Roland SP-404SX User Manual
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Pads.[1]–[12]
When you press these pads, you’ll hear the samples that are assigned to the pads .
If the [PATTERN SELECT] button is lit, the pads will select patterns .
p ..11
p ..14
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[START/END/LEVEL].button
Use this button when you want to change the playback start/end points of a sample or to
adjust its volume .
p ..27
[TIME/BPM].button
Use this button when you want to specify a sample’s playback time or BPM (tempo) .
p ..15
[TAP.TEMPO].button
You can change the tempo by pressing this button several times at the desired timing .
To temporarily stop the production of sound, hold down the [FUNC] button while you press
the [TAP TEMPO] (PAUSE) button .
p ..15
p ..12
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[LO-FI].button
Switches the sample’s playback quality (standard/lo-fi ) .
p ..12
[STEREO].button
Specifi es whether you’ll be sampling in monaural or in stereo .
p ..18
[GATE].button
Switches between Gate playback (the sample will play only while you hold down the pad)
and Trigger playback (the sample will alternate between play and stop each time you press
the pad) .
p ..12
[LOOP].button
Switches between Loop playback (the sample will play repeatedly) and One-Shot playback
(the sample will play only once) .
p ..12
[REVERSE].button
Switches to Reverse playback, in which the sample will play backward .
p ..12
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[BANK].buttons
Use these buttons to switch between sample or pattern banks .
p ..11
12
[FUNC].button
Use this button to make various settings .
p ..39
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[HOLD].pad
This pad allows you to have a sample keep playing even after you take your fi nger off the pad .
p ..12
[EXT.SOURCE].pad
This pad plays the sound of the external (line or mic) input .
p ..24
[SUB.PAD].pad
This pad plays the sample of the pad you struck most recently .
p ..12
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[MIC].button
This button switches the mic input on/off .
p ..17
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Internal.mic
This is the SP-404SX’s built-in mic . If you connect your own mic (sold separately) to the MIC
jack of the top panel, this internal mic will not function .
p ..17
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PHONES.jack
You can connect stereo headphones here to listen to the same sound as from LINE OUT jacks .
p ..8
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SD.card.slot
Insert an SD card here . There is a cover on the SD card slot, and this cover is fastened in place
with a screw when the SP-404SX is shipped from the factory . Remove the screw as described
in “Remove the card lock screw to detach the card cover!” (p . 10) .
p ..10
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[MIC.LEVEL].knob
This adjusts the volume of the SP-404SX’s internal mic or a mic connected to the MIC jack .
p ..19
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MIC.IN.jack
You can connect a mic (separately sold) to this jack .
p ..17
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Functional.ground.terminal
If necessary, connect this terminal to an external electrical ground .
p ..8
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DC.IN.jack
Connect the included AC adaptor here .
p ..8
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[POWER].switch
This turns the power on/off .
p ..9
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MIDI.IN.jacks
You can connect a MIDI device to this connector .
p ..47
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LINE.IN.jacks
Here you can connect your portable music player or other audio source device from which
you want to sample .
p ..16
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LINE.OUT.connector
Connect your amplifi ed speakers or mixer system here .
p ..8
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