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Reference [Phrase Looping]

ZOOM HD8/HD16

The indication “Import?” appears on the display.

4. To carry out the import process, press the

[ENTER] key once more.

The phrase is imported. When the import process is completed,

the phrase menu appears again.

By pressing the [EXIT] key instead of the [ENTER] key, you

can cancel the operation and back up one step at a time.

You can an import an audio ﬁle (WAV/AIFF) from a CD-ROM

or CD-R/RW disc inserted in the CD-R/RW drive or from the

internal hard disk.

Before doing this, the following preparations are necessary.

■When importing from the CD-R/RW drive

Insert a CD-ROM or CD-R/RW disc containing audio ﬁles

into the CD-R/RW drive.

■When importing from the internal hard disk

Copy audio ﬁles from a computer into a folder named

“WAV_AIFF” immediately under the root directory (top

level folder) of the internal hard disk.

The ﬁles must have the extension “.WAV” (for WAV ﬁles)

or “.AIF” (for AIFF ﬁles).

NOTE

•Any subfolders in the WAV_AIFF folder are not recognized by the

HD8/HD16.

• The following procedure will not allow you to ﬁrst listen to the

audio ﬁles. Conﬁrm ﬁle content and ﬁle name before you start

the procedure.

Refer to steps 1 – 6 of “Basic phrase loading

steps” to select “CD-ROM” (to import from

CD-ROM/R/RW disc) or “WAV_AIFF FOLDER”

as import source. Then press the [ENTER] key.

The indication “Import” appears on the ﬁrst line of the display,

and the ﬁle name is shown on the second line.

When a folder on a CD-ROM/R/RW disc is selected, the

indication “Folder” is shown at the left side of the display.

2. Turn the dial to select the audio ﬁle to import.

3. When the ﬁle has been selected, press the

[ENTER] key.

Depending on the sampling frequency of the imported audio

ﬁle, the following applies.

●Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz

The indication “Import?” appears on the second line of the

display. When you press the [ENTER] key again, the audio

ﬁle is imported. When the process is complete, the phrase

menu appears again.

●Sampling frequency other than 44.1 kHz

When you press the [ENTER] key, a selection screen for

conversion to 44.1 kHz (resampling) appears.

Turn the dial to select resampling on/off. When you press the

[ENTER] key, the indication “Import?” appears on the second

line of the display. Press the [ENTER] key once more to start

the import process. When the process is complete, the phrase

menu appears again.

By pressing the [EXIT] key instead of the [ENTER] key, you

can cancel the operation and back up one step at a time.

HINT

The name “PHxxx-yy” is automatically assigned to the loaded

phrase (where xxx is the project number and yy the phrase

number).

NOTE

Imported audio ﬁles are always played with a sampling

frequency of 44.1 kHz. If resampling was disabled during the

import process, a ﬁle with a different sampling frequency will

play back with a different pitch and tempo.

Once you have imported a phrase into the phrase pool, you will

need to specify parameters such as playback range and number

of measures.

1. From the main screen, press the [PROJECT/

UTILITY] key in the display section.

The indication “REC UTILITY” appears on the ﬁrst line of the

display, and “PROJECT” is shown on the second line.

2. Use the cursor left/right keys to bring up the

indication “PHRASE” on the second line of

the display, and press the [ENTER] key.

The phrase screen appears on the display.

Importing a WAV/AIFF ﬁle

Import

LOOP.WAV

Adjusting phrase parameters

LOOP.WAV

Resample On

Phrase

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