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Roland SP-404MK2
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Introduction ................................................................................. 4
What You Should Know About This Unit (How Data is
Organized) ............................................................................... 4
What’s a Sample? ............................................................................. 4
What’s a Pattern? ............................................................................. 4
Banks and Projects........................................................................... 5
Getting Things Ready ............................................................. 6
Connecting External Equipment ................................................ 6
About the Power Supply ............................................................... 8
Turning the Power On/Off ..........................................................10
Playing Back Samples (SAMPLE MODE) ......................... 11
Selecting a Sample Bank ...................................................... 11
Adjusting the Volume for All Banks (BANK VOLUME) ........12
Playing Back a Sample to the Tempo of a Song (BPM SYNC)
................................................................................................. 13
Playing Back Only While a Pad is Pressed (GATE) .............. 14
Playing Back Samples Repeatedly (LOOP) ......................... 15
Playing Back a Sample in Reverse (REVERSE) .................... 16
Playing Back Samples in Detailed Steps (ROLL) ................ 17
Setting the Roll Interval ...............................................................17
Setting a Fixed Sample Volume (FIXED VELOCITY) ........... 19
Changing the Sample Volume for Playback (16 VELOCITY)
................................................................................................. 20
Playing Back Samples in Scale Pitches (CHROMATIC) ....... 21
Muting the Playback of a Sample (PAD MUTE) .................. 22
Playing Back Multiple Pads at the Same Time (PAD LINK
GROUPS) ................................................................................. 23
Preventing Samples from Playing Back at the Same Time
(MUTE GROUP) ....................................................................... 24
Stopping All Sample Playback (STOP) ................................ 25
Pausing the Sound of a Sample (PAUSE) ...............................25
Disabling Buttons that Are Not Used When Playing Live
(LIVE MODE) ........................................................................... 26
Using the Effects ..................................................................... 27
Adding Effects to a Sample (BUS FX)................................... 27
Assigning Effects to BUS 1 and BUS 2 .....................................28
Deciding on Effects to Use for Each Sample .........................29
Using the MFX Effects ...................................................................29
Editing the Effects ................................................................. 31
Turning Effects On/Off at the Desired Timing.................... 32
Temporarily Output Only the Effect Sound (MUTE BUS) .. 33
Sampling (SAMPLING) .......................................................... 35
Configuring the Sampling Settings (RECORD SETTING) ... 35
Configuring the Input Effects (INPUT FX) ..............................35
Sampling ................................................................................ 37
Adding a Count-in Before Sampling .......................................37
Automatically Setting the End Point of a Sample (END
SNAP) .................................................................................................37
Resampling a Sample (RESAMPLE) ..................................... 39
Sampling What You Previously Played (SKIP-BACK
SAMPLING) ............................................................................. 40
Editing a Sample (SAMPLE EDIT) ...................................... 42
Setting the Playback and Loop Regions (START/END) ...... 42
Processing a Sample .....................................................................43
Marking and Splitting Samples (MARK) ............................. 44
Using a Marker to Split and Assign a Sample to a Pad
(CHOP) ............................................................................................... 46
Making Fade-in/Fade-out Settings (ENVELOPE) ................ 47
Changing the Pitch or Playback Speed of a Sample
(PITCH/SPEED)........................................................................ 50
Displaying Parameters Set in a Sample .............................. 52
Initializing the Sample Parameters (INIT PARAM) ............. 53
Organizing the Samples ....................................................... 54
Exchanging (Swapping) Samples Between Pads................ 54
Copying the Sample from a Pad ............................................... 54
Protecting a Sample (PROTECT) ............................................... 55
Deleting the Sample from a Pad .............................................. 55
Combining Samples to Create a Pattern (PATTERN
SEQUENCER) ............................................................................. 57
Playing a Pattern ................................................................... 57
Creating a New Pattern (Real-time Recording) .................. 58
Adding a Count-in Before Recording a Pattern ................... 59
Creating a New Pattern (TR-REC) ......................................... 60
Resampling a Pattern (RESAMPLE) ...................................... 63
Selecting a Pattern Bank ....................................................... 64
Playing Back Patterns in Order (PATTERN CHAIN) ............ 65
Editing a Pattern (PATTERN EDIT) ..................................... 68
Copying and Connecting Patterns (DUPLICATE) ............... 68
Cropping Unnecessary Sections from a Pattern (CROP) ... 69
Organizing the Pattern Data ................................................ 70
Exchanging (Swapping) Patterns Between Pads ................ 70
Copying the Pattern of a Pad .................................................... 70
Protecting a Pattern (PROTECT) ................................................ 71
Deleting the Pattern from a Pad ............................................... 71
Setting the Tempo ................................................................. 73
Setting the Tempo Data in a Sample ................................... 74
Setting the Tempo for a Bank or Project ............................. 75
Setting the Tempo in Time with the Rhythm (Tap Tempo)
................................................................................................. 76
Mixing the Samples (DJ MODE)......................................... 77
Monitoring with Headphones (CUE) ............................... 80
Inputting Sound from an Electronic Musical
Instrument, Mic or Guitar ..................................................... 81
Inputting Audio from a Computer or Mobile Device
(USB AUDIO) ............................................................................. 82
Selecting a Project .................................................................. 83
Organizing Projects................................................................ 84
Copying a Project .................................................................. 84
Deleting a Project .................................................................. 85
Customizing This Unit ........................................................... 86
Attaching/Removing the Faceplate of This Unit ................ 86
Customizing the Opening Screen ........................................ 88
Preparing an Opening Image .................................................... 88
Saving an Opening Image to a Project................................... 88

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