Roland SP-303 DR. Sample User manual

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It’s a Fact…
The New Roland SP-303 DR. Sample offers DJs and
musicians a compact, portable phrase sampler with
CD quality sound. The SP-303 features:
•8voice polyphony
• 32 samples (16 Internal, 16 w/ optional card)
• Built in pattern sequencer:
• Great effects including Filter, Pitch, Delay, Vinyl
Simulator, Isolator plus 21 MFX, including a
voice transformer for vocal effects.
• Memory card slot (SmartMedia 8Mb to 64Mb)
• Imports WAV or AIFF files via Smart Media
Playing a Sample
The SP-303 comes with samples pre-installed in
Bank A, Pads 1-8. Use the following procedure to
listen to these samples:
1. Connect the SP-303 to an amp, audio system or
headphones.
2. Press Pad 1 so it's lit—the sample plays.
3. Press other pads to listen to their sounds.
Playback Settings
Samples can play back in three different ways. Use
the following procedure to set the playback mode:
1. Press the desired pad to play the sample.
2. Press GATE, LOOP or REVERSE so it's lit to
select the desired triggering mode.
GATE Press and hold pad—sample plays
Release pad—sample stops
LOOP Press the pad—sample starts
Release pad—keeps playing
Press pad again—sample stops
REVERSE Sample is played backwards
Applying Effects to a Sample
The SP-303 has 26 killer effects. These effects can
be applied to multiple samples simultaneously, or
they can be applied to live input signals.
1. Press a pad to select and play a sample.
2. Press an effect button under DSP EFFECTS
Note: Filter/+Drive, Pitch, Delay, Vinyl Sim and
Isolator can be directly accessed by pressing the
corresponding button. The MFX button controls 21
additional effects that can be selected one at a time.
Use the following procedure to select an MFX effect:
1. Press a pad to select and play a sample.
2. While holding MFX, turn the CTRL 3/MFX knob
to select one of the 21 MFX effects.
Sampling from CD or MD
Sounds from a CD or MD can be sampled in mono or
stereo. Use the following procedure to sample in
stereo to Pad 3, Bank B.
1. Connect the output of your CD or MD player to
the LINE IN jack of the SP-303.
2. Turn on the CD/MD player and put it in play-
standby mode.
3. Make sure PATTERN SELECT isn't lit. If it is lit,
press it so that the button’s light goes out.
4. Press REC so it's lit—the pads to which you can
sample blink and the SP-303 goes into sample
standby.
5. Press BANK B so it's lit.
6. Press Pad 3—it lights solidly, and REC blinks.
7. Press STEREO so it's lit.
8. Press LONG/LO-FI to select the sampling grade.
LONG
LO-FI not lit
STANDARD—High-quality
sampling
LONG
LO-FI lit
LONG—Twice the sampling
time of STANDARD
LONG
LO-FI blinking
LO-FI—Extended sampling
time
The available sampling time for each grade is:
STANDARD 31 seconds
LONG 63 seconds
LO-FI 3 minutes, 10 seconds
Note: More time is available using a memory card.
9. Start playback of the CD or MD and turn the
CTRL 3/MFX LEVEL knob to adjust the sampling
level so that the PEAK indicator lights only from
time to time. When you're done, stop the CD/MD
player and return it to play-standby mode.
10. Start playback of the CD/MD, and when you
want sampling to begin, press REC on the
SP-303. REC lights up and sampling begins.
11. When you want sampling to stop, press REC
again. The REC and Pad 3 lights go out and
sampling ends.
12. Press Pad 3 to hear your new sample.

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Adjusting the Start and End Point
After creating a sample, you may decide to change
its start and end point—the SP-303 can easily set
new start and end points. Use the following
procedure:
1. Press PATTERN SELECT so it's not lit.
2. Press the pad you want to edit. The pad lights,
and the sample sounds.
3. Press START/END/LEVEL so it's lit.
4. At the location where you wish to set the start
point, press MARK. MARK blinks and “---“
appears in the display.
5. At the location where you wish to set the end
point, press MARK again. MARK lights,
indicating that the process is finished.
Note: If the setting was not made as desired, press
the lit MARK button while the sound is still playing to
make it go dark, and re-do the procedure.
Deleting Unwanted Portions (Truncate)
When you specify Start/End Points, unused
waveform data may remain, taking up valuable
memory space. By deleting this unwanted data, you
can make more efficient use of memory.
1. Press PATTERN SELECT so it's not lit.
2. Press the pad you wish to truncate—the pad
lights and the sample sounds. If Start and End
Points have been set, MARK should be lit.
3. Press DEL so it's lit. Although the pads also blink
at this time, don't press the pads.
4. Press MARK. “trC” should appear in the display.
5. Press DEL and it lights. The dots in the display
blink. During the truncate process, all pads from
1 -8 light up, and then turn off, starting with Pad
1, indicating the progress of the truncation
procedure. When the dots stop blinking and
remain off, truncation is complete.
Note: Please note that truncation takes some time.
Never turn off the power while the dots are blinking.
This may result in corruption not only of the sample
currently being truncated, but may also damage other
samples as well as the memory card.