Document Outline

• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Contents
• Before You Start
  • Names of Things and What They Do
    • Top Panel
    • Front Panel
    • Rear Panel
  • Connecting Other Equipment
  • Turning the Power On/Off
    • Turning the Power On
    • Turning the Power Off
  • Inserting/Removing a Memory Card
    • Inserting a Memory Card
    • Removing a Memory Card
• Quick Start
  • Listen to the Samples
  • Apply Effects to the Samples
  • Play the Patterns
    • Changing the Tempo at Which a Pattern Plays
  • Sample Your Own Sounds
    • If You’re Not Happy with the Sound You Sampled
• Chapter 1. Playing Samples
  • How Samples Are Organized
  • Switching Sample Banks
  • How Many Samples Can Play Simultaneously (Polyphony)
  • Having a Sample Continue Playing After You Take Your Finger Off the Pad (Hold)
  • Playing an External Input Sound (External Source)
    • Using a CD Player
    • Using Line Input and Mic Input Simultaneously
    • Adjusting the Volume of the External Audio Input
• Chapter 2. Using Effects
  • Applying an Effect to a Sample
    • Switching an Effect On/Off with Precise Timing (Effect Grab)
    • Switching the Effect Selected by MFX
  • Applying an Effect to Multiple Samples
  • Applying an Effect to All Samples
  • Checking the Previously Used Effect
  • Pre-specifying the Parameters of the Effect You’ll Select Next
  • Effect Limit Mode
  • Send/Return Mode (FLANGER, PHASER)
  • Effect List
    • Effects You Can Select by Directly Pressing a Button
    • MFX
• Chapter 3. Sampling
  • Before You Sample
    • Choosing High Quality or Lo-Fi Sampling (Sampling Grade)
    • Selecting Stereo or Monaural Sampling
    • About the Sampling Time
  • Sampling from a CD
  • Sampling from a Mic
  • Sampling to a Memory Card Bank
  • Sampling at a Specific Tempo
  • Using a Count When You Sample
  • Initiating Sampling Automatically (Auto Sampling)
    • When You Want to Disable Auto Sampling
  • Applying an Effect to a Sample and Sampling It Again (Resampling)
  • Deleting a Sample
    • Deleting All Samples
  • Exchanging Sample Pad Assignments
  • Checking the Remaining Sampling Time
• Chapter 4. Changing the Settings of a Sample
  • Specifying the Volume of a Sample
  • Playing a Phrase Repeatedly (Loop Playback) or Only Once (One-shot Playback)
  • Making a Sample Play Only While You Hold Down the Pad (Gate Playback) or Continue Even If You Rel...
  • Playing a Sample Backward (Reverse Playback)
  • Omitting Unwanted Portions of the Sample (Marker/Start Point/End Point)
    • Changing Both the Start Point and the End Point
    • Changing Only the End Point
    • Changing Only the Start Point (the End Point Is the End of the Sample)
    • Making Fine Adjustments to the Start Point or End Point
  • Deleting an Unwanted Portion (Truncate)
  • Changing a Sample’s BPM
  • Changing the Length of a Sample without Affecting the Pitch (Time Modify)
• Chapter 5. Recording a Performance of Samples (Pattern Sequencer)
  • How Patterns Are Organized
  • Changing the Tempo of a Pattern
    • Matching the Tempo of a CD or Turntable
  • Stopping Pattern Playback
  • Switching Patterns During Playback
  • Recording a Pattern
    • Erasing Mistakes from the Recorded Data
  • Deleting a Pattern
    • Deleting All Patterns
  • Changing the Assignments of Patterns to Pads
• Chapter 6. Using a Memory Card
  • Formatting (Initializing) a Memory Card
  • Importing Audio Files
  • Exporting Audio Files
    • Specifying the Type of Audio File
    • Exporting a Sample to an Audio File
  • Saving Backup Data (Backup Save)
  • Loading Backup Data (Backup Load)
  • Deleting Backup Data (Backup Delete)
• Chapter 7. Other Functions
  • Using the SP-404 with Other MIDI Equipment
    • About MIDI
    • MIDI on the SP-404
    • Changing the MIDI Channel (Pad Base Ch)
    • Synchronizing to an External MIDI Device
  • Adjusting the Blinking Speed of the Display Illumination
  • Checking the Remaining Battery Level
  • Using the Protect Setting
  • Initializing the SP-404’s Internal Memory
  • Checking the Version Number
  • Setting the Internal Processing Level of the SP-404
• Chapter 8. Examples of Using the SP-404
  • Using the Pattern Sequencer to Create a Rhythm Pattern
  • Using the SP-404 with a Turntable
    • Playing Samples along with the Sound from a Turntable
    • Applying Effects to the Sound of a Turntable
• Appendices
  • Quick Reference to Operations
  • Troubleshooting
    • Problems When Playing Sounds
    • Problems with Memory
    • Problems with MIDI or Synchronization
  • Message List
  • Recommended Memory Cards
  • MIDI Implementation
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
  • Specifications
• Index