Sampling

Quick Guide

on page 40

This function lets you record your own sounds via a microphone or line source to be played from the key- board.

During use, sampled sounds are kept in the internal wave RAM memory. The 9000Pro comes with a 1- megabyte wave memory which can be expanded up to a maximum of 65 megabytes by installing optional SIMM memory modules — see page 185 for details. Sampled wave data can be saved to floppy or hard disk. Wave files in standard WAV or AIFF format produced using other equipment can also be used by the 9000Pro.

Setting up

Use the same operation as in “Vocal Harmony” on pages 32 and 80.

The notes and cautions contained on page 80 in “Vocal Harmony” also apply to Sam- pling.

Guidelines for Sampling

■What is sampling ?

Technically, sampling is making a digital recording of a sound. The sound could be your voice or an acoustic instrument (taken from a microphone), or a recorded sound (from a CD or cassette player). Once it is recorded, the resulting “sample” can be played at various pitches from a keyboard.

Sampling

Disk

WAV

AIFF

Can be expanded by installing optional SIMM memory modules (page 185).

Import

Save

Internal Memory (RAM)

Wave data

Wave Edit

Waveform Edit

See next page.

Store as a Custom Voice to Flash ROM (page 92)

Play

SCSI device connected to the 9000Pro

Save the Custom Voice with the sample (wave data) via the Disk Save function (page 153).

•The 9000Pro records at a sam- ple rate of 44.1 kHz.

•Although the wave memory of the 9000Pro can be expanded to 65 megabytes (page 185), the maximum size of a single sample recording is 32 mega- bytes.

■Auto Trigger Level

Actually, the 9000Pro does not start sampling immediately when the [START] LCD button is pressed (in step #11 on page 41). Once the [START] LCD button is pressed, the 9000Pro waits for a signal of a suitable level (set by the trigger level). When it hears such a signal, it starts sampling.

The Trigger Level can be set in step #10 on page 40.

The higher the trigger level, the louder the signal must be to start (trigger) sampling.

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