Roland MC-909 Dividing a sample during, Sampling procedure, About the volume when resampling

Parameter	Range	Explanation
Sampling	When Stop Trigger	is BEAT
Length	1–20000	Number of beats to contin-
		ue sampling
	When Stop Trigger	is TIME
	00’00”010–	length of time to continue
	50’00”000	sampling
	The maximum value	will depend on the amount
	of memory.
	* This parameter cannot be specified if Stop Trig-
	ger is set to MANUAL.
Auto Trig-	0–7	Volume level at which
ger Level		sampling will begin when
		Auto Trig is ON
		A setting of 0 is the min-
		imum.
Gap Time	500, 1000, 1500,	Length of silence at which
	2000 ms	the sample will be divided
		Whenever there is a si-
		lent region longer than
		the specified time, the
		sample will be divided
		at that point, and the
		next sample number will
		be assigned to the sound
		that follows.
		* This parameter is valid
		only when you are using
		Auto Divide Sampling.

4.In the Volume section of the panel, use [INPUT] to adjust the input level of the external source.

*If the input level is excessive, the word “CLIP” will appear at the lower right of the level meter in the screen, and the CLIP indicator at the upper right of the meter will light.

*Using a connection cable that contains a resistor can cause the sound level to be low. Use a connection cable that does not contain a resistor.

*The level meter shows the level after the signal has passed through the effects (compressor, multi-effects, reverb) and the mastering effect. If you want to see the actual input level, turn off all effects and the mastering effect (p. 88, p. 108).

(During Solo sampling, effects cannot be applied to the external input sound.)

Cautions when using a microphone

Howling could be produced depending on the location of microphones relative to speakers. This can be remedied by:

1.Changing the orientation of the microphone(s).

2.Relocating microphone(s) at a greater distance from speakers.

3.Lowering volume levels.

*If you use a microphone, connect the ground terminal to an electrical ground (p. 15).

5.Press [F6 (Start)] to begin sampling.

You cannot save a sample that is larger than 128 MB (approximately 24 minutes of monaural or 12 minutes of stereo).

If you are not using a memory card, you cannot save a sample that is larger than 16 MB (approximately 180 seconds of monaural or 90 seconds of stereo).

*Even if you expand the memory (DIMM), you cannot save a sample that is larger than 128 MB. (However, you can play it.)

Sampling procedure

6.Press [F5 (Stop)] to stop sampling.

The Sample Edit (p. 114) screen will appear.

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7.Press [EXIT] to go back to where you were before you entered the Sampling screen.

About the sample numbers chosen during sampling

The samples created when you execute the sampling operation are placed in an area where there are at least 256 consecutive unused numbers in the sample list.

*You cannot perform sampling if there are not at least 256 consecutive unused numbers in the sample list. You will need to delete unneeded samples (p. 124) in order to allocate 256 or more consecutive free numbers.

Dividing a sample during	Sampling
sampling

1.During sampling, press [F6 (Divide)].

The sample will be divided at the point where you pressed the button, and the subsequent material will be sampled as a sample of the next number.

*When sampling in mono, you can divide the material into a maximum of 256 samples. When sampling in stereo, you can divide the material into a maximum of 128 samples (L/R total 256 samples).

Samples that you load can be used in patches or rhythm sets in the same way as waves.

Samples that you load will be lost when you turn off the power. If you want to keep them, you must Save them (p. 123).

About the volume when resampling

The volume of a phrase that you resample may be less than the volume of the original phrase. If necessary, execute the Normalize command (p. 121) to raise the volume.

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