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Chapter 1. Playing samples from the pads

What are the 32 pad banks?

A group of 16 samples assigned to the pads of the front panel
is called a “pad bank.”
There are a total of 32 pad banks, allowing you to use a
maximum of 506 samples.
Refer to p. 30, “Switching pad banks”

Pad banks 1–4

Pad banks 1–4 of the SP-505 contain preset samples. These
preset samples cannot be erased.

Pad banks 5–12

Ordinary samples can be stored in these banks.

Pad banks 13–16

The SP-505 has “Chop” (p. 26, 51) and “Pitch” (p. 27, 54)
functions that process a sample in special ways. Samples that
are newly created by these functions are stored in special pad
banks reserved for these purposes.
Pad banks 13 and 14 (Chop banks 1 and 2):
These banks are used to store samples created by the
“Chop” function.
Pad banks 15 and 16 (Pitch banks 1 and 2):
These banks are used to store samples created by the
“Pitch” function.
* Ordinary sampling cannot be carried out with respect to the
chop banks or pitch banks.

About pad banks 17–32

(Card banks 1–16)

These banks are for saving samples on a memory card.

Basic ways to play samples

When you press a pad, the sample assigned to that pad will
sound.
You can also play a sample by pressing a pedal switch (FS-
5U; sold separately) connected to the FOOT SW jack (p. 14).
In this case, you must specify which of the sixteen samples
will be played (p. 73).
The SP-505 is able to play samples that were recorded by
the SP-303.
1. On the SP-303, sample into bank C or D (memory
card).
2. Insert the memory card containing the samples into
the SP-505.
3. Change the SP-505’s pad bank to 17. (p. 30)
4. Press a pad.
You will hear the sound that was sampled on the SP-
303.
* If an SP-303 memory card is used in the SP-505, the SP-
505’s own files may be saved on the memory card. This
will reduce the available amount of space on the memory
card.