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Chapter
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Chapter 3. Sampling
Unauthorized sampling from a CD, record, tape, video
production, or broadcast whose copyright is owned by a
third party is forbidden by law, with the exception of
special cases such as private use.
Before Sampling
Before you begin sampling sound, here are descriptions of
the parameters to be set in the sampling process as well as
sampling time.
Selecting Higher Quality Sampling,
Extended Sampling, or Lo-Fi Sampling
(Sampling Grade)
You can select one of three grades (sampling grade),
STANDARD, LONG, or LO-FI, for each pad.
You can switch the sampling grade by pressing [LONG/LO-
FI].
When [LONG/LO-FI] is not lit ➔ STANDARD:
Select this when you want to sample with high-quality
sound.
When [LONG/LO-FI] is lit ➔ LONG:
Sampling time is twice that of STANDARD. Sound quality is
somewhat lower.
When [LONG/LO-FI] is blinking ➔ LO-FI:
A lo-fi sound is created, and the sampling time is greatly
increased.
* The sampling grade cannot be changed after the sample is made.
Selecting Between Stereo and
Mono Sampling
You can set whether a sample is recorded in stereo or mono
for each individual pad.
When you press [STEREO], sampling is conducted in stereo
when the button is lit; sampling is in mono when the button
is not lit.
* Once a sound has been sampled, it is not possible to change it
from mono to stereo, or from stereo to mono.
About Sampling Time
Available sampling time for the SP-303 (the internal
memory) and memory cards are shown below.
* The times shown here are for mono sampling. For the internal
memory only, this indicates the total time of Sample Banks A
and B; with memory cards, the total time of the sixteen banks,
including Sample Banks C and D, is shown.
* When sampling in stereo, the available sampling time is
halved.
Internal Memory (Times Approximate)
Memory Cards (Times Approximate)
* When saving data (Samples and Patterns) from the SP-303 to
memory cards (p. 49, 50), then depending on the amount of
data contained in the samples, available sampling time may be
lower than shown above.
STANDARD LONG LO-FI
31 seconds 63 seconds 3 minutes
10 seconds
Capacity
STANDARD LONG LO-FI
8 MB 4 minutes 8 minutes 25 minutes
16 MB 8 minutes 16 minutes 50 minutes
32 MB 16 minutes 33 minutes 101 minutes
64 MB 33 minutes 66 minutes 202 minutes
If you have already sampled a sound to every pad, or if
you have used up the available sampling time, you will
need to first delete one or more unwanted samples, and
then record your new sample to a vacant pad. (Refer to
“Deleting an individual sample” on page 33.)