Yamaha DJXPSR-D1 Owner's Manual - Page 69
DIGITAL SAMPLING, Sampling
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DIGITAL SAMPLING AABBOOUUTT DDIIGGIITTAALL SSAAMMPPLLIINNGG What is sampling? Technically, sampling is making a digital recording of a sound. The sound could be your voice or an acoustic instrument (taken from a microphone), or a recorded sound (from a CD or cassette player). Once it is recorded, the resulting "sample" can be edited (for example, trimmed or looped) and can then be played at various pitches from a keyboard. Sampling Edit Sampling, of course, is a revolutionary new technology. But it's much more than that. In case you haven't been paying attention, sampling is extraordinarily popular and is an integral part of most cutting-edge music of today. It's also the most revolutionary way of making music - since virtually anything can be sampled, and then digitally twisted and regurgitated into new music. With the built-in Digital Sampling features, the DJX makes it exceptionally easy for you to use this groundbreaking technology in your own music! The samples you create are automatically stored to voice #284 ("Sampled"), and can be played from the keyboard like any other voice - and can be "tweaked" with the knobs, RIBBON CONTROLLER and PITCH BEND wheel as well! Play In this section, the words "sampling" and "recording" are used interchangeably; they refer to the same process. Keep in mind that the quality of the sample may differ from the original sound. In particular, noise and distortion may result (depending on the pitch range) when using the CUTOFF and RESONANCE knobs. 1 Set up the DJX for sampling. (Connect a microphone or line level source.) 2 Enter the Sampling mode (by pressing the RECORD button in the DIGITAL SAM- PLING section). 3 Set the sampling level (with the INPUT LEVEL knob). 4 Press the key to which the new sample will be assigned. 5 Set sampling to standby. (Press the START/STOP button; sampling starts when audio signal is received.) 6 Stop sampling (by pressing the START/STOP button). 7 Exit from the Sampling mode (by pressing the RECORD button again). 69
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