How do I load samples from a CF-card?

[Seegweed]

I just upgraded to 606 from 404.
In the 404 it was easy to load sounds from the CF-card but I cant get this to work with the 606.
How do I get my sounds loaded in the CF-padbanks (9-32)?

[Euclid Ov Oåklånd]

send a pm to 606man, he knows everything about the 606.

[Olby]

I dunno coz I have 505 (but it is basically the same) but the only way is to manually select file and import it. manually every file. i ll try to dig the manual and see if the 505 has this feature then maybe 606 will have it too, but I have not yet seen this option. I too came from 404 and miss this feature because you sometimes need to load whole banks of drum sounds and manually importing them is pain in the arse.

[606man]

It's pretty simple:

1 - copy files to the card.
2 - press [funtion] + [card utility].
3 - select your sound from the list
4 - import to the pad you want it on.

If you wish to load a drumkit/multisample, just load it onto 1 pad and use the chopper to put it across a whole bank; very quick and easy.

I suspect Roland expect you to do this as the filelist will only display 200 files at a time and you can actually have over 500 samples loaded at once!

By loading in banks you can avoid running out of space in the filelist..

A final consideration - make sure you name your files with 8 character or less - the 606 will cut off extra chars which could cause problems...i.e drumsound1, drumsound2 etc will all be called 'drumsou~'..... get the idea

[Olby]

yeah 606man cleared the fog, apparently there is no such 404 style auto sample loading. again crappy roland stuff.

[606man]

Whenever it's something a bit naff call 'em "Rolnad" (nad is a british term for 'balls' )