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If you’ve installed an optional MV8-OP1 Audio I/O Expansion board in 
your MV-8800, you can connect a stereo digital device—such as a synth 
with digital outputs—to one of the MV8-OP1’s digital inputs.

Turning On Your Inputs

After making your connection, you’ve got to tell the MV-8800 which jacks 
you want to use.

Press the SYSTEM button.
Select  Global  from  the  SYSTEM  menu  to  display  the 
GLOBAL window.

Whenever  you  want  to  select  a  numbered  menu  item—such  as  the 
Global menu item—you can also select it by pressing its number on the 
MV-8800’s numeric keypad and hitting ENTER.

If you’ve installed an 

optional MV8-OP1 

expansion board, you’ll 

see its digital connectors 

here.

For sampling from the MV-8800’s analog input jacks, set Input Type to:

Analog

—for stereo sampling from the L and R inputs.

Analog

(L+R)—to sample in mono using both inputs.

Analog

—to sample in mono from the left input only.

If you’ve installed an MV8-OP1, you can also select the desired digital 
input: Coaxial, Optical, or R-BUS.




Setting Your Analog Sampling/Input Level

Press  the  MIXER  button  to  display  the  MIXER  (AUX/FX/
AUDIO PHRASE/INPUT) window.

IN (A) level

If the AUX/Phrs/In pane isn’t visible—as shown here—click its tab at the 
top of the window to bring it forward.

Set the IN (A) fader’s level to 100, as shown above.
While listening to the sound you want to sample, adjust the front-panel 
SENS knob for each analog input you’re using so that the level shown 
in the IN (A) meters onscreen is as loud as possible without lighting its 
red Clip indicators.

Clip indicators

If  you’re  sampling  in  stereo,  set  the  L  and  R  knobs  to  the  same 
position.

Once they light, the Clip indicators stay lit to make sure you see that 
there’s been a too-loud moment even if you didn’t see it happening. To 
switch the Clip indicators back off, click the Reset Peak button.


Summary of Contents for MV-8800 Production Studio

Page 1: ...duction Studio 2007 Roland Corporation U S All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation U S MV8800WS03 Sampling ÂØÒňΠWorkshop ...

Page 2: ...oklet typically assume you ll be working this way If you re not don t worry because the VGA windows and LCD screens are essentially the same There are clickable VGA icons for all of the MV 8800 s buttons You can also press an onscreen button by clicking your mouse or by pressing an F button on the MV 8800 The main difference has to do with how you deal with settings or parameters and how you selec...

Page 3: ...start out fresh with a new one To learn how to create a new project see the MV 8800 Creating a New Project Workshop booklet Two Ways You Can Use Samples There are basically two ways to use samples on the MV 8800 You can use them as audio phrases in a patch You can play audio phrases and patches from the pads or an attached MIDI keyboard but they re not the same thing each one is designed for a dif...

Page 4: ...ely stored in your project s SAMPLE folder until you re ready to decide how you want to use it About Expanding Sample RAM The MV 8800 ships with 128 MB of sample RAM and you can expand it up to 512 MB as described in the MV 8800 Owner s Manual The more RAM the more samples you can use in a project If you re planning to use lots of samples in your music especially loops since they take up more spac...

Page 5: ...o sample in mono using both inputs Analog to sample in mono from the left input only If you ve installed an MV8 OP1 you can also select the desired digital input Coaxial Optical or R BUS Setting Your Analog Sampling Input Level Press the MIXER button to display the MIXER AUX FX AUDIO PHRASE INPUT window IN A level If the AUX Phrs In pane isn t visible as shown here click its tab at the top of the ...

Page 6: ...hen you set Start Trigger to Level the Level and Pre Sample Time parameters become active Here s what they do Level The MV 8800 automatically starts sampling when the input signal reaches the level specified by this parameter Pre Sample Time The MV 8800 can add a little bit of time to the front of a sample to help ensure that the very beginning of its sound isn t chopped off Try leaving it set to ...

Page 7: ...allows you to sample the MV 8800 itself or more specifically its main stereo outputs using a process called resampling You might resample the MV 8800 to capture an entire mix as a stereo sample that you can burn onto an audio CD capture a pattern as a new beat loop create insanely complex sounds by sampling a sound over and over tweaking it or adding more effects or other sounds each time To get t...

Page 8: ...ick OK to see it in the RESULTS window In the RESULTS window you prepare the sample by trimming it this saves sample RAM and makes using the sample easier and setting its beat grid Begin by setting the Start Point value exactly at the beginning of the sample s sound As you increase the value the green Start Point flag moves to the right toward the sound s waveform onscreen You can select and adjus...

Page 9: ...Truncate so that when you leave this window the MV 8800 trims away everything before the Start Point location and after the End Point This way you won t use up sample RAM on stuff you don t need We named our sample Broke Beat If you didn t normalize your sample back in the SAMPLING or RE SAMPLING screen and would like to do it now checkmark the Normalize box If you re not ready to assign your samp...

Page 10: ...ank If the audio phrase s pad bank isn t shown press PAD BANKS to select the right bank Setting Up How the Audio Phrase Behaves With the AUDIO PHRASES PAD window open hit the pad that plays the audio phrase and then press the QUICK EDIT button the audio phrase s parameters appear in the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT window In the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT window you can set how the audio phrase plays Here s what its ...

Page 11: ...e You can flip an audio phrase around by turning Reverse on BPM Sync With BPM sync on the tempo of the audio phrase becomes automatically locked with the MV 8800 s sequencer This parameter is the key to one of the best reasons for using audio phrases Stretch Type This parameter selects the quality of the MV 8800 s time stretching or shrinking when BPM Sync is turned on Higher values generally mean...

Page 12: ... you want to create a new patch that plays your sample select a part that s set to Init Patch as shown above add your sample to an already existing patch select a part that s playing that patch Select the pad that ll play your new sample by dialing in the desired pad using the first Assign To parameter The second one is grayed out striking the desired pad in the current bank To change pad banks pr...

Page 13: ...ord with a patch its track has its own Pan setting that shifts the stereo position of all of the samples in the patch to the left or right Cause of Effects Output Assign sets where the sample s sound goes You can select Mix so the sample is sent directly into the main MV 8800 mix as is Aux1 4 so the sample is sent to the Aux bus feeding the MFX for Multi Effects effect processor This allows you to...

Page 14: ...ng Your Work Since the MV 8800 clears its RAM at power down you ve got to save your work to avoid losing it when you turn off the MV 8800 Saving an Audio Phrase To save your audio phrases simply save the project they re in You can do this at shutdown or to play it really safe right now Hold down SHIFT and press PROJECT When the MV 8800 asks if you re sure you want to save the project click Yes Sav...

Page 15: ...k Write Here and then Yes to finish the operation When you re done working on the MV 8800 shut it down properly by pressing SHUTDOWN and be sure to save your project If you haven t saved it your work will be lost when your turn off the MV 8800 The End We hope you ve found this workshop helpful Keep an eye out for other MV 8800 Workshop booklets all available for downloading at www RolandUS com For...

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