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Contents

IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4

Remove the Card Cover.............................................................................................................................................. 5

Main Features..........................................................................................9

Names of Things and What They Do...................................................10

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 sections of the SP-505 are connected........................................................................................... 19
How the SP-505 is organized........................................................................................................................ 19
Applying effects......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Recording a sample....................................................................................................................................................22
If you are not satisfied with the sampled sound........................................................................................23
Changing the BPM (tempo) of the sample (BPM Adjust)..................................................................................24
Synchronizing the BPM (tempo) of several samples (BPM Sync)................................................................... 25
Dividing a sample between several pads (Chop)................................................................................................ 26
Playing pitches with a sample (Pitch).................................................................................................................... 27

Chapter 1. Playing samples from the pads ........................................29

What are the 32 pad banks?......................................................................................................................................29
Basic ways to play samples...................................................................................................................................... 29
The number of samples that can be played simultaneously............................................................................. 30
Switching the pad bank............................................................................................................................................ 30
Switching the pad accent.......................................................................................................................................... 30
Using the Hold function to play samples..............................................................................................................30
Changing how the sample sounds or stops (Pad Play)....................................................................................... 31
Looping the sound (Loop Mode).............................................................................................................................31
Playing a sample backward (Reverse Playback).................................................................................................. 32
Playing an audio input signal (EXT Source).........................................................................................................32
Adjusting the EXT source settings..........................................................................................................................33
Changing the BPM of a sample............................................................................................................................... 33

Chapter 2. Using the internal effects ..................................................34

Selecting pads to which effects are applied (FX Assign)................................................................................... 34
Selecting the pad that will be the effect synchronization source (SYNC SOURCE).................................... 34
Selecting an effect...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Using the pads to select an effect................................................................................................................. 35
Turning the effect on/off.......................................................................................................................................... 35
Controlling how the effect is applied.................................................................................................................... 35
Effects List................................................................................................................................................................... 36

Chapter 3. Recording samples ............................................................39

Before you sample......................................................................................................................................................39
Stereo/mono sampling selection................................................................................................................. 39
Selecting the Sampling Grade.......................................................................................................................39
About the sampling time............................................................................................................................... 39