trying to sample onto my R3. need some help from a pro.

bizkato · Post by **bizkato** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:45 am

ok, here's what i'm trying to do. I know there's a proper way to record i believe 7 seconds of audio into the R3. if not, will someone help me to know or help me to learn how to do such a recording. the reason is i'd like to get a good few drum sounds recorded even if only to save one per patch so i can use a sample of a real kit. any detailed instructions would be appreciated. please don't laugh. thanks.

Mistabeen · Post by **Mistabeen** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:55 am

What you are looking for is listed under Formant Motion in your manual.

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:57 am

You can't do it.

The 'formant motion' does not actually store the sound, but the analysis side data of the vocoder - that is, the changing volume levels over time of each of the 16 bandpass filters that make up the vocoder bands.

So that isn't a whole sound. Furthermore there is no way to use those in a normal program - you have to engage the vocoder, and can only use one at once.

The R3 is a synthesiser. If you want to do sampling you should buy a sampler (microsampler? akai rack?) or a sampling workstation (M3? Triton?), or use a software sampler on your computer.

Even the RADIAS has a few samples on board but they are stored in ROM (read only memory) and you can't load your own. The RADIAS has a drum section but that uses just the built in samples and the synthesis waves and parameers for each of the 16 drum parts.

Quite simply, the R3 is not a sampler. It is a synthesizer. They are two fairly different things.