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Published on 10/31/13 at 08:44I separated it from the SP-606 a few months, so I write this memory test ...
Polyphony: 4 stereo or 8 mono score.
EFFECTS: 24 in total (not sure) with conventional filters, distortion, flanger, phaser, EQ, compressor, limiter, ring mod, delay, reverb, echo, etc.. We can use both simultaneously and control their settings through three knobs and activate an additional "mastering" button to sculpt the sound output (filter, compressor).
CONNECTIONS: jack 6.35 (I / O stereo), S / PDIF, MIDI I / O, USB, Foot switch, headphone jack and lock.
No idea about the converters.
The standard MEMORY is a few minutes (or 128 samples) that can extend to several tens of minutes (almost two hours, I think, be 384 samples).
The SEQUENCER has 4 tracks and you can program up to 18,000 notes.
There is software, P606, with which you can edit and prepare samples sequences but I've never used. It can be downloaded, as well as various drivers and manuals at: https://www.rolandus.com/products/details/573/downloads/
UTILIZATION
The operation of the beast is clear and intuitive: it has 32 banks, each comprising up to 16 samples (giving surprise, up to 512 samples). Each sample is assigned to a pad and we can start playback in three ways: by keeping the pad support (playback stops when the pressure is released), pressing the pad once (Playback stops at the end of the sample) or loop.
PADS are great, although reagents and velocity-sensitive I have used for years to play rhythms on the fly. Do not expect much for the possibility of round robin.
The sampling itself is very simple: it is clear in the section on active input on which is connected to the source sampler, a bank, a pad and starts playing the sample from the source is selected.
If you do not fully understand something, the manual is very clear and answer all your questions.
For editing sounds, it is possible to zoom in on the audio forms and do basic editing operations (cut, crop, delete, and even burst the various elements of a beat on each pad) but I preferred do it on computer to be more precise and have more advanced editing. As for the effects, it is very easy to use (they are activated with a button) and change the settings as desired.
The sequencer can be a short term of tracks available and polyphony clearly limits too complex rhythmic patterns
SOUNDS
Nothing particular to say, this is a sampler that makes what we feed him. There is no particular "grain." I think the sampling frequency can be mounted at 48 KHz but otherwise it is 16 bit 44.1 kHz.
I love the effects always have parameters cool hacking. I am regularly served at a time to deal with instrumental sounds live and I particularly liked the feel of the knobs and the sound made.
OVERALL OPINION
I am separated in early 2013 after having second-hand in 2007. It is a robust and reliable machine that has never failed me. It was my first sampler and I learned a lot by using it. The features that I like the most is the feel of the controls, which I use franc and the sound effects.
Those that I like the least, the limits of polyphony and only 4-track sequencer. I also liked the medium four leading banks contain factory sounds (of drum machine, funky loops and synth) which we can not get rid of and thus clog the machine irrevocably.
Polyphony: 4 stereo or 8 mono score.
EFFECTS: 24 in total (not sure) with conventional filters, distortion, flanger, phaser, EQ, compressor, limiter, ring mod, delay, reverb, echo, etc.. We can use both simultaneously and control their settings through three knobs and activate an additional "mastering" button to sculpt the sound output (filter, compressor).
CONNECTIONS: jack 6.35 (I / O stereo), S / PDIF, MIDI I / O, USB, Foot switch, headphone jack and lock.
No idea about the converters.
The standard MEMORY is a few minutes (or 128 samples) that can extend to several tens of minutes (almost two hours, I think, be 384 samples).
The SEQUENCER has 4 tracks and you can program up to 18,000 notes.
There is software, P606, with which you can edit and prepare samples sequences but I've never used. It can be downloaded, as well as various drivers and manuals at: https://www.rolandus.com/products/details/573/downloads/
UTILIZATION
The operation of the beast is clear and intuitive: it has 32 banks, each comprising up to 16 samples (giving surprise, up to 512 samples). Each sample is assigned to a pad and we can start playback in three ways: by keeping the pad support (playback stops when the pressure is released), pressing the pad once (Playback stops at the end of the sample) or loop.
PADS are great, although reagents and velocity-sensitive I have used for years to play rhythms on the fly. Do not expect much for the possibility of round robin.
The sampling itself is very simple: it is clear in the section on active input on which is connected to the source sampler, a bank, a pad and starts playing the sample from the source is selected.
If you do not fully understand something, the manual is very clear and answer all your questions.
For editing sounds, it is possible to zoom in on the audio forms and do basic editing operations (cut, crop, delete, and even burst the various elements of a beat on each pad) but I preferred do it on computer to be more precise and have more advanced editing. As for the effects, it is very easy to use (they are activated with a button) and change the settings as desired.
The sequencer can be a short term of tracks available and polyphony clearly limits too complex rhythmic patterns
SOUNDS
Nothing particular to say, this is a sampler that makes what we feed him. There is no particular "grain." I think the sampling frequency can be mounted at 48 KHz but otherwise it is 16 bit 44.1 kHz.
I love the effects always have parameters cool hacking. I am regularly served at a time to deal with instrumental sounds live and I particularly liked the feel of the knobs and the sound made.
OVERALL OPINION
I am separated in early 2013 after having second-hand in 2007. It is a robust and reliable machine that has never failed me. It was my first sampler and I learned a lot by using it. The features that I like the most is the feel of the controls, which I use franc and the sound effects.
Those that I like the least, the limits of polyphony and only 4-track sequencer. I also liked the medium four leading banks contain factory sounds (of drum machine, funky loops and synth) which we can not get rid of and thus clog the machine irrevocably.