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Ro land S-760 D igital Sample r Supplemental M anual Table of Contents Introduction..........................................................................................1 Connections with External Equipment........................................1 SCSI ..........................................................................................1 MIDI ............................................................................................2 Audio Outputs ..................................................
S -76 0 S up p le m e nt al M anual Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Roland S-760 Digital Sampler. The Roland S-760 is a single rack space, stereo, multitimbral, 16-bit digital sampler that has the power and flexibility of Roland’s well known 700 series digital samplers. The S-760 is able to sample and edit complex waveforms, as well as play back samples from Roland’s unique, high-quality Sample Archive CD-ROMs.
either a block that plugs into the cables that connect between the devices, or a plug that inserts into the open SCSI port on a CD-ROM, hard drive, etc. These are generally available at your local computer store. If your devices aren’t terminated, you’ll experience problems with the sampler, such as locking-up when first powering-up and difficulties locating a SCSI device from the Load page when attempting to load files.
Adding Memory To take full advantage of Roland’s outstanding CD-ROM sample library, you will want to expand the memory of your S-760 sampler. Many of the Performances, and in some cases Patches, are configured for up to 16 megabytes (MB) of memory. To increase the amount of memory available for your sampler, you’ll need to install SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) chips in the slots on the main circuit board of the sampler. The S-760 can have many different memory configurations.
Basic Architecture A basic understanding of the architecture of our digital samplers is important to get the maximum use of the S-760. Volume...1 Performance 1 Patch 1 Partial 1 Sample Performance 2...64 Patch 2...128 Partial 2...256 Sample 2...512 S-760 Internal Structure A Volume is a collection of Performances (some other samplers use the term Bank). There can be only 1 Volume in the memory of the S-760 at a time.
Saving the System to a Hard Drive For faster start-ups when booting the S-760, you can start the S-760 from a hard drive, Syquest removable drive or a Magneto-Optical drive. To do this, use the following steps to put the operating system on a drive. 1) From Performance Play press Mode, move the cursor down to F5 Disk and press S1. 2) You will be in the Disk Mode. Press the Value/Menu knob and move the cursor to (6) Save System and press S1. 3) You will now be on the Save System page.
If you’re looking for a specific kind of instrument, you can search for that group of instruments by using the Volume ID select. Move your cursor to the ID (ALL) location and press the S1 button. You then can use the three letter ID system to show all the types of a particular instrument. For instance, if you’re looking for a bass patch, you can use the “BS” ID to show all the Bass patches on the the disk. Move your cursor to BS and press S1.
4) Go to the Disk Mode by pressing the Mode button. Highlight Disk and press S1. Press the Value/Menu knob and move the cursor to 9) VolumeDumpFD and press S1. 5) You will now be on the VolumeDumpFD page. Put a 3.5 inch formatted disk in the disk drive. Press F1/Save and the S-760 will start saving the Volume (“Now Working”) onto the floppy disk in the drive. If the disk in the drive is unformatted you will be prompted to format the disk. Press F1 to format the disk.
The last page as you scroll down, has the Sampling Trigger parameters. If you set the trigger type to Auto, the following parameters need to be set: Level – This sets an audio threshold to initiate sampling. You will need to set a threshold level for the sampler to know when to start sampling. (Recommended range between 5–10) Pre-Trigger – Allows you to record signals before the threshold is reached. (Recommended range .01–.02) Once you’ve set-up your sampling configuration you are ready to sample.
TVF (filter) 1) Fil, selects between LPF (Low Pass filter), BPF (Band Pass Filter), or a HPF (High Pass Filter. 2) Cut, sets the cutoff frequency. 3) Res, sets the resonance of the filter you’re using. TVA (Envelope) 1) Lev, affects the volume for the Partial. As you lower it, you’ll notice that the amount of dynamic response set to the velocity will decrease. 2) Rel is the release time for the envelope.
Listen Delete Listen Delete is a feature that allows you to shrink your patches so they use less of the internal memory of your sampler. After you use Listen Delete, save your optimized Performance to disk, and reload it to your S-760. For this example, let’s use a drum kit from the Preview Disc that comes along with your sampler. Load the Performance file KIT:TR-909 KIT (see loading sounds) and go to the Performance Play page.
Installation of the OP-760-01 Please carefully follow the installation instructions below to install the OP-760-01. If you are not comfortable installing the Expansion board, be sure to have a qualified service technician install it for you. Parts in the OP-760-01 Kit 1 OP-760-01 Main Sheet 2 Video Board 3 OP-760-01 Expansion Cover Plate 4 MU-1 Mouse 5 2.
S-Video is a video format that has recently become popular on TV monitors and VCRs. If you don’t have either of these types of video formats available, you can use the regular Video input on your TV or VCR to display the composite video output. Once you have all the Peripherals attached, power-up the S-760 while holding down the Mode button, this will take you to the Setup Menu. Move the LCD cursor with Cursor up and down buttons to 3.
Click on the screen outside of the dialog box to exit this list. On the screen below the Mark, Jump and Command switches you can see the Performance Page layout screen. Initially you can see a blank Performance with all the Parameters at their initial settings. There several pages within the Performance Play screen. To access the different pages click in the blank squares on the scroll bar below the Master Level display with your mouse buttons.
The Parts will scroll upward as you’re holding down the mouse button. To go back to the top, hold down the left mouse button the page will scroll downward. To assign a Patch that’s already loaded into the S-760’s memory to a specific part, you can highlight the file icon next to the part number and click with your left mouse button. You will come to a screen that lists all the Patches that are in the memory of the sampler. Highlight the Patch you want and click with your left mouse button.
mine this by checking to see if there is name listed by the number at the top of the page. To select a blank patch location, click with your left mouse button on the file icon next to the number for the patch name. You will come to a screen listing the Patches in memory. Click with your left mouse buttom on a blank location on the list. After you do this, the screen will revert back to the Performance Quick-Sampling page.
Click with your right mouse button in the thin vertical box on the left of the waveform display. This will start playing your sample with the prescribed loop points. You can also change the direction and playback speed of the sample by clicking and dragging with your left mouse button on the thin rectangular box above the waveform display. If you want to get closeups of sections of the waveform, hold down both of your mouse buttons and drag the mouse cursor across the waveform graphic.
C D P l a ye r F un ct i o n The CD-Player function of the S-760 allows you to control and play audio compact discs in the CD-ROM drive that is connected to the S-760. This is useful for auditioning the Composer Series CD-ROM audio tracks, as well as cueing up tracks for sampling. This function now supports mulitiple types of CD-ROM drives. Please see the supplemental notes for instructions on how to set up CD audio driver for your sampler.
