SPX2000—Owner’s Manual 81
Freeze
You can use one of the following three methods to play
back the freeze sample.

Play back the sample manually

1. Select PLAY, and press the [ INC] button (G) or
[ DEC] button (G).
Playback will begin.

—Use an input signal to trigger the playback—

Only for Freeze (PRESET bank)
1. Set PLY MODE to INPUT.
2. Set TRG LVL.
3. Input a signal.
Playback will begin when the input signal level exceeds
the TRG LVL. If the input signal exceeds TRG LVL during
playback, the sample will start playing again from the
beginning.
When using Freeze A (CLASSIC bank)
1Turn INP.TRG “ON.”
2 Input a signal.
Playback will start when the input signal level exceeds –
14 dB. Playback will start again from the beginning if the
input signal level exceeds –14 dB during playback.

—Use a MIDI message to trigger the playback—

When using Freeze (PRESET bank)
1 Set MIDI TRG.
2Transmit a MIDI note-on message.
When the note-on message specified by MIDI TRG is
received, playback will start automatically.
3If PLY MODE is set to MOMENT, transmit a MIDI
note-off message.
When the note-off message is received, playback will end
automatically.
When using Freeze A (CLASSIC bank)
1Turn INP.TRG “OFF.”
2Transmit a MIDI note-on message.
When a note-on message of C1 or higher is received,
playback will start automatically.
When using Freeze B (CLASSIC bank)
1 Set BASE KEY to other than “OFF.”
2Transmit a MIDI note-on message.
When a note-on message of C1 or higher is received,
playback will start automatically.

Playback options

Specify the playback start/end points (only for
Freeze (PRESET bank) or Freeze A (CLASSIC
bank))
You can use START/END to specify the playback start
and playback end points.
If you set the end point earlier than the start point, the
sample will play backward.
Play back repeatedly (only for Freeze (PRESET
bank))
By setting LOOP and LOOP NUM you can cause the
sample to play repeatedly for the specified number of
times.
The first pass will play the START—END region, and
the second and subsequent passes will play the
LOOP—END region for the LOOP NUM number of
times.
• Change the playback pitch (only for Freeze
(PRESET bank) or Freeze B (CLASSIC bank))
By setting PITCH and FINE you can change the play-
back pitch of the sampling data (Freeze (PRESET
bank)).
By using a MIDI note-on message to trigger the sam-
pling data, you can control the playback start time and
the pitch (Freeze B (CLASSIC bank)).
Freeze Playback
NOTES:
If the Freeze (PRESET bank) parameter PLY MODE
is set to MOMENT or the Freeze B (CLASSIC bank),
the sample will play only while you continue holding
the [
INC]/[
DEC] button.
If Operation Lock is set to Level 3, playback will not
be possible since the [
INC] button will be disabled.
NOTE: Recording can be performed regardless of the
Operation Lock level.
NOTE: You can play back regardless of the Operation
Lock level.
NOTES:
For details about enabling MIDI message transmis-
sion/reception, refer to “Preparations for using MIDI”
on page 88.
Recording can be performed regardless of the Oper-
ation Lock level.