Benutzerhandbuch für Roland SP-555

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Main Features

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• USING THE UNIT SAFELY

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• IMPORTANT NOTES

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• Contents

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• Introducing the SP-555

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  • Panel Descriptions

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    • Top panel

      10
    • Front panel

      13
    • Rear panel

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  • Signal flow (block diagram)

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• Playing samples

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  • About the banks

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  • About the polyphony

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  • Pad sensitivity

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  • Playing samples at a fixed loudness

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  • Adjusting the roll speed (ROLL)

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  • Gate playback (GATE) and trigger playback

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  • Loop playback

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  • Making the sample continue playing even after you release your finger from the pad (HOLD)

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• Using effects

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  • Applying an effect to a sample

    18
  • Applying an effect to the mic/line input

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  • Storing effect settings (EFFECT MEMORY)

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    • Storing settings

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    • Calling up settings

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    • Checking the settings

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  • Effect knob control

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  • Tips for using effects

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• Sampling (recording)

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  • About the available sampling times

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  • Standby mode

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  • Sampling

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  • Starting sampling automatically (Auto Sampling)

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  • Sampling with a specified tempo

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  • Using a count-in

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  • Deleting a sample

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  • Deleting all samples

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  • Resampling

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• Loop Capture

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  • Using Loop Capture to record from an external device

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  • Deleting the phrase recorded by Loop Capture

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  • Adjusting the playback level of the phrase

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  • Recording with a specified tempo

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  • Layering sound onto a previously recorded phrase (Overdubbing)

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  • Saving a recorded phrase to a pad

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• Editing a sample

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  • Setting a sample’s volume

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  • Adjusting the playback region of a sample

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    • Canceling the adjusted playback region (deleting a marker)

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    • Adjusting both the start point and end point

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    • Adjusting only the end point

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    • Adjusting only the start point

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    • Making fine adjustments to the start point and end point

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  • Exchanging samples between two pads

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  • Copying a sample to another pad

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  • Converting to a sample that has a modified playback region

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  • Changing a sample’s BPM

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  • Changing the length of a sample without changing the pitch (Time Modify)

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• Playing samples and recording your performance (Pattern Sequencer)

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  • How patterns are organized

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  • Specifying the pattern tempo

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  • Playing and stopping a pattern

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  • Switching patterns during playback

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  • Recording a pattern

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    • Erasing a mistake from your performance

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  • Deleting a pattern

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  • Deleting all patterns

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  • Exchanging the patterns of two pads

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  • Copying a pattern to another pad

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• D Beam controller

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  • Monophonic synthesizer (SYNTH)

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    • Synth settings

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  • Filter

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    • Filter settings

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  • Trigger

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• Connecting the SP-555 to your computer

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  • Installing the driver and software

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    • Windows XP users

      40
    • Windows Vista users

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    • Mac OS X users

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  • Changing the signal flow when using USB audio

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  • About SONAR LE (Windows only)

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    • Starting SONAR LE and making settings

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  • About SP-555 Wave Converter

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    • Starting up SP-555 Wave Converter

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• About CompactFlash

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  • Recommended types of CompactFlash

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  • CompactFlash theft prevention

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  • Inserting and removing CompactFlash cards

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    • Inserting a CompactFlash card

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    • Removing a CompactFlash card

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  • Formatting a CompactFlash card (initializing)

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  • Importing audio files

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  • Exporting audio files

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  • Saving backup data (backup save)

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  • Loading backup data (backup load)

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  • Deleting backup data (backup delete)

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• Other settings

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  • Restoring the factory settings

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  • Clearing the data (initialization)

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  • Protecting the memory

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    • Protecting all samples and patterns

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    • Protecting the preset samples and patterns (sample bank A and pattern bank A)

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    • Canceling protection

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  • Adjusting the blinking speed of the display illumination

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  • Checking the version number

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  • Setting the SP-555’s internal processing level

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• About V-LINK

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  • What is V-LINK?

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    • Connection example

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    • Turning V-LINK on/off

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    • Functions that you can control using CTRL 1–3 and D Beam

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    • V-LINK settings

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• Appendix

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  • Effect list

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    • Effects that you can select by directly pressing a button

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    • MFX bank A

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    • MFX bank B

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  • Quick reference of operations

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    • Sampling operations

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    • Effect operations

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    • Loop Capture operations

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    • Pattern operations

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    • D-Beam controller operations

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    • System settings

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    • CompactFlash card operations

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    • USB MIDI/audio interface operations

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    • V-LINK operations

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  • Parameters that can change the start-up state

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  • Error message list

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  • Troubleshooting

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    • No sound / Insufficient volume

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    • No sound or insufficient volume from equipment connected to LINE IN

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    • No sound or insufficient volume from a mic

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    • The mic picks up noise

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    • Can’t sample

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    • Excessive noise or distortion in the sampled sound

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    • Sound is distorted when you save a Loop Capture phrase

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    • An inserted CompactFlash card is not recognized, or its data cannot be selected

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    • Data is not saved correctly in the SP- 555’s internal memory

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    • Data is not saved correctly in the CompactFlash card

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    • Pattern sequencer does not synchronize to an external MIDI device

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  • About the pedal

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  • Attaching the stand (sold separately)

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• Using the SP-555 with other MIDI equipment

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  • About MIDI

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  • Synchronizing the SP-555 with another MIDI device

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  • Synchronizing the pattern tempo and playback start/stop with an external MIDI sequencer

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  • Transmitting MIDI clock at the pattern tempo

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  • MIDI channel (Pad Base Ch.) and note numbers

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    • Changing the MIDI channel (Pad Base Ch.)

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  • MIDI Thru setting

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• MIDI Implementation

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• Specifications

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• Index

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