Specifying Stereo Or Mono-Type; Automatically Start Sampling When Sound Is Input-Start With - Roland DiscLab CDX-1 Owner's Manual

Specifying stereo or mono—Type
You can specify whether the sound will be sampled in mono or in stereo.
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1. Press CURSOR [
"Type" line.
2. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select "STEREO" or "MONO."
Automatically start sampling when sound is input
—Start with
At the factory settings, sampling will begin manually (when you press [PAD REC]).
You can change this setting so that sampling will begin automatically when audio
input is detected.
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1. Press CURSOR [
"Start with" line.
2. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select a value in the range of "LEV.1"–"LEV.8."
The value 1–8 specifies the volume at which sampling is to begin (1 is the minimum).
The level specified is indicated by a small symbol (
(sampling screen).
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It is best to set this while actually playing
sounds and watching the movement of the
level meter.
3. Prepare the audio source for sampling so that it can be played immediately.
4. Press [PAD REC].
The display will indicate "Waiting trigger...," and the CDX-1 will be in sampling-
ready mode.
To abort the procedure from this state, press [PAD REC].
5. Play the audio source that you wish to sample.
When audio input is detected, the display will indicate "Now recording...,"
and sampling will begin.
6. When sampling is completed, press [PAD REC].
When sampling is completed, the Basic screen reappears.
What the "Start with" setting does
This determines how sampling will begin.
MANUAL: Sampling can be started manually.
LEV.1–LEV.8: Sampling will be triggered by audio input.
PAD: Sampling will begin when you press any pad.
"Sampling from a pad to another pad–Resampling" (p. 63)
: Sampling will begin when you press PLAY [
[ ]
"Sampling from a CD audio clip collection inserted in the CDX-1" (p. 57)
] to move the cursor to
] to move the cursor to
Recording a sound to a pad—Sampling
) at both side of the level meter
].
Mono sampling requires only
half the memory of stereo
sampling. However, this has
no effect on the number of
samples that can be played
simultaneously. ("Playing
samples simultaneously";
p. 69)
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