User ManualTable of ContentsUSING THE UNIT SAFELY2IMPORTANT NOTES4Contents6Before You Start7Names of Things and What They Do7Top Panel7Front Panel9Rear Panel9Connecting Other Equipment10Turning the Power On/Off10Turning the Power On10Turning the Power Off10Inserting/Removing a Memory Card11Inserting a Memory Card11Removing a Memory Card11Quick Start12Listen to the Samples12Apply Effects to the Samples12Play the Patterns13Changing the Tempo at Which a Pattern Plays14Sample Your Own Sounds14If You’re Not Happy with the Sound You Sampled15Chapter 1. Playing Samples16How Samples Are Organized16Switching Sample Banks16How Many Samples Can Play Simultaneously (Polyphony)16Having a Sample Continue Playing After You Take Your Finger Off the Pad (Hold)16Playing an External Input Sound (External Source)17Using a CD Player17Using Line Input and Mic Input Simultaneously17Adjusting the Volume of the External Audio Input17Chapter 2. Using Effects18Applying an Effect to a Sample18Switching an Effect On/Off with Precise Timing (Effect Grab)18Switching the Effect Selected by MFX18Applying an Effect to Multiple Samples18Applying an Effect to All Samples19Checking the Previously Used Effect19Pre-specifying the Parameters of the Effect You’ll Select Next19Effect Limit Mode19Send/Return Mode (FLANGER, PHASER)19Effect List20Effects You Can Select by Directly Pressing a Button20MFX20Chapter 3. Sampling23Before You Sample23Choosing High Quality or Lo-Fi Sampling (Sampling Grade)23Selecting Stereo or Monaural Sampling23About the Sampling Time23Sampling from a CD23Sampling from a Mic24Sampling to a Memory Card Bank25Sampling at a Specific Tempo25Using a Count When You Sample26Initiating Sampling Automatically (Auto Sampling)26When You Want to Disable Auto Sampling26Applying an Effect to a Sample and Sampling It Again (Resampling)26Deleting a Sample27Deleting All Samples27Exchanging Sample Pad Assignments28Checking the Remaining Sampling Time28Chapter 4. Changing the Settings of a Sample29Specifying the Volume of a Sample29Playing a Phrase Repeatedly (Loop Playback) or Only Once (One-shot Playback)29Making a Sample Play Only While You Hold Down the Pad (Gate Playback) or Continue Even If You Rel...29Playing a Sample Backward (Reverse Playback)30Omitting Unwanted Portions of the Sample (Marker/Start Point/End Point)30Changing Both the Start Point and the End Point31Changing Only the End Point31Changing Only the Start Point (the End Point Is the End of the Sample)31Making Fine Adjustments to the Start Point or End Point32Deleting an Unwanted Portion (Truncate)32Changing a Sample’s BPM33Changing the Length of a Sample without Affecting the Pitch (Time Modify)33Chapter 5. Recording a Performance of Samples (Pattern Sequencer)34How Patterns Are Organized34Changing the Tempo of a Pattern34Matching the Tempo of a CD or Turntable34Stopping Pattern Playback34Switching Patterns During Playback34Recording a Pattern34Erasing Mistakes from the Recorded Data36Deleting a Pattern36Deleting All Patterns37Changing the Assignments of Patterns to Pads37Chapter 6. Using a Memory Card38Formatting (Initializing) a Memory Card38Importing Audio Files38Exporting Audio Files39Specifying the Type of Audio File39Exporting a Sample to an Audio File39Saving Backup Data (Backup Save)40Loading Backup Data (Backup Load)40Deleting Backup Data (Backup Delete)40Chapter 7. Other Functions41Using the SP-404 with Other MIDI Equipment41About MIDI41MIDI on the SP-40441Changing the MIDI Channel (Pad Base Ch)41Synchronizing to an External MIDI Device41Adjusting the Blinking Speed of the Display Illumination42Checking the Remaining Battery Level42Using the Protect Setting43Initializing the SP-404’s Internal Memory43Checking the Version Number43Setting the Internal Processing Level of the SP-40443Chapter 8. Examples of Using the SP-40444Using the Pattern Sequencer to Create a Rhythm Pattern44Using the SP-404 with a Turntable45Playing Samples along with the Sound from a Turntable45Applying Effects to the Sound of a Turntable45Appendices46Quick Reference to Operations46Troubleshooting47Problems When Playing Sounds47Problems with Memory48Problems with MIDI or Synchronization49Message List49Recommended Memory Cards50MIDI Implementation50MIDI Implementation Chart51Specifications52Index53Size: 3.13 MBPages: 56Language: EnglishOpen manual