Roland SP-404MKII Creative Sampler and Effector - Manual (Page 44)

Editing a Sample (SAMPLE EDIT)
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Editing a Sample (SAMPLE EDIT)
You can edit the playback speed, waveform and other parameters for the samples.
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).
1. Press the [START/END] button.
The marker setting screen appears.
2. Press pads [1]–[16] to select the sample you wan to edit.
3. 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 (press)
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.
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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.
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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.
[RESAMPLE] button Moves the start point to the zero cross-point (*) that’s closest to the start point time (SNAP
to Zero-Cross function).
Similarly, the loop point and end point are also moved.
This function is enabled when the [RESAMPLE] button is lit.
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The “zero cross-point” is the time at which the value of the sample waveform crosses
from zero into a positive or negative number.
4. Once you’ve confirmed the start/end point, press the [EXIT] button.