Roland SP-808 DVD Video Tutorial Demonstration

This is an excerpt from a full length DVD available at www.ProAudioDVDs.com.

Host David Wills has toured with major artists such as Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, Chicago and Diana Ross and provides you with a professional's perspective but always demonstrated in an informal, easy to understand way.

Here's a complete listing of the subjects that are covered...

0:01:05 INTRODUCTION
0:01:55 Overview of front panel
0:05:05 Accessing the edit screens
0:07:30 Rear panel
0:08:45 OP-1 Upgrade

0:09:15 PLAYING SAMPLE AND TRACKS
0:09:30 Using the Sample Pallette
0:11:20 Selecting Pad Banks
0:13:45 Playing a demo song
0:15:10 Mic/Line/Pad fader

0:15:40 SAMPLING
0:17:25 Setting the sample threshold
0:18:00 Pre-trigger
0:19:30 Auto-Divide

0:21:15 SAMPLE EDITING
0:21:35 Setting Trim Points manually
0:22:50 Setting Trim points by using the tempo of a loop

0:26:05 TIME STRETCHING
0:28:20 Changing the pitch of a sample
0:28:55 Deleting samples
0:29:20 Create Reversal
0:29:55 Quick-Edit buttons
0:30:15 Mute Groups

0:30:55 EFFECTS
0:31:25 Selecting effects
0:31:55 Patch location
0:34:35 Send/return vs. Insert
0:37:10 Modifying effects
0:38:45 Saving effects
0:42:15 Step Modulator

0:46:00 RESAMPLING
0:46:35 ...from a pad to a pad
0:48:50 ...from a track(s) to a pad
0:51:55 Bank protection
0:52:05 Using the Clip-board

0:52:45 D-BEAM
0:53:25 Pad-triggering
0:56:20 Pitch
0:58:15 "Using the D-Beam to play the "virtual synth"

1:02:25 TRACK RECORDING AND EDITING
1:03:05 Creating a new song
1:05:50 "Creating a ""guide track"""

1:07:00 AUDIO RECORDING
1:09:15 Selecting Mic/Line OR Pad fader
1:09:55 Setting levels
1:10:45 Punching in and out

1:15:25 EVENT RECORDING
1:16:00 Real-Time
1:16:20 Quantizing
1:17:55 Turning on the Metronome
1:18:05 Step-Time

1:27:10 TRACK EDITING
1:27:40 Selecting tracks for editing
1:29:10 Selecting the region for editing
1:30:00 Erasing a track
1:31:30 Pasting/Inserting tracks
1:31:55 Marking tracks for editing
1:37:10 Bouncing tracks

1:46:35 SAVING PROCEDURES

1:50:15 USING ZIP DISKS
1:50:50 Formatting Zip drives
1:52:20 Backup (Copy Disk)
1:53:25 Loading external samples/songs
1:53:35 "FAQ..."How do I remove unused data on my Zip Disk?"

1:54:15 USING EXTERNAL DEVICES
1:54:40 Using the SP-808 as a digital mixer
1:55:50 Syncing to other devices
2:01:30 "FAQ...""How do I automate the mixer?"
2:04:40 Playing samples through MIDI
2:05:45 Changing Pad Banks through MIDI