Main
Owners Manual
Main Features
Conventions Used in This Manual
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IMPORTANT NOTES
Additional Precautions
Repairs and Data
Maintenance
Before Using Cards
Copyright
Contents
Before You Start
Names of Things and What They Do
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Front Panel
Rear Panel
Turning the Power Off
Connecting Other Equipment
Turning the Power On/Off
Installing the Batteries
Turning the Power On
Inserting/Removing a Memory Card
Inserting a Memory Card
Removing a Memory Card
Quick Start
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Apply Effects to the Samples
Listen to the Samples
Play the Patterns
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2, 4
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Sample Your Own Sounds
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4, 7, 83
If Youre Not Happy with the Sound You Sampled
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Chapter 1. Playing Samples
The Number of Samples That Can Play Simultaneously
How Samples Are Organized
Playing an External Input Sound (External Source)
Using a CD Player
Using Line Input and Mic Input Simultaneously
Chapter 2. Using Effects
Switching the Effect Selected by MFX
Using the Pads
Using the CTRL 3/MFX Knob
Applying an Effect to All Samples
Checking the Previously Used Effect
Pre-specifying the Parameters of the Effect Youll Select Next
Effect Limit Mode
Send/Return Mode (FLANGER, PHASER)
MFX
Effects You Can Select by Directly Pressing a Button
Effect List
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P09 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16
Chapter 3. Sampling
About the Sampling Time
Sampling from a CD
Before You Sample
Sampling from a Mic
Sampling at a Specific Tempo
Sampling to a Memory Card Bank
Using a Count When You
Initiating Sampling Automatically (Auto Sampling)
When You Want to Disable Auto Sampling
Applying an Effect to a Sample and Sampling It Again (Resampling)
Deleting All Samples
Deleting a Sample
Exchanging Sample Pad Assignments
Checking the Remaining Sampling Time
Chapter 4. Changing the Settings of a Sample
Specifying the Volume of a
Playing a Phrase Repeatedly (Loop Playback) or Only Once (One-shot Playback)
Playing a Sample Backward (Reverse Playback)
Omitting Unwanted Portions of the Sample (Marker/Start Point/End Point)
Changing Both the Start Point and the End Point
Changing Only the End Point
Changing Only the Start Point (the End Point Is the End of the Sample)
Making Fine Adjustments to the Start Point or End Point
Deleting an Unwanted Portion (Truncate)
Changing a Samples BPM Changing the Length of a Sample without Affecting the Pitch (Time Modify)
Chapter 5. Recording a Performance of Samples (Pattern Sequencer)
Recording a Pattern
How Patterns Are Organized
Changing the Tempo of a Pattern
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Erasing Mistakes from the Recorded Data
Deleting a Pattern
Deleting All Patterns
Changing the Assignments of Patterns to Pads
Chapter 6. Using a Memory Card
Formatting (Initializing) a Memory Card
Importing Audio Files
Note When Importing Audio Files (WAV/AIFF)
Exporting Audio Files
Exporting a Sample to an Audio File
How Exported Audio Files (WAV/ AIFF) Will Appear
Saving Backup Data (Backup Save)
Loading Backup Data (Backup Load)
Deleting Backup Data (Backup Delete)
Chapter 7. Other Functions
MIDI on the SP-404
Using the SP-404 with Other MIDI Equipment
Adjusting the Blinking Speed of the Display Illumination
Checking the Remaining Battery Level
Chapter 7. Other Functions
Canceling the Protect Setting
Using the Protect Setting Initializing the SP-404s Internal Memory
Checking the Version Number Setting the Internal Processing Level of the SP-404
Chapter 8. Examples of Using the SP-404
Using the Pattern Sequencer to Create a Rhythm Pattern
Chapter 8. Examples of Using the SP-404
Using the SP-404 with a Turntable
Playing Samples along with the Sound from a Turntable
Appendices
Quick Reference to Operations
Problems When Playing Sounds
Troubleshooting
Cant Sample
Problems with Memory
Sampled Sound Is Noisy or Distorted
Data Is Not Correctly Saved in Internal Memory
Data Is Not Correctly Saved in a Memory Card
Memory Card Is Not Detected When You Insert It Cant Select Data from the Memory Card
Cant Play Samples from an External MIDI Device
Message List
System Realtime Message
System Common Message
Recommended Memory Cards
MIDI Implementation
Model SP-404
Date : July 12, 2005 Version : 1.02
MIDI Implementation Chart
SP-404: Sampler
Specifications
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NOTICE AVIS
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