Quick Start

8.Play back your CD player and adjust the input level.

If you selected INPUT in step 3, adjust the AUDIO IN REC LEVEL knob until the level is as high as you can get it without causing the knob’s level indicator to light.

If you made connections to DIGITAL IN, the AUDIO IN REC LEVEL knob has no effect.

Sampling1.Press [SAMPLING] to get the SAMPLING MENU screen.2.Press [F1] (SAMPL).

[SAMPLING] will blink, and the SAMPLING STANDBY screen will appear.

3.The display will indicate “Select Pad”; turn the VALUE dial or use [DEC][INC] to switch the pad bank. For this example, select pad bank 8. Then press the desired pad to select it as the sampling destination. For this example, press pad [1].

At this time, pads that do not contain samples will blink.

The pad number is displayed at the left of the upper line in the screen (PAD 8-1).

If the selected pad already contains a sample, you’ll be presented with this message: “A Sample Already Exists! Overwrite?” If you are sure you want to overwrite the existing sample, press [F3] (EXEC). To cancel, press [F2] (CANCEL).

If the Pad Bank Protect setting is turned on for a bank, a lock symbol is displayed at the right of the pad bank number shown in the upper left of the screen. If you press a pad of such a bank, the screen will indicate “Protected Pad Bank!”, and the pad cannot be selected. If you want to sample into a pad of this bank, you will have to turn off the Protect setting (p. 31).

4.Use [ ][ ] to move the cursor to the “Auto Trig” line.5.Turn the VALUE dial or use [DEC][INC] to select the OFF setting.

If you decide to cancel the sampling operation at this point, press [EXIT].

6.Press the [INPUT SOURCE] pad to hear the audio input signal.

7.At the appropriate moment in the music, press [SAMPLING] or [F3] (START) to start sampling.

[SAMPLING] will change from blinking to lit.

8.At the moment you want to stop sampling, press [SAMPLING] or [F3] (STOP).

If you exceed the available sampling time, sampling will stop automatically.

9.Press the pad to play back the sampled sound.

You can use the BPM Sync function (p. 52) to change the BPM (tempo) of the sampled sound.

If the beginning or end of the sample contains unwanted sound or silence, you can make settings so that only the desired portion of the sound is actually played. For details, refer to “Specifying the Start/End Points for Playback (Skipping Unwanted Portions)” (p. 51).

If you are not satisfied with the sampled sound, refer to “Deleting a Sample” (p. 32).

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