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Playing Sounds
3. Press a pad to play its sample.
That pad will blink while its sample is playing.
You can press two or more pads to play them simultaneously.
Try playing samples using the functions described below.
Holding a sample
While holding down a pad, press the [HOLD] pad to make the sample
continue playing even after you release the pad. To stop the sample,
press the pad once again.
Playing the sound of the external input
This pad plays the sound from the LINE IN jacks or mic input (
&
PDF).
Repeated strikes
When you press the [SUB PAD] pad, the same sample as the previously
pressed pad will play. This makes it easy to use both hands to play rapid
notes in succession.
Viewing or editing the sample settings
These buttons indicate the sample settings of the pad you pressed most recently (the “current pad”).
You can change the sample settings by pressing these buttons
* With the factory settings, the samples in some banks of the included SD card are protected, and cannot be edited.
For details on how to turn o the protect setting, refer to “About the Protect Function” (p. 21).
Button When lit When not lit
LO-FI Play back with a lo- sound Play back with the standard sound
GATE Sample playback will stop when you release the pad Sample playback will continue even if you release the pad
LOOP Play back repeatedly (looped) Play back once (not looped)
REVERSE Play backward Play normally
Pausing the sound (PAUSE)
Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [TAP TEMPO] (PAUSE) button; the sound will
pause, and button operations will be disabled except for the operation of resuming playback.
To resume playback, once again hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [TAP TEMPO]
(PAUSE).
If the sound won’t stop!
If the sound won’t stop, Press the [CANCEL] button four times in rapid succession. All of the
SP-404A’s sounds will stop.
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