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METER ON. When you press , the legend of that key changes to (i.e. this key will
switch monitoring OFF). If you wish to take the sample again, there is no need to switch the
meter back on again because pressing will do this automatically. If, however, you wish to
either listen to the source again (in the event of a mistake, perhaps) or set up for the next
sample, specifically press to switch the monitoring back on.
If after making a recording, you immediately want to make your next recording, simply switch
the monitoring back on again (press ), name the next sample and set a new base note if
you need to (the easiest way is from the keyboard but the meter does have to be switched on
for this - press ). Press to start recording again.
DIGITAL RECORDING
Using the digital input, you may record digitally into the S3200XL. This offers excellent sound
quality with no deterioration of signal or increase in noise. If you own many sampling CD’s (as
distinct from CD ROM which is a different thing altogether), recording digitally is the obvious
choice. The digital input is selected in the RECORD SETUP page described earlier. When DIGI
is selected as the input source, the RECORD screen looks like this
This is virtually identical to recording analogue except that you can see the message indicating
that the S3200XL is receiving digital audio correctly where it says “RECEIVING 44.1kHz”. If
there is some problem with the digital audio signal, you will receive the following display:
This indicates that the digital audio signal is not getting to the S3200XL. Please check your
connections carefully - it could be that the cable has become disconnected. Also, check that
the DAT machine or CD player is switched on.
You can rename and copy samples in exactly the same way as we have already seen.
Assuming everything is connected properly and set up correctly, when you press you
will receive the usual prompt: