Overview
• Up to 600 samples loaded at one time (10 samples per bank)
• Includes a microSD card with over 200 samples
• Extremely quiet, low noise and low jitter design
• Stereo or Mono operation:
•
Stereo mode
: Two stereo files are mixed and played through the L and R output jacks (L+L and R+R)
•
Mono mode
: Each file is mixed to mono and output through the channel's output jack (L+R and L+R)
• Firmware can be updated by playing an audio file into the STS
Two independent playback channels:
• Each channel outputs in mono or stereo through the shared L/R jacks
•
Play
button/trigger jack: Tapping the button or receiving a trigger starts/re-starts the sample
•
When
Length
is set to “All”, the Play button starts/stops the sample (set in System Mode, see p.21)
•
Sample
CV/knob: select which sample within the channel's bank
•
1V/OCT
CV and
Pitch
knob: playback pitch (-10 to +4.3 octave range)
•
Start Pos
CV/knob: position in the sample to begin playback (loop start point)
•
Length
CV/knob: playback time (loop end point)
•
Length
knob at max
: entire file is played
•
Length
knob 50%-99%:
200ms - 5s of the sample is played (beginning at the Start Position)
•
Length
knob <50%
: Percussive decay envelope is applied to the playback (attack-only envelope if
playing Reverse)
•
Length
<1%
: Tiny grains are played (can be used to sweep through sample file data manually)
•
Reverse
button/jack: toggles forward/backwards
•
Bank
button: selects channel's bank
Tip:
Hold
Bank
and turn the
Sample
knobs for fast selection of bank
•
Edit
button allows basic on-board editing features:
•
Set loop/trim points with
Scrub Start
and
Scrub End
•
Set
Gain
(boost/cut from 10% to 500%)
•
Re-organize samples with
Next File
•
Move samples around within a bank
•
Assign files from any folder on the microSD card into any sample slot (sub-folders are ignored)
•
Copy
sample to multiple slots, each with their own loop/trim/gain settings
•
Reverse
+
Start Pos
button/knob combo allows for setting volume of each channel independently.
• Maximum file size for playback: 4GB per file (6.7 hours per file at 44.1kHz/16b/stereo)
• microSD Card is hot-swappable when
Busy
light is off: no power-down required to change cards
•
Samples that are pre-loaded into memory can continue playing while card is removed
Recording channel:
• Stereo recording can be simultaneous to operation of playback channels
•
Easily record output of sample playback, “bouncing” a play session into a new sample file
• Recording initiated by button or trigger
• Monitor mode lets you check the signal before starting a recording
• Record into any sample slot in any bank
•
Every recording is saved as a WAV file on the microSD Card and can be played back instantly
•
Edit features allow you to manually browse all the takes, and assign them to banks/sample slots
• Recording can be disarmed to prevent accidental recordings
• 44.1kHz/24-bit stereo or 16-bit stereo recording, selectable in System Mode
• “Unlimited” recording time (records continuously until card is full)
•
256GB card = 18 days of continuous recording (432.9 hours)
•
Long recordings are split into 4GB WAV files
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