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Chapter 5 Samples and Sampling
154 Chapter 5 Samples and Sampling
Listening to Samples
Once you have recorded, loaded, or imported a sample into the SU700, you can listen
to the sample by hitting the corresponding pad—provided that the track mute is off
and that the pad function is set to PLAY. In general, you will want to set the se-
quencer into PLAY STANDBY when using pads to listen to your samples.
In general, you will want to listen to the sample repeatedly to determine whether you
need to perform any of the editing operations described above. You will also want to
listen to the sample as you set up the various knob-function values and effects when
preparing for song recording or playback. Playback will reflect all knob and effect
settings, with the exception of the knob GROOVE settings.
If you are playing a sample on a LOOP track, the sample will loop automatically as
you hold down the pad. On all other tracks, sample play will stop when the sample
reaches its end point.
Moving Samples From Track to Track and From Song to Song
It is easy to move a sample from one track to another track within the same song.
Simply use the TRACK EDIT | TRACK COPY job to copy the sample into the destina-
tion track, then use the TRACK EDIT | TRACK INIT job to remove the sample from
its original track.
If you decide that you need to move one or more samples from one song into another
song, proceed as follows. First, save all data into a volume on disk (→ p.287). Then,
at the main screen, turn the dial to select the destination song. Then use the DISK |
LOAD/ LOAD SAMPLE job (→ p.283) to load the samples you need from the volume
you just saved.
If you wish to move one or more samples into a song that is still empty, there is an-
other alternative: Use the SONG | COPY job (→ p.229) to copy all samples and se-
quence data into the destination song, and then go to the destination song and delete
everything you don’t need.
Sample Names
The SU700 maintains internal names for all of its samples. Names are seven charac-
ters long. The format is:
Sxxyyzz
where
xx
is the song number (01 to 20).
yy
is the track type (LP for LOOP track, CL for COMPOSED LOOP, FR for FREE).
zz
is the track number (01 to 08 if LOOP track, 01 to 16 otherwise, counting from
Bank 1 left to right, then Bank 2 left to right, and so on.)