Document Outline

• IMPORTANT NOTES
  • Remove the Card Cover
• Contents
• Main Features
• Names of Things and What They Do
  • Front Panel
  • Rear Panel
• Quick Start
  • Making the Connections
  • Turning the power on
    • Turning the power off
  • The SP-505’s display
    • Parameter list display
    • Wave display
    • Sub-window display
  • Press the pads to play sounds
  • Listening to the preset patterns
  • An overview of the SP-505
    • How the sections of the SP-505 are connected
    • How the SP-505 is organized
  • Applying effects
  • Recording a sample
    • If you are not satisfied with the sampled sound
  • Changing the BPM (tempo) of the sample (BPM Adjust)
  • Synchronizing the BPM (tempo) of several samples (BPM Sync)
  • Dividing a sample between several pads (Chop)
  • Playing pitches with a sample (Pitch)
• Chapter 1. Playing samples from the pads
  • What are the 32 pad banks?
  • Basic ways to play samples
  • The number of samples that can be played simultaneously
  • Switching the pad bank
  • Switching the pad accent
  • Using the Hold function to play samples
  • Changing how the sample sounds or stops (Pad Play)
  • Looping the sound (Loop Mode)
  • Playing a sample backward (Reverse Playback)
  • Playing an audio input signal (EXT Source)
  • Adjusting the EXT source settings
  • Changing the BPM of a sample
• Chapter 2. Using the internal effects
  • Selecting pads to which effects are applied (FX Assign)
  • Selecting the pad that will be the effect synchronization source (SYNC SOURCE)
  • Selecting an effect
    • Using the pads to select an effect
  • Turning the effect on/off
  • Controlling how the effect is applied
  • Effects List
• Chapter 3. Recording samples
  • Before you sample
    • Stereo/mono sampling selection
    • Selecting the Sampling Grade
    • About the sampling time
    • Starting sampling automatically when sound is input
    • Applying an effect while you sample
  • Selecting the input source
  • Sampling procedure
  • Re-sampling samples (Resampling)
    • Resampling procedure 1 (Auto)
    • Resampling procedure 2 (Manual)
• Chapter 4. Changing the settings of a sample
  • Procedure
  • Adjusting the volume of a sample
  • Adjusting the stereo position of a sample
  • Changing how a sample plays and stops
  • Looping the playback of a sample
  • Playing a sample backward
  • Playing a sample in Phrase or Single modes
  • Changing the number of measures of a sample
  • Changing the time signature of a sample
  • Adjusting the BPM (tempo) of a sample
  • Specifying the start/end points of the sound (Omitting unwanted portions)
  • Adjusting the volume of a specified region of the sample
• Chapter 5. Deleting or copying a sample
  • Deleting a sample
  • Using the clipboard to copy a sample
    • Copying a single sample
    • Copying multiple samples
    • Exchanging samples
• Chapter 6. Applying special processing to a sample
  • Dividing a sample into individual notes (Chop)
  • Editing the points at which the sample is divided
    • About the dividing point adjustment screen
    • Adding a dividing point
    • Deleting a dividing point
    • Making fine adjustments to the dividing points
  • Playing pitches with a sample (Pitch)
• Chapter 7. Playing songs and patterns
  • Adjusting the BPM (tempo) of a song or pattern
  • Playing a song
  • Selecting and playing songs from the song list
  • Playing patterns
  • Selecting and playing a pattern from the pattern list
  • Muting individual parts
• Chapter 8. Creating patterns
  • About pattern recording
  • Pattern data
  • Realtime recording procedure
    • Erasing unwanted performance data (Realtime Recording)
  • Microscope editing procedure
    • Viewing the performance data (Microscope Edit)
    • Deleting unwanted performance data (Microscope Edit)
    • Changing the pad number (Microscope Edit)
    • Adjusting the dynamics (accent) of the sound (Microscope Edit)
    • Changing the length of the sound (Microscope Edit)
    • Moving the timing of the sound (Microscope Edit)
    • Changing the rhythmic feel of a pattern (Swing)
  • Assigning a name to a pattern
  • Storing the part mute status
• Chapter 9. Creating a song
  • About song recording
  • Making song settings
  • Song recording procedure
  • Deleting a pattern
  • Inserting a pattern
  • Changing a pattern
  • Assigning a name to a song
• Chapter 10. Deleting or copying a pattern or song
  • Deleting a pattern or song
  • Copying a pattern or song
• Chapter 11. Using a memory card
  • About memory cards
  • Inserting a memory card
  • Formatting a memory card
  • Saving data on a memory card (Save)
    • Saving sample data
    • Saving sequencer data
  • Loading memory card data into internal memory (Load)
    • Loading sample data
    • Loading sequencer data
  • Deleting data from a memory card
  • Loading WAV/AIFF files into the SP-505
    • Precautions concerning the loading of WAV/AIFF files
  • Deleting a WAV/AIFF file
• Chapter 12. Using the SP-505 with other MIDI devices
  • About MIDI
  • Changing the MIDI settings
  • Synchronizing the performance of the SP-505 and an external MIDI device
    • Sync mode settings
• Chapter 13. Making system settings
  • About the CONFIG parameters
• Chapter 14. Restoring the factory settings
  • Factory settings
  • Procedure
• Chapter 15. Appendices
  • Troubleshooting
    • Problems with internal memory
    • Problems with a memory card
    • Problems with MIDI or synchronization
  • Error message list
  • Parameter List
  • Preset Sample
  • Preset Pattern
  • MIDI Implementation
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
  • Specifications
• Index