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→If you are sampling to hard disk, select a different hard disk. ☞PG p.7, 37, 57, 96

→Delete unneeded samples. ☞PG p.92

→Save samples you want to keep, and then delete them. ☞PG p.167, 92

Is the “Trigger” setting correct? ☞PG p.4, 37, 56, 97

In Sampling mode if you are resampling with “Resample” set to Auto, has the sample to be resampled been assigned to the keyboard, and selected for “Key”? ☞p.107, PG p.98

Is the “Source BUS” setting correct?

→If you want to listen to the performance of the inter- nal tone generator while sampling only the external input sound (i.e., when using the In-Track Sampling function), you will normally set this to Indiv.1/2.

For other types of sampling or resampling, set this to L/R. ☞p.104, ☞PG p.4, 37, 56, 97

If a message of “Buffer underrun error occurred” is displayed frequently when you are sampling to hard disk, execute the page menu command “Check Medium” (Disk, Utility page) to find and correct any errors on the selected MS-DOS format media. ☞PG p.171

A stereo sample can’t be played in stereo

Is the multisample stereo?

→Execute the page menu command “MS Mono To Stereo” to convert the multisample to stereo. ☞PG p.94

Is the sample name assigned correctly? ☞PG p.90

Volume of a recorded sample is too low/too high

A sample that you resampled with “Recording Level” set at approximately –12.0 (dB) plays back at a lower volume than the volume at which you resampled it.

→Did you turn on the “Auto +12 dB On” setting when you resampled? ☞p.105

→If you resampled with “Auto +12 dB On” turned off, turn on “+12 dB” (Sampling mode Loop Edit page) for that sample.

The playback volume of a sample is different than the volume at which it was resampled or sampled.

→If the sample playback is louder, did you set “Recording Level” above +0.0? If it is lower, did you set “Recording Level” below +0.0?

The “Recording Level” setting affects the level of the sample data that is recorded, but it is not possi- ble to monitor that level.

→If the sample playback is louder, is “Auto +12 dB On” turned on? If the playback is softer, is this set- ting turned off?

→If you resampled the playback of a song or your playback performance using a program, combina- tion, or sample, or combined your performance with an external audio source and sampled the result, did you set “Recording Level” to approxi- mately –12.0 dB and turn on the “Auto +12 dB On” setting? ☞p.105

→If you sampled only an external audio source, did you set “Recording Level” to approximately +0.0, and turn off “Auto +12 dB On”? ☞p.105

Song or CD playback stops temporarily when you sample

Is “Auto Optimize RAM” checked?

→If this is checked, RAM will be optimized automati- cally when sampling ends, meaning that the sound will stop when sampling ends. If a song is being played in Sequencer mode or if a CD is being played back, the playback will stop.

There is a time lag after you press the SAMPLING [REC] key until you enter sampling-standby mode

The length of time until you enter sampling- standby mode will depend on the state of the free space on the hard disk (i.e., whether the free space is continuous or fragmented).

When sampling to the hard disk, pressing the SAM- PLING [REC] key will cause the amount of space speciﬁed by “Sample Time” to be allocated within the hard disk.

→You should set “Sample Time” slightly longer than the length that you will actually sample, and avoid specifying an excessively long sample time.

Drum kits

The pitch of a drum sample does not change

You have left the “Assign” check box unchecked, and want to play the drum sample at the adjacent right a semitone lower, but the pitch does not change.

→If you have selected a drum program in Program mode, and then want to edit the drum kit in Global mode, go to the Program P2: Edit-Pitch, OSC1 Pitch Mod. page and set “Pitch Slope” to +1.0 before you enter Global mode.

Arpeggiator

Arpeggiator does not start

Is the ARPEGGIATOR [ON/OFF] key turned on (lit)?

If the arpeggiator does not start for a combination or song, make sure that “Arpeggiator Run” is checked, and that an arpeggiator is selected for “Assign.” ☞p.28, PG p.44, 82, 130