How do I sample a sound?

You can sample external audio, the built-in microphone, FM radio, or USB audio into either the Synthesizer sampler or Drum sampler engine. The Synth sampler holds 6 seconds, the Drum sampler holds 12 seconds.

Sampling with the built-in microphone

1. 1.Press Synthesizer.
2. 2.Press Shift + any key 1-8 and choose the Sampler engine.
3. 3.Press Shift + Mic and select microphone as the input source using the blue encoder.
4. 4.Adjust threshold with the white encoder and gain with the orange encoder.
5. 5.Hold any key on the musical keyboard and speak or make sound into the mic.
6. 6.Release the key when done.
7. 7.Play the keyboard to hear your sample pitched across the keys.

Sampling from FM radio or line in

Follow the same steps above, but in step 3 choose FM radio (and tune with the green encoder) or line in as your source instead of microphone.

Sampling into the Drum engine

Press Drum instead of Synthesizer at the start. The process is the same, but you get 12 seconds of recording time and can then use the encoders to set in and out points, assigning different parts of the recording to individual keys on the musical keyboard.

Tip: Press the green encoder to auto-scan for available FM radio stations.