User Manual

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Performance
Functions
Editing
Sequencer
(Creating Songs)
Sampler Pads DAW
Appendix
Overview Performing Settings
Sampler
Sampling
The FA can sample the following sounds. Samples that you’ve
recorded can be played back using the pads.
• Keyboard performance
• Input from the AUDIO INPUT jack (audio device, mic, guitar)
• Input from the USB COMPUTER port (USB audio)
MEMO
The sample data is saved on an SD card (within the song data).
Sampling Procedure
Preparing for sampling
1. To the AUDIO INPUT jack, connect the device (audio
device, mic, etc.) that you want to sample (p. 8).
2. Press the [SAMPLING] button to make it light.
Pads that don’t contain samples are blinking.
NOTE
If you record to a pad that already contains a sample, the
existing sample is overwritten.
3. Press the sampling-destination pad to make it light.
The SAMPLING STANDBY screen appears.
MEMO
You can also press the [BANK] button and select a pad in a
dierent bank.
4. Turn the dial to select the desired sampling mode.
Parameter Sound to be sampled
KBD+INPUT
• Keyboard performance
• Sound input from the AUDIO INPUT jack
• Sound input from the USB COMPUTER port
KBD
Keyboard performance
MEMO
If USB Audio Input Destination is set to “TFX,” the
input from the USB COMPUTER port is processed
by the TFX and the result is sampled. For details,
refer to “Parameter Guide” (PDF).
INPUT
• Sound input from the AUDIO INPUT jack
• Sound input from the USB COMPUTER port
5. Adjust the sampling volume.
Adjust the volume as high as possible without letting the level
meter reach full scale.
Level meter
Jack/Port Explanation
LINE jack Adjust the level on your audio device.
GUITAR/MIC jack Adjust the rear panel [LEVEL] knob.
USB COMPUTER
port
Adjust the level on your computer.
MEMO
If the volume is insucient, or if you’re unable to adjust the
volume successfully, refer to “Setting the Input Volume (Input
Setting)” (p.80).
6. Make settings for sampling.
Use the cursor buttons to select a parameter, and use the dial to
edit the setting.
Parameter Value Explanation
STEREO SW
MONO,
STEREO
Choose “MONO” if you’re sampling in
monaural, such as from a microphone
or guitar.
Choose “STEREO” if you’re sampling in
stereo, such as from an audio device.
AUTO TRIGGER
LEVEL
0–15
If Auto Trig is “ON,” sampling starts when
a signal that exceeds this setting is input.
Auto Trig OFF, ON
If this is “ON,” sampling starts when a
signal that exceeds the AUTO TRIGGER
LEVEL setting is input.
Start sampling
7. Produce sound on the device that’s connected to the FA,
and press the [7] (Start) button when you want to start
sampling.
During sampling, the screen indicates “NOW SAMPLING!”
MEMO
If in step 6 you turned Auto Trig “ON,” sampling starts when the
input signal exceeds the level specied by AUTO TRIGGER LEVEL.
8. To stop sampling, press the [6] (Stop) button.
Sampling stops, and the sample is saved to the destination pad that
you specied.