ROLAND CDX-1
Owner's Manual

Editing the sample of a pad

Adjusting the start/end points of the sound�Trim Sample
You can specify the portion of the sample that are played when you press the pad.

What are the Start/Loop points and Length?
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The beginning of the sample

The end of the sample

Length Length Start Point Loop Point End Point
� The location of the End point (where the sound stops) is determined indirectly by the Length (the length from the Start point to the End point). � Set the Loop mode (�Playing repeatedly�; p. 73) to specify whether the sample are looped (played repeatedly).

Start Point:

This is the point where the sound begins. By adjusting this, you can skip a portion of unintended silence at the beginning of a sample so that the sample starts playing at the right moment. When the sample is played repeatedly, this is the point where the repetition (the second and subsequent times) begins. Set this when you want to loop from a location other than the Start point. This is the length from the Start (or Loop) point to the End point (where the sound stops). By adjusting this you can skip an unintended silent portion at the end of a sample. This also determines the length of the looped area when the sample is played back repeatedly (p. 73).

Loop point:

Length:

Setting each point
1. Press PAD RECORDING [TEMPO MATCH] twice. Alternatively, press [TEMPO MATCH] and then press CURSOR [
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While changing the end point

].

The Pad Edit menu are displayed as icons.

or loop point, in order to effectively edit even extremely long samples, the beginning of the sound can be automatically switched to play not from the start point, but from just before the end point.

2. Make sure that the cursor is located at the Pad Parameter icon.
In step 6, if you press [YES/ ENTER] while the value of �StartPoint� is selected, the sample to be changed sounds from the beginning.

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3. Press [YES/ENTER]. The Pad Parameter screen appears.
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4. Press CURSOR [ ] to select the screen with the three items �StartPoint,� �LoopPoint,� and �Length (�End).� 5. Use CURSOR [ ][ ] to move the cursor to the item you wish to set.

While listening this sound press [YES/ENTER] again, that time location is set as a start point automatically. When the �Length(�End)� or �LoopPoint� is selected, you can set the end or loop point with the same procedure as above.

6. Press the pad to play the sample you are editing, and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to adjust the setting. 7. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen.

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