included with the SP-404SX
to its factory-set condition, refer to "Restoring the
Factory Settings (Factory Reset)" (p . 40) .
1. While.holding.down.the.[CANCEL].button,.press.
the.[REMAIN].button .
The [BANK] buttons will blink, and the display will indicate
F Nt
" . "
2. Press.any.one.of.the.[BANK].buttons .
The [BANK] buttons will change from blinking to lit, and
the [DEL] button will blink .
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If you decide not to format the card, press the [CANCEL]
button .
3. Press.the.[DEL].button .
The [DEL] button will light, and formatting will begin .
During the formatting process, the dot in the display will
blink .
When the blinking stops, formatting is complete .
NOTE
• Never turn off the power while the dot is blinking . Do-
ing so may damage the SD card, rendering it unusable .
• Don't modify or delete the fi les or folders that are
created when an SD card is formatted . The SP-404SX
will not recognize the card correctly if you do so .
Saving the contents of an SD card to your
computer
Use a commercially available card reader to copy the
entire contents of the SD card to your computer .
Copying to another SD card
For example, if you've used up all the available
space on a 1GB SD card, you can copy your data to a
higher-capacity card (such as a 16 GB one) that you've
purchased . Proceed as follows .
1. Copy.the.entire.contents.of.the.1.GB.SD.card.
to.your.computer .
2. Format.the.purchased.SD.card.on.the.SP-
404SX.(p ..35) .
3. Using.your.computer,.copy.the.data.you.
copied.in.step.1.to.the.SD.card.you.formatted.
in.step.2,.overwriting.any.fi . les.that.were.on.
the.card .

Exporting WAVE Files

Data sampled by the SP-404SX is saved on the SD card
as WAVE fi les (WAV/AIFF) ("Specifying the Type of Data to
Create when Sampling" (p . 25)) . You can use a commercially
available card reader to copy the contents of the SD card
into your computer so that WAVE fi les (WAV/AIFF) sampled
on the SP-404SX can be used on your computer .
How WAVE fi les ( WAV/ AIFF) are shown
The WAVE fi les (WAV/AIFF) are located in the following
folder of the SD card .
ROLAND/SP-404SX/SMPL
When you use your computer to view the contents of
the above folder, you'll see the fi le names of the WAVE
fi les (WAV/AIFF) as follows .
A0000001.WAV
A0000002.WAV
:
A0000012.WAV
B0000001.WAV
:
J0000001.WAV
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• The letter at the beginning of the fi le name
indicates the bank name, and the number
indicates the pad name .
• For example, B0000003.WAV is the sample for pad
[3] of bank B .
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