Roland SP-404MK - Setting Playback and Loop Regions

EditingaSample(SAMPLEEDIT)
SettingthePlaybackandLoopRegions(START/END)
Youcanpreventunnecessarypartsofasamplefromplaying,suchassilenceornoiseatthebeginningorattheend.
Thisshowsyouhowtosetthestartpoint(whereasamplebeginsplayingback)andtheendpoint(whereasample
stopsplayingback).Youcanalsousethesameoperationstosetthelooppoint(thestartingpointforloopplayback).
Pressthe[START/END]button.
Themarkersettingscreenappears.
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Presspads[1]‒[16]toselectthesampleyouwantoedit.
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Usethe[CTRL1]‒[CTRL3]knobstoadjustthestartandendpoints.
Controller Operation
[CTRL1]knob Movesthestartpoint.
[CTRL2]knob
(whentheloopison)
Movesthelooppoint.
[CTRL3]knob Movestheendpoint.
[SHIFT]button+
[CTRL]knob(turn)
Zoomstheareaaroundeachpointin/out.
[VALUE]knob(turn) Zoomstheareain/outaroundeachpointyoujustmanipulated.
[SHIFT]button+
[VALUE]knob(turn)
Youcanuseanumericalvaluetosetthepositionofeachpoint.
Usethe[VALUE]knobtoselectthepointtoset,andpresspads[1]‒[10]to
inputtheposition(presspad[10]toinputa“0”).
Toconfirmtheinputtedposition,pressthe[VALUE]knob.
[DEL]button Initializesthestartandendpointpositions.
Whenaconfirmationmessageappears,usethe[VALUE]knobtoselect
“OK,”andpressthe[VALUE]knob.
[REMAIN]button On:Preventsthestartpointfrombeingmovedbeyondthelooppointor
theendpoint.
Off:Whenthestartpointmovesbeyondthelooppointortheendpoint,
thismovesthelooppointortheendpointaswell.
[MARK]button Whenthisbuttonispressedwhileasampleisplayingback,thissetsthe
startpointandendpointinorder.
Thelooppointissettothesamepositionasthestartpoint.
[ROLL]button Whilethisbuttonispressed,youcanpreviewthesoundseveralseconds
beforetheendpoint.
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Onceyouʼveconfirmedthestart/endpoint,pressthe[EXIT]button.
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