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Learning how to use your new Roland SP-808/SP-808EX has never been easier thanks to the official Roland DVD Owner's Manual!

The SP-808 Groove Sampler is the first product of its kind—a sampling and recording workstation which is one part professional-quality phrase sampler; one part hard disk audio recorder. Developed to meet the needs of a growing "remix" and sampling-based music market, the SP-808 provides everything DJs, sampling musicians and remix artists need to lay down fat grooves and create professional-quality remixes.

While this DVD was produced using the original SP-808 product, the information included is perfectly suited to the later released SP-808EX.

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INTRODUCTION
Overview of front panel
Accessing the edit screens
Rear panel
OP-1 Upgrade

PLAYING SAMPLE AND TRACKS
Using the Sample Pallette
Selecting Pad Banks
Playing a demo song
Mic/Line/Pad fader

SAMPLING
Setting the sample threshold
Pre-trigger
Auto-Divide

SAMPLE EDITING
Setting Trim Points manually
Setting Trim points by using the tempo of a loop

TIME STRETCHING
Changing the pitch of a sample
Deleting samples
Create Reversal
Quick-Edit buttons
Mute Groups

EFFECTS
Selecting effects
Patch location
Send/return vs. Insert
Modifying effects
Saving effects
Step Modulator

RESAMPLING
...from a pad to a pad
...from a track(s) to a pad
Bank protection
Using the Clip-board

D-BEAM
Pad-triggering
Pitch
"Using the D-Beam to play the "virtual synth"

TRACK RECORDING AND EDITING
Creating a new song
"Creating a ""guide track"""

AUDIO RECORDING
Selecting Mic/Line OR Pad fader
Setting levels
Punching in and out

EVENT RECORDING
Real-Time
Quantizing
Turning on the Metronome
Step-Time

TRACK EDITING
Selecting tracks for editing
Selecting the region for editing
Erasing a track
Pasting/Inserting tracks
Marking tracks for editing
Bouncing tracks

SAVING PROCEDURES

USING ZIP DISKS
Formatting Zip drives
Backup (Copy Disk)
Loading external samples/songs
"FAQ..."How do I remove unused data on my Zip Disk?"

USING EXTERNAL DEVICES
Using the SP-808 as a digital mixer
Syncing to other devices
"FAQ...""How do I automate the mixer?"
Playing samples through MIDI
Changing Pad Banks through MIDI