Roland S-330 Supplemental Notes

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March 20, 1998
The S-550 and S-330 digital samplers are 12-bit mono samplers which were first made in 1987. The S-550 is eight part
multitimbral with a memory capacity of 64 Tones and 32 Patches. Its total sampling time is 28.8 seconds at 30kHz. The
last operating system for the S-550 was the CD-5 system, which was included with the Roland CD-5 CD-ROM player.
The S-330 is eight part multitimbral with a memory capacity of 32 Tones and 16 Patches. Its total sampling time is 14.4
seconds at 30kHz.The last operating system for the S-330 was version 1.03. This document is intended to provide a
step by step guide to a few of the S-330/550's most commonly used procedures. First, we will show you how to create a
Performance disk. Next, we will discuss some of the features added with the CD-5 operating system. Then, we will
create a Patch and show you how you can conserve memory by using Sub Tones. Next, we will show you the basic
sampling procedure. Finally, we will discuss the use of external SCSI devices with the S-550 and provide a list of
compatible peripheral devices. It is our hope that you will find this document a useful companion to the Owner's Manual.
I. Creating a Performance Disk (S-550 Only)
An S-550 Performance disk is a set of up to 8 Patches saved as a group on a single floppy disk. Creating a
Performance disk allows you to assemble a group of your own Patches from multiple source disks. Start the S-550
w ith the CD-5 system disk (SU-04) in the drive and use the following procedure to create a Performance Disk:
1) Insert the desired S-550 sound disk into the disk drive.
2) Use the mouse to highlight "MODE" and press the left mouse button. The available modes will be displayed.
3) Use the mouse to highlight "DISK" and press the left mouse button.
4) Use the mouse to highlight "FD Load P" (Floppy Disk Load Patch) and press the left mouse button.
"FD P# I11 _______" (the first Patch) will be displayed.
5) Select "DISK" from the SUB menu to display a list of available Patches on the disk.
6) Use the mouse to highlight the desired Patch and double click the right mouse button.
7) Select "FD Load Patch" from the COM menu and press the left mouse button. "Now Loading" will be displayed.
8) Select "PLAY" from the MODE menu to display the Patch you just loaded as Patch I-11.
9) Repeat steps 2-7 to load additional Patches as desired. Make sure you select a new Patch location for each
Patch (i.e. I-12, I-13, etc.).
10) Once you have loaded all the Patches that you want to use in your Performance, select "DISK" from the
MODE menu.
11) Use the mouse to highlight "FD Save" and press the left mouse button. Highlight "Save Set 1" and press the left
mouse button. This will save the currently loaded Patches together onto a disk (or disks if necessary).
NOTE: To perform this function it is necessary that you use the CD-5 System version. Earlier versions of the
operating system do not allow an individual Patch to be loaded into the S-550. This file is available without
charge from the Roland U.S. website (www.rolandus.com). Both the disk and manual for the S-550 CD-5 System
are available from the Roland U.S. Customer Service department. They can be reached by calling (213) 685-
5141, ext. 289. The part number for the disk is SU-4 and the part number for the manual is 79514299.
II. Features Added with the CD-5 System (S-550 Only)
• Name Input-
• Map Input-
• DC Cut-
• Split Settings-
• New Conversion
Functions-
• Loading Patches-
• Floppy Disk Backup- You can back up the CD-5 System disk (the CD-5 System can not be saved to a sound disk).
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S-330/550
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S-330/550 Basics
You can enter Tone names, Patch names and disk labels through mouse commands.
The parameters of a Patch or Tone can be copied to a separate Patch.
If you have made a sample that has low range noise due to DC current elements, DC
Cut will help reduce this noise.
Tones can be set while viewing the Tone list. The Tones in a Patch that is currently
being used will be displayed in white, the others will be in black.
You can now convert disks that were in S-550 format to S-50 format.
You can now load complete Patches from a disk.
S-330/550 Basics
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