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what does fade sw do. Ive seen it but i never messed with it.
It ramps the volume(like adsr envelope with attack and same for when you release it fades)to avoid the clicks You get when triggering samples.Basically just quickly(faster than You can notice)fades the sample in when you play it and ...

waster wrote:old post but can you help me find this fade sw function.
iv looked through the manual and had a good dig about the 808 but no luck.

mine has the os 1. do i need to upgrade?

You should be able to find it under song,called 'fade sw'.If not,You need to upgrade os.

Also found a way to reduce the noise floor(most of the noise is generated by the analog to digital converters for the analog inputs).pin 14 on the dacs(ic23 and 24 on sp main board near the line input ports- AK4520),can be disconnected which disconnects the digital signal to the main dsp,eliminating ...

For those who have converted sp to a6,and have an OP-1 expansion(for the sp),I've found a way to get the optical digital in to work(the out and coax in/out already work).If Youre good with a soldering iron,theres a chip on the op-1 that inputs the digital signals(coax is number 1,optical is 2)- a ...

First of all i want to say hello as a new user of this board and at the same time i´d like to thank you all for the infos in this great thread.
I´m a user of the SP-808´s since 1999 now and am still using them for my live-appearances in combination with a drummer. As i shoot my homegrown samples ...

the 250 will physically fit in the 808(thats what i have-upgraded to ex,then a6),but I beleive it needs to be updated to ex.If You had problems sending it,can you use the pc midi cable for normal midi(music)?Maybe the file(s) You used arent correct.I can send You the one I used.You can order from ...

You can find a zip 250 drive on ebay or here- http://scsiforsamplers.com/zip-int.asp
The ez135 drive wouldnt work.I ended up sticking with a6 and hard drive.Although 250 zip is supposed to be more reliable than 100 zip,and faster.

Yeah,the sp has the audio rec and pad rec,whereas the a6 only has audio rec(still record the sound from the pads obviously but not as individual events).And yes the pad playback is not very timing-accurate(random delay from press to playback,no more than 1/2 second or so).Like I said it pretty much ...

To transform it to a-6(for it to be able to use a hard drive)You only need a pc midi interface to connect to the sp.You might want to look at this and the other threads on the limits/changes imposed by switching to the a-6 os.You lose a good few functions of the sp,and I'd say only if Your fed up ...

good shit!

two different clicks lol.

Yeah those clicks/pops are the waveform of the sample stopping at a non zero (silent)point due to the buffer having to be emptied then filled with the next playback from the disk(ram works roland,please dont kill my zip dis..well shee lol).The fade fades it out to zero quickly before/after that to ...

Also,You can try the 'New phrase"(page 72,77 in the manual) mode/option when You record in step mode(from the rec options)to have it take all the pad presses and record them as a phrase instead of individual pieces.Man roland are some kludgy haxx0rs lmao!

could you explain this a little further, fade sw. in song parameters, im at work so im not in front of my machine but i dont remember anything about fade in the song parameters. il check, but for saftey sake could you give me a full explanation of this tip.
oh yeah, another thing. when you use ...

springwater wrote:quantizing leave a clip sound and so does step recording, maybe its just my machine.

Yeah it does that.Theres a workaround built in,You can turn on fade sw. in song-params that ramps the volume at the ends of the sample when it plays it,that helps that.