Sampling directly to the SM card

[Doomrustler]

i am a brand new 505 user, after much debating i decided this would be the best companion for my mpc 2000... can i sample directly to the smart media card say if i wanted to get a full beat on the machine?.. im assuming you cant as the manual says nothing about this

thanks in advance

[ellaguru]

hi
do you have the machine with you or have not bought still? if yes, try to select the pads of the card banks when sampling...hope this helps

[Doomrustler]

Legend! i wouldn't have thought of that, ill give it a try, ive had this machine a few hours, but really starting to get into it...

Cheers!

[Doomrustler]

yeah thats it!

[Om_Audio]

10 years later and this thread made me scratch my head and discover:

1- you CAN use the SD card for samples on the pads (ie there ARE "card banks")
2- the ONLY way to access card banks is via the Pad Bank button/menu and scroll down- there are no short cuts via the pads like there are for pitch/chop/internal banks. Big mistake on Roland's part IMO.

way cool- I guess I was so used to the card bank buttons on the other models I never sorted it out. Thx.