User's Manual

Rev.3

TRK-010-UM-03-EN
Introduction
Thank you very much for purchasing a SONICWARE SmplTrek.
The SmplTrek is a battery-powered hand-held sampler that can easily
capture sounds whenever and wherever using the built-in mic, audio
inputs and USB audio sources, for example.
A single song (project) can have up to 16 scenes, and each scene
has a 10-track sequencer. In addition, 3 Global audio tracks support
long recordings of vocals and instrumental performances.
A choice of 36 effects, including mastering effects, can be used for
music production with various track types (loop, one-shot, instru-
ment, drum and MIDI).

Key SmplTrek features

Sample easily whenever and wherever with
various inputs and the built-in mic
 ampling can be done with the built-in mic, the line inputs and smart-
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phones, PCs and Macs connected by USB. The built-in effects can
also be applied while sampling.

Looper style music production functions

 ampled sounds can be played back using various types of tracks
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prepared in scenes to produce music.

Various track types

LOOP tracks
 hese are designed for sampling phrases played on drums, guitars
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and other instruments and looping them in single scenes.

SHOT tracks
 se these to play one-shot samples, such as sound effects and
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crash cymbals, once. Sequence patterns can also be made using
one-shot samples.

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Key SmplTrek features
INST tracks
Use these to play phrases in scales on the keyboard with samples of
single notes from pianos, guitars and other real instruments.

DRUM tracks
Use these to make drum patterns with bass drums, snares, hi-hats
and other drum sounds.

MIDI tracks
These are piano-role type sequencer tracks for creating phrases to
use with external MIDI equipment.

GLOBAL tracks
 hese are independent audio tracks that can span multiple scenes.
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Use these for recording vocals and other performances that contin-
ue through a song, for example.

Perform live anywhere

Lightweight, compact and battery-powered
 ompact and weighing only 550 grams, the SmplTrek is easy to car-
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ry around.
 ith battery power, music production and streaming are possible
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anytime anywhere.

Live streaming (audio interface)

 y connecting a smartphone or PC/Mac and using the audio inter-
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face functions, you can quickly livestream music you have made.

Synchronize with all kinds of devices

 ultiple devices, including external synthesizers and drum machines,
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can be connected to the MIDI and SYNC connectors, allowing them
to be synchronized and used together.

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Contents
Core function overview… ………………  7 Folder structure on cards… ……………  34
Names of parts………………………………  8 Importing loops from PC/Mac computers
Connection example… ……………………  9 �������������������� 35
Creating songs with the SmplTrek…  10 Supported WAV formats… ………………  35
Basic operations — General……………  11 Recommended format… …………………  35
Preparing a power supply………………  11 Scene settings………………………………  36
Starting up……………………………………  11 Making scene settings……………………  36
Preparing preset data and formatting Copying scenes… …………………………  37
cards… …………………………………………  12 Clearing scenes… …………………………  38
Formatting and generation of drum kit, in- Basic track operation… …………………  39
strument and preset project files… …  12 Track types… ………………………………  39
Important tips to know before use…  14 Setting track types… ……………………  40
Direction, OK and CLR buttons…………  14 Copying entire tracks… …………………  41
Control and VALUE knobs… ……………  14 Clearing entire tracks… …………………  42
Relationship between built-in speaker and Setting the length of the current clip
mic………………………………………………  15 (LENGTH/NOTE)……………………………  43
Turning LED pad LAUNCH mode on/off 15 Copying clips…………………………………  44
Playing projects and playing scenes…  16 Clearing clips…………………………………  45
Differences between monitoring and exter- LOOP tracks… ………………………………  46
nal source (EXT SRC) sounds… ………  16 Overview………………………………………  46
Relationship between scene and clip LOOP Track Editing Screen… …………  47
lengths…………………………………………  17 Loading samples
Relationship between amp and master ef- (SELECT SAMPLE)…………………………  48
fects……………………………………………  17 Recording in real time… …………………  52
Basic operations — Home Screen……  18 Start point in sample
Changing the LAUNCH mode… ………  20 (START POS)… ……………………………  53
Master level adjustment …………………  21 Looper recording (live sampling) ………  54
Basic operations — Projects… ………  22 SHOT tracks… ………………………………  56
Selecting projects …………………………  22 Overview… ……………………………………  56
Saving projects… …………………………  23 Switching between sequence and pad per-
Naming and saving projects… …………  24 formance modes……………………………  57
Sampling… ……………………………………  25 SHOT Track Editing Screen… …………  58
Selecting the recording source…………  25 Loading samples
Sampling the source………………………  26 (SELECT SAMPLE)…………………………  59
Sampling in time with a metronome or Adjusting sample intervals
backing track…………………………………  28 (POSITION)……………………………………  62
Using the tuner… …………………………  29 Recording in real time… …………………  64
Resampling… ………………………………  30 Step recording………………………………  66
Sample pool……………………………………  31 Recording pad performances
Opening the sample pool…………………  31 (SHOT REC)… ………………………………  67
Sample pool basic operations… ………  32 INST tracks……………………………………  68
Loading samples……………………………  33 Overview… ……………………………………  68

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Loading samples Sampling audio from a smartphone, PC or
(SELECT SAMPLE)…………………………  69 Mac… ………………………………………… 104
Setting intervals used and loop points for HOLD/GATE… ……………………………… 105
samples… ……………………………………  71 Clearing settings…………………………… 106
Setting envelopes… ………………………  72 EXT SRC… …………………………………… 107
Setting the base note… …………………  73 Overview… …………………………………… 107
INST Track Editing Screen………………  74 Setting the input source………………… 108
Real-time recording… ……………………  75 Selecting audio files… …………………… 109
Step recording………………………………  76 Making audio file settings… …………… 110
Setting the keyboard scale………………  77 HOLD/GATE… ……………………………… 111
Importing SMF files…………………………  78 Cross-fading the external source (EXT
DRUM tracks…………………………………  79 SRC) and the project sound… ………… 112
Overview… ……………………………………  79 Clearing settings…………………………… 113
Selecting kits (SELECT KIT)… …………  80 Other track and clip settings… ……… 114
DRUM Track Editing Screen… …………  81 LoFi (LOOP, SHOT)………………………… 114
Real-time recording… ……………………  82 Adjusting levels for individual clips (LOOP
Step recording………………………………  83 tracks)………………………………………… 115
Setting MIDI note numbers for individual LoFi (INST, GLOBAL)……………………… 116
pads… …………………………………………  84 PITCH (SHOT)… …………………………… 117
Importing SMF files…………………………  85 PITCH (INST)………………………………… 118
MIDI tracks……………………………………  86 Mixer… ………………………………………… 119
Overview… ……………………………………  86 Basic mixer screen operation
MIDI Track Editing Screen… ……………  87 (level meters)… …………………………… 119
Real-time recording… ……………………  88 Basic mixer screen operation
Step recording………………………………  89 (PRM VALUE)… …………………………… 120
Setting MIDI CC numbers… ……………  90 Making specific EQ settings…………… 121
Setting the scale……………………………  91 Muting tracks… …………………………… 122
Importing SMF files…………………………  92 Effects… ……………………………………… 123
GLOBAL tracks………………………………  93 Insert effects………………………………… 123
Overview… ……………………………………  93 Send effects………………………………… 125
GLOBAL Screen basic operations… …  94 Side-chain compression
Recording… …………………………………  95 (SC COMP)…………………………………… 127
Splitting regions… …………………………  97 Master effects……………………………… 128
Switching take assignments……………  98 Automation… ………………………………… 130
Joining regions………………………………  99 Basic automation procedure…………… 131
Adjusting individual region levels……… 100 Editing samples… ………………………… 134
USB AUDIO track… ……………………… 101 Chopping (automatic slicing)…………… 134
Overview… …………………………………… 101 Chopping (manual slicing)… …………… 136
Connecting a smartphone, PC or Mac to Trimming……………………………………… 138
the SmplTrek by USB… ………………… 102 Time stretching… ………………………… 140
Playing audio from a smartphone, PC or Normalizing…………………………………… 142
Mac… ………………………………………… 103 Mono mixing… ……………………………… 143

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Renaming samples………………………… 144 Setting MIDI channels for the unit… … 175
Copying samples to projects…………… 145 Making other MIDI settings… ………… 176
Copying samples to the sample pool… 146 System settings… ………………………… 177
Deleting samples… ……………………… 147 Pad sensitivity setting…………………… 177
Project menu………………………………… 148 Battery setting……………………………… 178
Copying projects and saving with new Automatic power off function…………… 179
names (SAVE AS)… ……………………… 148 Resetting the unit to the factory default
Renaming projects………………………… 149 state…………………………………………… 180
Deleting projects…………………………… 150 Checking system version information… 181
Mixing down… ……………………………… 151 Card functions… …………………………… 182
Exporting stem files… …………………… 152 Card reader mode… ……………………… 182
Setting project parameters… ………… 153 Testing card performance… …………… 183
Changing LED pad colors Formatting…………………………………… 184
(TRACK COLOR)…………………………… 154 Firmware updates… ……………………… 185
Copying tracks (COPY）… ……………… 155 Updating the firmware… ………………… 185
Clearing tracks (CLEAR)… ……………… 156 Specs… ………………………………………… 186
Changing how many times scenes repeat
(REPEAT)… ………………………………… 157
Copying scenes (COPY)… ……………… 158
Clearing scenes (CLEAR)………………… 159
Drum kits… …………………………………… 160
Editing………………………………………… 160
Adjusting individual instruments on LED
pads (INST PRM) … ……………………… 161
Adjusting drum kit levels and LoFi settings
(KIT PRM) …………………………………… 163
Adjusting drum kit LED pad colors (PAD
COLOR)… …………………………………… 164
Checking drum kit sounds with reverb… 165
(SEND FX FOR CHECK) … ……………… 165
Deleting drum kits (DELETE) … ……… 167
Renaming drum kits ……………………… 168
Audio interface……………………………… 169
Connecting as an audio interface… … 169
Quantization… ……………………………… 170
Setting quantization… …………………… 170
Clock synchronization with external de-
vices… …………………………………… 171
Connecting with other devices………… 171
Setting the clock…………………………… 172
MIDI… …………………………………………… 174
Setting track MIDI channels… ………… 174

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Core function overview

Mixer Sampling Project management

Adjust the level, pan- Sample using the Create new projects and manage exist-
ning and other parame- built-in mic and ing ones, including selection, renaming
ters of each track. inputs. and deletion.

Sample pool
Manage all sam-
ples and trim,
normalize, stretch
and otherwise edit
them in the sam-
ple pool.

Effects
Up to 3 of the
36 built-in ef- Scenes
fects can be A single project is
used simultane- made of up to 16
ously. scenes.

PAD
Various
Uses of these
tracks
velocity-sensi-
Each scene can
tive pads with
have 10 sequenc-
full-color LEDs
er tracks and
include track
3 global audio
playback and
tracks.
keyboard per-
formance.

Audio interface Numerous connectors

The SmplTrek can be used as Along with SYNC IN/OUT jacks, MIDI IN/
a 2-in/2-out audio interface OUT connectors can be used with external
by connecting it by USB to a MIDI devices. Other connectors include IN-
smartphone or PC/Mac. PUT jacks with switchable impedance and
a built-in mic that is convenient for sam-
pling with just this unit.

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Names of parts
Selection buttons Control knobs Mic gain knob
Select items shown at Adjust items A – Adjusts input gain of
bottom of screen D on screen built-in mic

VOL knob
Adjusts head-
phone/speaker
Input
level
gain knobs
Adjust gain of
INPUT L and R

VALUE
Direction knob
buttons Changes values
Move up, down, on screen
left and right to
select items OK and CLR
buttons

STEP
buttons Octave
Play scenes buttons
and specify se- Change octaves
quence steps when playing
LED pads

LED pads
Play tracks and play notes as a
keyboard, for example

Func button Rec button Project button Home button

Press the func Use for sample and Open the Project Open the Home
button with other sequence recording Screen Screen
buttons to switch
to submenus sampling button pool button system button
Open the SAM- Open the POOL Open the SYS-
PLING Screen Screen TEM MENU

Play button Stop button Mixer button Edit button

Play projects Stop playback Open the MIXER Open track edit-
Screen ing screens
Rewind button Fast forward
Move playback button fx button rec src button
position back- Move playback Open the EF- Open the INPUT
ward position forward FECTS Screen SETTING Screen

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Connection example

USB

SYNC LINE

MIDI
IN OUT IN OUT

DC9V
IN OUT

MEMORY ASSIGN 1 ASSIGN 2 DIMENSION VALUE

bank speed sweep range
KICK SNARE LEVEL HAT OTHERS
MIXER kick 1 snare 1 tune hat 1 hat 2

BASS DRUM LINE IN RATE PITCH DEPTH RELEASE & GATE M.GUN DUCKING FX AMOUNT PTN BPM VOL
fx fx fx KICK 1/ ex 1 SN 1/ ex 2 TIME/ tune HT 1/ ex 3 EX 1/ ex 4 velo ptn level global

PTN BASS DRUM PRM LOCK FX OCTAVE STEP RANDOM 1/3 2/4

shift func save glide kit prm rec fx type pad sweep select stutter tie mute

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

KICK 1 SNARE 1 HAT 1 HAT 2 CYMBAL 1 CYMBAL 2 CLAP STICK KICK 2 SNARE 2 EX 1 EX 2 EX 3 EX 4 EX 5 EX 6

MEMORY EDIT KIT COPY PASTE UNDO REDO BASS PTN DRUM METRO CLOCK MIDI CH MIDI DATA SYSTEM GAIN

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Creating songs with the SmplTrek
One project cor- Project (one song)
responds to one Intro Verse A Ending

song. Scene
1
Scene
2
Scene
16 Scene
Track 1
Type: LOOP Clip Clip Clip Each project has 16
Guitar
……
Sample Sample Sample
scenes.
Each scene makes a
Track 2 somewhat unified sec-
Type: INST Clip Clip Clip
Bass tion, such as an intro,
Sequence Sequence …… Sequence
Sample
verse A, verse B, cho-
rus and ending.
Track 3
Type: SHOT Clip Clip Clip

Clip
Special effect
Sequence Sequence …… Sequence
Sample

Track A phrase on a specif-

Each project can

Track 4
Type: DRUM Clip Clip Clip ic track in a specific

have up to 10 tracks.
Drums
Sequence Sequence …… Sequence scene is called a clip.
KIT

Each track corre-

sponds to a part in Track 2
Type: MIDI Clip Clip Clip Even when the scene
the song, for exam- Synth
Sequence Sequence
…… Sequence changes, the track
ple guitar, bass or
type does not change.
drums.
For example, if Track
Global track 1
Vocals １ is an INST track, it
The five types of Global track 2
will always function as
tracks are LOOP,
Chorus
an INST track in every
INST, SHOT, DRUM Global track 3 scene.
Guitar solo
and MIDI.

Sample pool
The SmplTrek has settings
Sample Sample Sample

…… and functions that work on

The three GLOBAL tracks
entire scenes, settings and
can be used to record
……

functions that work on en-

over multiple scenes. Use Sample Sample Sample

…… tire tracks, and settings and

these for lead and back-
functions that work only on
ing vocals, for example.
specific clips.
Load samples from the sample pool
to use them in LOOP, INST and SHOT
tracks.

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Basic operations — General
Preparing a power supply

An AC adapter is included. 6 AA batteries

DC12V
or

Use only the included “Low Battery” will appear on

AC adapter. Using an AC the display if the remaining
adapter with different battery charge is low. Replace
specifications could cause the batteries immediately.
damage.

When using nickel-metal hydride bat-

teries or lithium batteries, change the
battery setting. ( → P.178)

Starting up
1  ress and hold the POWER switch until SmplTrek appears on the
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display.

Turning the unit off

1 Press and hold the POWER switch until the display turns off.

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Preparing preset data and
formatting cards
Preset data, including drum kits, instrument sound sources and
demo projects, are stored inside the SmplTrek. First of all, prepare a
blank card and execute FORMAT & DUPLICATE on it.

Compatible cards
SDHC up to 32 GB (CLASS 10 or higher)
※ SDXC cards are not compatible.

Form a tti n g a nd generation of drum k i t,

instrument and preset project files
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select CARD, and press .

3 Select FORMAT & DUPLICATE, and press .

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Preparing preset data and
formatting cards
4 Select YES, and press .

• Duplicating files takes a few minutes.

• Be careful because this will erase all data on the card.

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Important tips to know before use
Direction, OK and CLR buttons
To keep this manual from becoming too complex, not every item
that can be operated using the direction, OK and CLR buttons is ex-
plained.
On many screens, the direction, OK and CLR buttons can be used in
addition to knobs.

Control and VALUE knobs

Use these to change/adjust parameters shown on the screen.
These knobs are also switches. They are mainly used in the following
two ways.

Precise parameter adjustment

Turning knobs for parameters that have many steps will change the
value by 10 or 100 steps at a time, for example. (PITCH is one such
parameter.)
Precise adjustments can be made by pressing a knob while turn-
ing it.

PITCH PITCH PITCH PITCH

0 100 0 1
Turn normally Turn while pressing

Menu opening
When a downward pointing arrow is shown for a parameter, press-
ing the knob will open that menu.

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Important tips to know before use
Relationship between built-in speaker and mic
When the built-in mic is selected as the input source, the built-in
speaker will automatically be turned off. ( → P.25)

Built-in speaker on
Built-in mic off
Built-in speaker off
Built-in mic on

Turning LED pad LAUNCH mode on/off

By default, pressing an LED pad will select that track and start
playing it simultaneously. To select a track without playing it, press
the left LAUNCH button to turn LAUNCH mode off.

LAUNCH mode on/off

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Important tips to know before use
Playing projects and playing scenes
The SmplTrek has two types of playback: project and scene. Their
features are as follows.

Project playback Scene playback

Starting playback Press . Press – for the
desired scene.
Repetition Playback will not re- The playing scene will
peat. play repeatedly.
Scenes will switch
automatically in as-
cending order.
Global tracks These will be played These will not be
back. played back.

Differences between monitoring and external

source (EXT SRC) sounds
Sound is different as follows when input monitoring is enabled on the
REC SRC Screen, when EXT SRC is set to INPUT, and when record-
ing or auditioning loop and global tracks.

Insert
Reverb Level
effects
When monitoring Not applied. Not applied. Depends on
is on（→ P.25） REC SRC
Screen setting.
When EXT SRC Applied. Depends on Depends on
is on（→ P.107） EXT SRC set- EXT SRC set-
ting in mixer. ting in mixer.
During LOOP/ Applied. Depends on Depends on
GLOBAL audition- track setting in track setting in
ing or recording mixer. mixer.

Enable EXT SRC to apply effects to inputs.

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Important tips to know before use
Relationship between scene and clip lengths
Scene lengths are given priority over clip lengths.
 or this reason, clips will be adjusted to match the scene length. The
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playback of clips will be looped if the scene is longer or cut off if the
scene is shorter.

Scene longer than clip

Scene 1

Clip 1 Clip 1 Clip 1

Clip 1
loop loop loop

Scene shorter than clip

Scene 1

Clip 1

Relationship between amp and master effects

 he master effect will be bypassed when an amp type effect is
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selected and turned on because the processing required for amp
insert effects is higher.
 o use the master effect, turn off the amp effect or select a different
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type of insert effect.

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Basic operations — Home Screen
Current location Tempo

Speaker/built-in mic status

Project name
Scene number
Select with direction
buttons Master level

Track type

Track with input data

Turn LAUNCH mode Set tempo
on/off

Stop playback
This stops playback of the project/scene. Press Adjust
again to return to the beginning of the project. the master level

Set
the tempo
Press the right
selection but-
ton to open the
TEMPO Screen.
Use or
(tap) to change
the tempo.

Open the Home

Play Screen
the project
This plays the
project.

When LAUNCH mode is on When LAUNCH mode is on

Playing and switching scenes Start/stop track playback
Press the STEP button for a scene to start Press the LED pad for a track to start
playing it in a loop. Press it again to stop. playing it. Press it again to stop.
If another STEP button is pressed during When LAUNCH mode is off
playback, that scene will start playing after Select track
the current scene finishes. (The track will not start playing.)
When LAUNCH mode is off
Select scenes

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Basic operations — Home Screen
LED pad status

Selected Lit white

Playing Blinking white

Recording Lit red

Recording standby Blinking red

Playback standby/
Blinking green
paused
Playing Gently blinking green

Data loaded Lit in set color

Empty Unlit

Scene button status

Data loaded Lit yellow

Playing Lit green

Selected Lit orange

Unavailable/empty Unlit

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Basic operations — Home Screen
Changing the LAUNCH mode
The LAUNCH mode used by the SmplTrek can be turned on/off.
When on, pressing LED pads and scene buttons will start play-
back of tracks and scenes immediately.
Turn it on for live performance, and turn it on/off as necessary during
production.

1 Press the left LAUNCH button.

This turns it on/off.

O
 N OFF

Launch Mode
– Play and cue scenes
ON
LED pads Play tracks
– Select scenes
OFF
LED pads Select tracks

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Basic operations — Home Screen
Master level adjustment
1 Turn on the Home Screen.
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 his adjusts the master level.

Master level

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Basic operations — Projects
Selecting projects
1 Press .

2 In the PROJECT MENU, select SELECT/NEW.

3 Turn to select a project, and press or .

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Basic operations — Projects
Saving projects
1 Press .

2 In the PROJECT MENU, select SAVE.

3 Select YES.

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Basic operations — Projects
Naming and saving projects
1 Press .

2 In the PROJECT MENU, select SAVE AS.

3 Select (EMPTY), and press .

4 Input the name, and press the right OK button.

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Sampling
Selecting the recording source
1 Press + . (The button lights orange.)

2 T
 urn to select the input source.

Rec Src
Connectors
Explanation
used

Built-in mic

Hi-Z with guitar, Gain

INPUT L
bass, etc. control

Gain
Dynamic mic INPUT R
control

PAD
Stereo line input INPUT L/R
ON/OFF

PAD
Mono line input INPUT L
ON/OFF

USB USB

Track
Resampling
selection

3 Press to turn on monitoring.

W
 hen monitoring is on, use to adjust the monitoring level.

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Sampling
Sampling the source
1 Press + .

2 P
 ress or the left button to start sampling.

3 Press or the left button again to stop.

4 Press to check the sampled sound. If it is OK, press the right

SAVE button.

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Sampling
5 Select the save destination.

Sample Saving
Option Explanation

POOL This saves to the sample pool.

This saves to the current proj-

CURRENT PROJECT ect folder. After saving, it can be
assigned directly to a track.

6 Input the name.

7 P
 ress .

8 S
 elect SKIP.
See（→ P.134）. to use the CHOP function.

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Sampling
Sampling in time with a metronome or backing
track
1 P
 ress + .

2 In the SYSTEM MENU, select METRONOME.

3 Turn to adjust the metronome volume.

4 Press + to open the SAMPLING screen.

5 Press the button for a scene to use for backing to start play-
ing it.

6 Press the left START button or to start sampling.

7 Press the left STOP button or to stop sampling.

•D
 epending on the quantization setting, sampling will not start
until the beginning of the scene.
To change the quantization setting, see（→ P.170）.

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Sampling
Using the tuner
1 Press + .

2 Press the right TUNER button.

Tuning

TYPE Chromatic, Guitar, Bass

CALIB 435 – 445 Hz

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Sampling
Resampling
1 Open REC SRC, and use to select resampling.

2 Use to select the track to use.

3 Press + to open the SAMPLING screen.

4 Use to play the scene.

5 Press the left START button or to start sampling.

6 Press the left STOP button or to stop sampling.

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Sample pool
Opening the sample pool
1 Press + to open the POOL Screen, and select SAMPLE.

2 Use or to select a folder that contains samples,

and press or .

Sample Pool
Option Explanation

PRESET Preset sample folder

Folder where all samples that can be

POOL
used in projects are saved
Folder that only contains samples
PROJECT
used in the current project
List of samples that have been
FAVORITE
marked as favorites
List of samples in the current proj-
PROJECT FAV ect that have also been marked as
favorites

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Sample pool
Sample pool basic operations
1 Open the SAMPLE POOL Screen and select any sample.

Favorite
(on card) Cursor

Favorite
(in project)

Preview playback

Move cursor up/down or turn and

use for same operation

OK button
• Open sample
folder
Move • Work with file
cursor up, or open menu
down, left
• Preview or
and right
mark FAVORITE

CLR button
Back to parent folder

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Sample pool
Loading samples
1 Open the SAMPLE POOL Screen and select any sample.

2 P
 ress to open a pop-up menu, and select LOAD.

3 Select the track for loading the sample and press or the right
LOAD button.

4 F
 ollowing instructions on screen, select the track type and the
interval used.

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Sample pool
Folder structure on cards
The folder structure on cards used in the SmplTrek is as follows.

Card

SmplTrek

This folder is for saving samples, drum kits and MIDI

Pool
files that can be used in all projects

Audio Sampled audio data

Kit Drum kits made from multiple samples

SMF MIDI data in the standard MIDI file format

Preset Data for included presets

Audio Preset samples

Kit Preset drum kits

Project All data for created projects

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Sample pool
Importing loops from PC/Mac computers
1 Connect a card formatted by this unit to the PC/Mac.

2 C
 opy WAV files to the card ＞ SmplTrek ＞ Pool ＞ Audio folder,
and insert the card in the unit again.

3 Open the Pool Screen and select the file to load. ( → P.33)

Supported WAV formats

Sampling frequency 44.1 – 96 kHz
Bit depth 16 – 24 bit

The SmplTrek uses 48kHz/16-bit WAV files.

Recommended format
48kHz/16-bit WAV

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Scene settings
Making scene settings
1 Press + for the desired scene to open its Scene Settings
Screen.

• Playback will stop if another scene or a project is playing.

2 S
 et each item.

SCN SETTING
Item Explanation
Page 1

BAR Change the scene length in bars

Change the scene time signa-

TIME SIG
ture
Set how many times the current
REPEAT scene is repeated during project
playback
Turn the scene on/off
ENABLE When off, it will be skipped
during project playback

Page 2

COPY TO Copy the scene

CLEAR Clear the scene

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Scene settings
Copying scenes
1 Press + for the scene to be copied to open its Scene Set-
tings Screen.

2 Press the right 2/2 button to open the second page.

3 Turn to select the copy destination.

4 Press COPY TO, and select YES.

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Scene settings
Clearing scenes
1 Press + for the scene to be cleared.

2 Press the right 2/2 button to open the second page.

3 Press CLEAR, and select YES.

This clears the scene.

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Basic track operation
Track types
LOOP tracks
 hese are designed for sampling performances with drums, guitars
T
and other instruments and looping them in the scene.

SHOT tracks
 se these to play one-shot samples, such as sound effects and
U
crash cymbals, once. Sequence patterns can also be made using
one-shot samples.

INST tracks
Use these to play phrases in scales on the keyboard with samples of
single notes from pianos, guitars and other real instruments.

DRUM tracks
 se these to make drum patterns with bass drums, snares, hi-hats
U
and other drum sounds.

MIDI tracks
 hese are piano-role type sequencer tracks for creating phrases to
T
use with external MIDI equipment.

GLOBAL tracks
 hese are independent audio tracks that can span multiple scenes.
T
Use these for recording vocals and other performances that contin-
ue through a song, for example.

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Basic track operation
Setting track types
1 Select an empty track, and press or .

2 Select the desired track type from the pop-up menu, and press .

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Basic track operation
Copying entire tracks
1 Press + for the track to be copied.

2 Press the right button to open the next page,

if COPY TO is not displayed.

3 Turn COPY TO to set the copy destination.

4 Press COPY TO, and select YES.

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Basic track operation
Clearing entire tracks
1 Press + for the track to be cleared.

2 Press the right button to open the next page,

if CLEAR THIS TRK is not displayed.

3 Press CLEAR THIS TRK, and select YES.

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Basic clip operation
Setting the length of the current clip
(LENGTH/NOTE)
The length (time) of a clip is determined by the length of one step
× the number of steps.

1 Select a clip, and press or to open the Editing Screen.

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen,

and select LENGTH/NOTE.

3 Adjust the LENGTH and NOTE settings.

Length/note settings
Item Explanation

LENGTH Number of steps

NOTE Length of 1 step

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Basic clip operation
Copying clips
1 Select the clip to copy, and press or to open the Editing
Screen.

2 P
 ress again to open the SETTING Screen, and select COPY
THIS CLIP.

3 Turn to set the copy destination.

4 Press COPY TO, and select YES to copy.

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Basic clip operation
Clearing clips
1 Select the clip to clear, and press or to open the Editing
Screen.

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen,

and select CLEAR THIS CLIP.

3 Select the item to clear from the pop-up menu, and select YES.

CLEAR THIS CLIP

ALL Clear the clip itself
SEQUENCE Clear only sequence data
AUTOMATION Clear only automation data

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LOOP tracks
Overview
These are designed for sampling performances with drums, guitars
and other instruments and looping them in the scene.

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LOOP tracks
LOOP Track Editing Screen

Track type Current location/clip length

Speaker/built-in mic status

Audio waveform

Zoom waveform
Move waveform
Pitch File name

Play clip Edit start position

Loop Track Editing

Move zoomed waveform display

Zoom waveform display

Change pitch

Left Play clip

Right Open Loop Position Editing Screen

Open clip menu

Audition state
Sound will pass through the LOOP
track channel but will not be recorded

Recording state

Play scene

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LOOP tracks
Loading samples (SELECT SAMPLE)
1 Select the clip for loading, and press or to open the Edit-
ing Screen.

2 P
 ress again to open the SETTING Screen, and select
SELECT SAMPLE.

3 Select the desired sample, and press .

・Samples can also be loaded from the POOL Screen.

（→ P.31 〜 P.33）

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LOOP tracks
4 Set the interval used for the sample.
At the BPM BARS position, press to select it. Then, turn
to change the interval setting method (BPM BARS, BPM
NOTE STEP or AB POINT).

Sample selection

Start point in sample

End point in sample (AB POINT)

Move zoomed waveform display

Zoom waveform display

Select/change BPM items

Confirm BPM item selection

Left Quit

Right Open next menu page

• Determining interval by tempo and bars (BPM BARS)

Tempo Number of bars

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LOOP tracks
• Determining interval by tempo, note length and number of steps
(BPM NOTE STEP)

Tempo Note length Number of steps

• Determining interval freely (AB POINT)

Start point End point

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LOOP tracks
5 After setting the interval, press the right NEXT button to
open the TIME STRETCH Screen.

6 T
 o leave it unchanged, select NO, and press the right NEXT
button.

Time Stretching
NO Do not time stretch
Use time stretching suitable for me-
YES (MELODIC)
lodic content
Use time stretching suitable for
YES (RHYTHMIC)
rhythmic content

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LOOP tracks
Recording in real time

❷
●

❶ ●
● ❸ ●
❹ ●
❶

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press .

2 Press twice to start recording standby.

3 Press to start recording.

4 W
 hen the last step is reached, recording will stop and loop play-
back will start. Press to stop playback.

Realtime Recording（Loop Track）

Audition state

Recording state

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LOOP tracks
Start point in sample (START POS)
1 Select the clip to edit, and press .

2 Press the right START POS button.

3 Set each item.

Start Position

Loop start point Left Preview playback

Move waveform
Right Confirm
display
Zoom waveform
display

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LOOP tracks
Looper recording (live sampling)
1 Set the type to LOOP to use a clip for looper recording.

2 Press , and select LOOP REC.

3 Press – to start scene playback.

4 Press for the LOOP track to start recording standby.

R ecording will start automatically according to the SYSTEM
MENU QUANTIZE ( → P.170) and LENGTH/NOTE ( → P.43)
settings.

•S
 etting multiple tracks to LOOP type in advance enables per-
forming with looper recording on one track after another.

•R
 ecording lengths depend on the LENGTH/NOTE settings of
each LOOP track. ( → P.43)

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LOOP tracks
LED pad status

Selected Lit white

Playing Gently blinking green

Recording Gently blinking red

Data loaded Lit in set color

Empty Unlit

Scene button status

Data loaded Lit yellow

Playing Lit green

Playback paused Blinking green

Selected Lit orange

Unavailable/empty Unlit

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SHOT tracks
Overview
Use these to play one-shot samples, such as sound effects and
crash cymbals, once. SHOT tracks have a PAD performance mode
and a SEQUENCE mode.

Samples are played when LED

PAD performance
pads are pressed. This is ideal
mode
for live performance.
Sequences with sample play-
back timing can be made. This
SEQUENCE mode is ideal for playing complicated
parts and preparing beats with
kicks, for example.

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SHOT tracks
Switching between sequence and pad perfor-
mance modes
1 Press + the SHOT track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Turn SEQUENCE to turn this mode on/off.

Sequence

ON Sequence mode

OFF Pad performance mode

•P
 ad performance mode will be activated automatically after
chopping or assigning samples.

•S
 equence mode will be activated automatically after shot re-
cording.

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SHOT tracks
SHOT Track Editing Screen
Track type Current location/clip length

Speaker/built-in mic status

Sample playback steps

Initialize automation of
shown parameter
Editing item (All steps)

Automation

Play clip
Initialize automation of
current location

Shot Track（Edit）

Switch editing item Move by 1 step

Initialize editing
Move by 16 steps
item
Editing item Open Settings
parameter Screen

Initialize parameter Activate recording

Move between
Play scene
steps
Move between Input/clear sound
pages while triggers during
pushing recording
Input sound
左 Play clip triggers during
real-time recording
+ Move between
〜 steps

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SHOT tracks
Loading samples (SELECT SAMPLE)
1 Select the clip for loading, and press or to open the Edit-
ing Screen.

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

SELECT SAMPLE.

3 Select the desired sample, and press .

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SHOT tracks
4 Set the interval used for the sample.
At the BPM BARS position, press to select it. Then, turn
to change the interval setting method (BPM BARS, BPM
NOTE STEP or AB POINT).

Sample selection

Start point in sample

End point in sample (AB POINT)

Move zoomed waveform display

Zoom waveform display

Select/change BPM items

Confirm BPM item selection

Left Quit

Right Open next menu page

• Determining interval by tempo and bars (BPM BARS)

Tempo Number of bars

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SHOT tracks
• Determining interval by tempo, note length and number of steps
(BPM NOTE STEP)

Tempo Note length Number of steps

• Determining interval freely (AB POINT)

Start point End point

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SHOT tracks
Adjusting sample intervals (POSITION)
1 Select the clip to edit, and press or .

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

POSITION.

3 Set each item.

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SHOT tracks
Position
Move the start point
Start point in
without changing the
sample
interval
End point in
Left Preview playback
sample
Move wave-
Right Confirm
form display
Zoom wave-
form display

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SHOT tracks
Recording in real time

❷
●
❶ ●
● ❸ ❶
●

❹
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

• This shows visibly the steps where audio starts.

•C
 hanging pages will move 16 steps at a time. If steps 1–32
are shown, changing pages will show steps 17–48.

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Press to start recording.

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SHOT tracks
4 Press at the desired input times.

• Sound triggers can be input directly on steps by pressing their

buttons.

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SHOT tracks
Step recording

❷
●
❶
● ❶
●
❸
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Press for the step to input.

Press for a step that has already been input to clear it.

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SHOT tracks
Recording pad performances (SHOT REC)
Using this function, multiple SHOT tracks can be used to perform,
creating sequences on each track.

1 Prepare SHOT tracks with samples assigned to them before-

hand, and select the scene to record.

2 Press , and select SHOT REC.

This puts the unit into recording standby.

3 Press to start recording, and use the SHOT track pads to

perform.

•M
 ultiple SHOT track sequences can be input simultaneously.
Each clip will loop according to its own length. Set the lengths
of clips beforehand. ( → P.43)

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INST tracks
Overview
Use these to play phrases in a scale on the keyboard with samples
of single notes from pianos, guitars and other real instruments.

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INST tracks
Loading samples (SELECT SAMPLE)
1 Press + the INST track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Press SELECT SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE POOL Screen.

・The following table shows the maximum length in seconds of

samples that can be loaded on INST tracks.

Mono 10.9 seconds

Stereo 5.46 seconds

3 Select the desired sample, and press .

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INST tracks
4 Following the guidance on screen, adjust the START/END points,
and press .

5 T
 he loaded sample can be played using the pads as
a keyboard.

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INST tracks
Setting intervals used and loop points for
samples
1 Press + the INST track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Press POSITION SETTING.

3 Set each item.

Position
Switch between
Start point in
START/END and LOOP
sample
editing.
End point in
Left Turn looping on/off
sample
Move waveform
Right Confirm
display
Zoom wave-
form display

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INST tracks
Setting envelopes
1 Press + the INST track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Press ENVELOPE SETTING.

3 Set each item.

Position

Adjust attack

Adjust release

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INST tracks
Setting the base note
1 Press + the INST track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Turn to adjust SAMPLE NOTE.

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INST tracks
INST Track Editing Screen
Track type Current location/clip length

Speaker/built-in mic status

Keyboard
Input note data

Play clip Open Automation Screen

Inst Track（Edit）- Main

Move between
Move between
pages while
steps
pushing

左 Play clip Move note position

Open Automation
右 Activate recording
Screen
Open Settings
Play scene
Screen
Move note position by octaves with octave buttons
/ move 1 white key with + octave buttons

Inst Track（Edit）- Automation

Switch editing item + Move note position

+
Initialize editing item Move between steps
〜

Change item parameter (in steps)

Initialize parameter (in steps)

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INST tracks
Real-time recording

●
❷
❶ ●
● ❸●❺ ❶
●

❹
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Press to start recording.

4 Play to input notes.

5 Press to end recording.

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INST tracks
Step recording

❷
● ❹
●
❸
● ❶
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Use , to move to the step for input.

4 Press , or to input a note.

Press these again to clear input notes.

•T
 ied notes can be input by moving between steps while press-
ing a keyboard pad or .

• Tied notes can be entered by pressing a while pressing another .

•U
 se , or to move between steps.

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INST tracks
Setting the keyboard scale
1 Select a clip, and press or .

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

SCALE SETTING.

3 Set each item.

Scale
Change the scale
Change the key

LED pads will become light blue for notes that are outside the
scale.

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INST tracks
Importing SMF files
1 Select the clip to edit, and press or .

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

IMPORT SMF.

3 Select the desired file from the POOL Screen.

•S
 MF format types 0 and 1 are supported. Only note on/off data
is imported.

•T
 he Track Selection Screen will open when importing one SMF
format file, so select one track as the import destination.

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DRUM tracks
Overview
Use these to create drum patterns using drum sounds, including
bass, snare and hi-hat, that have been prepared in advance in a drum
kit.
Original drum kits can also be made from samples.

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DRUM tracks
Selecting kits (SELECT KIT)
1 Press + the DRUM track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Press SELECT KIT.

3 Select the desired kit, and press .

4 The loaded kit can be played with when the Drum Track Edit-
ing Screen is open.

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DRUM tracks
DRUM Track Editing Screen
Track type Current location/clip length

Speaker/built-in mic status

Pads Input note data

Play clip Open Automation Screen

Drum Track（Edit）- Main

Move between
Move between
pages while
steps
pushing

左 Play clip Move note position

Open Automation
右 Activate recording
Screen
Open Settings
Play scene
Screen

Drum Track（Edit）- Automation

Switch editing item + Move note position

+
Initialize editing item Move between steps
〜

Adjust editing item parameter (in steps)

Initialize parameter (in steps)

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DRUM tracks
Real-time recording

●
❷
❶ ●
● ❸●❺ ❶
●

❹
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Press to start recording.

4 Play to input notes.

5 Press to end recording.

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DRUM tracks
Step recording

❷
● ❹
●
❶
● ❶
●
❸
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Use , to move to the step for input.

4 Press , or the desired to input a note.

• Use , or to move between steps.

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DRUM tracks
Setting MIDI note numbers for individual pads
1 Press + the DRUM track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Press PAD NOTE NUMBER.

3 Use and to select a pad to change.

4 Turn to change the note number.

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DRUM tracks
Importing SMF files
1 Select the clip to edit, and press or .

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

IMPORT SMF.

3 Select the desired file from the POOL Screen.

•S
 MF format types 0 and 1 are supported. Only note on/off data
is imported.

•O
 nly notes that correspond to note numbers set for the pads
will be imported.

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MIDI tracks
Overview
These are piano-role type sequencer tracks for creating phrases to
use with external MIDI equipment.
In addition to note on/off, automation can be used to send four types
of control change data.

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MIDI tracks
MIDI Track Editing Screen
Track type Current location/clip length

Speaker/built-in mic status

Keyboard Input note data

Play clip Open Automation Screen

Midi Track（Edit）- Main

Move between
Move between
pages while
steps
pushing

左 Play clip Move note position

Open Automation
右 Activate recording
Screen
Open Settings
Play scene
Screen
Move note position by octaves with octave buttons
/ move 1 white key with + octave buttons

Midi Track（Edit）- Automation

Move note
Switch editing item +
position
+ Move between
Initialize editing item
〜 steps

Adjust editing item parameter (in steps)

Initialize parameter (in steps)

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MIDI tracks
Real-time recording

●
❷
❶ ●
● ❸●❺ ❶
●

❹
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Press to start recording.

4 Play to input notes.

5 Press to end recording.

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MIDI tracks
Step recording

❷
● ❹
●
❶
● ❶
●
❸
●

1 Select the clip to use for recording, and press or .

2 Press to start recording standby.

3 Use , to move to the step for input.

4 Press , or the desired to input a note.

Press these again to clear input notes.

•T
 ied notes can be input by moving between steps while press-
ing a keyboard pad or .

• Use , or to move between steps.

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MIDI tracks
Setting MIDI CC numbers
In addition to notes, MIDI tracks can also transmit up to four types of
control change data per step using automation.
In this case, the control change numbers specified by MIDI CC A–D
are used.

1 P
 ress + the MIDI track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Turn – to change MIDI CC A–D.

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MIDI tracks
Setting the scale
1 Select the clip to edit, and press or .

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

SCALE SETTING.

3 Set each item.

Position
Change the scale
Change the key

 LED pads will become light blue for notes that are outside the
scale.

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MIDI tracks
Importing SMF files
1 Select the clip to edit, and press or .

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

IMPORT SMF.

3 Select the desired file from the POOL Screen.

•S
 MF format types 0 and 1 are supported. Only note on/off data
is imported.

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GLOBAL tracks
Overview
These are independent audio tracks that can span multiple scenes.
Use these for recording vocals and other performances that contin-
ue through a song, for example.
 he SmplTrek has 3 GLOBAL tracks, and each of these has 3 virtual
T
(V) takes. In the middle of a song, the3 V takes can be switched and
their levels adjusted.

Region Region Region Region

1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

V take 1

V take 2

V take 3

MUTE

V takes played in order

・T he GLOBAL track is played only during projrct playback.

Please note that the GLOBAL track is not played during scene
playback.

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GLOBAL tracks
GLOBAL Screen basic operations
GLOBAL tracks must be enabled for them to be used.

1 Select a GLOBAL track clip, press or , and select YES.

Track type Speaker/built-in mic status

Bars
Beats
Recording track
Waveform display
V takes 1–3
MUTE tracks

Editing items

Global track editing

Move between bars Play

Adjust selected
Zoom waveform in/out
point precisely
Move editing selection by
Split region
beats

Adjust level Cancel division

The input sound is

Switch recording
passing through the
track
global track channel

Recording standby state Switch scenes

Selects take above/below or move by region left/right

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GLOBAL tracks
Recording

●
❺
❸
●
❹
●

❶
● ❶
●

❷
●

1 Select the GLOBAL track clip to use for recording, and

press or .

2 Press – to select the V take to use for recording.

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GLOBAL tracks
3 Press twice to start recording standby.

4 Press to start recording.

5 Press to end recording.

Global Track（Recording）
Audition state is active. The sound is passing
through the global track channel.
Use this to practice before recording.

The unit is in recording standby or recording.

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GLOBAL tracks
Splitting regions
1 Select the GLOBAL track clip to edit, and press or .

2 Turn , and to move to the desired division point.

3 Press or to split the region.

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GLOBAL tracks
Switching take assignments
1 Select the GLOBAL track clip to edit, and press or .

2 If necessary, record V takes and split regions beforehand.

( → P.95 〜 P.97)

3 Use to move to the region with the take to be switched.

Selected take

Region

4 Use to select the V take (or MUTE track) to use. The color
of the selected take waveform is inverted.

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GLOBAL tracks
Joining regions
1 Select the GLOBAL track clip to edit, and press or .

2 Use to select the area of a split region.

Split

3 Press to join the selected region with the region before it.

Joined

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GLOBAL tracks
Adjusting individual region levels
In addition to switching V take assignments, splitting regions en-
ables precise level adjustments for each region.

1 Select the GLOBAL track clip to edit, and press or .

2 Use to select a region to adjust.

3 Turn to adjust the level.

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USB AUDIO track
Overview
U sing the audio interface function, music can be quickly live-
streamed using a connected smartphone, PC or Mac. Audio on the
other device can also be played back and sampled.

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USB AUDIO track
Connecting a smartphone, PC or Mac to the
SmplTrek by USB

USB

❶
●

1 Connect a smartphone, PC or Mac to the SmplTrek by USB.

USB icon appears

•C
 onnecting an iPhone/iPad requires an Apple Lightning to USB
Camera Adapter.

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USB AUDIO track
Playing audio from a smartphone, PC or Mac

USB

❶
●

❷
●

1 Connect a smartphone, PC or Mac to the SmplTrek by USB.

2 Press .

3 Play the audio on the smartphone, PC or Mac.

•T
 he USB AUDIO track level and send level for the SEND FX can
be adjusted with the MIXER.

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USB AUDIO track
Sampling audio from a smartphone, PC or Mac
1 Press + to open the REC SRC Screen.

2 Turn to select USB.

3 Sample it. ( → P.26)

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USB AUDIO track
HOLD/GATE
The behavior of the USB AUDIO PAD can be changed.

1 Press + to open the USB SETTING Screen.

2 Turn to switch between HOLD and GATE.

Press the pad once to enable the

USB AUDIO track and begin receiv-
HOLD
ing audio from the smartphone, PC
or Mac. Press it again to disable it.
The USB AUDIO track will be enabled
GATE
only while the pad is being pressed.

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USB AUDIO track
Clearing settings
1 Press + to open the USB SETTING Screen.

2 Press CLEAR SETTING.

3 Select YES, and press .

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EXT SRC
Overview
Using EXT SRC, while playing a project on the SmplTrek, mics or syn-
thesizers, for example, can be connected to the inputs and used for
live performance. Audio files can also be played, allowing a SmplTrek
project to be faded in while sound effects are being output before a
live performance, for example.

Inputs and WAV

files can be se-
lected

INPUT WAV file

PROJECT EXT SRC

Project sound and EXT SRC sound

can be cross-faded

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EXT SRC
Setting the input source
1 Press + to open the EXT SETTING Screen.

2 Turn to switch the SOURCE.

Audio from the device connect-

INPUT
ed to the inputs will be output.
AUDIO FILE An audio file will be played.

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EXT SRC
Selecting audio files
1 Press + to open the EXT SETTING Screen.

2 Turn to switch SOURCE to AUDIO FILE.

3 Press FILE SELECT, and select the desired file from

the SAMPLE POOL.

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EXT SRC
Making audio file settings
1 Press + to open the EXT SETTING Screen.

2 Press the right 2/2 button to open the second page.

3 Set LOOP and LoFi as necessary.

LOOP Turn looping on/off

LoFi Turn the lofi effect on/off

 his looping function replays the file from the beginning after
T
reaching the end.

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EXT SRC
HOLD/GATE
The behavior of the EXT SRC PAD can be changed.

1 Press + to open the EXT SETTING Screen.

2 Turn to switch between HOLD and GATE.

Press once to enable the EXT SRC

track and begin receiving audio from
HOLD
the smartphone, PC or Mac. Press it
again to disable it.
The EXT SRC track will be enabled
GATE
only while the pad is being pressed.

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EXT SRC
Cross-fading the external source (EXT SRC)
and the project sound
The sound input as the EXT SRC can be output with project play-
back. The level balance can be set for this.

1 On the Home Screen, press to open a pop-up.

2 T
 urn to adjust the balance between the project and the ex-
ternal input.

This increases the volume of the

PRJ
project.
This increases the volume of the ex-
EXT
ternal input.

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EXT SRC
Clearing settings
1 Press + to open the EXT SETTING Screen.

2 Press CLEAR.

3 Select YES, and press .

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Other track and clip settings
LoFi (LOOP, SHOT)
Turning on LoFi changes the playback sampling quality of the clip to
24kHz/12-bit.

1 Select the clip to change, and press or to open the Editing

Screen.

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

SAMPLE SETTING.

3 Turn LoFi to change it.

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Other track and clip settings
Adjusting levels for individual clips (LOOP
tracks)
Levels can be adjusted for individual clips in LOOP tracks.

1 Select the clip to adjust, and press or to open the Editing

Screen.

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

SAMPLE SETTING.

3 Turn LEVEL to adjust it.

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Other track and clip settings
LoFi (INST, GLOBAL)
Turning on LoFi changes the playback sampling quality of the track
to 24kHz/12-bit.

1 Press + for the desired track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Turn LoFi to change it.

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Other track and clip settings
PITCH (SHOT)
1 Select the clip to change, and press or to open the Editing
Screen.

2 Press again to open the SETTING Screen, and select

SAMPLE SETTING.

3 Turn PITCH to adjust it.

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Other track and clip settings
PITCH (INST)
1 Press + for the desired track to open the SETTING Screen.

2 Turn PITCH to adjust it.

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Mixer
Basic mixer screen operation (level meters)
Press .

Selected track
type

Speaker/built-in mic status

Track level Panning
Effect send level EQ status

Track level meters Project level meters

Selected track

Switch between level meter and

parameter screens

Mixer (level meters)

Open Parameter
Track/project level
Screen
Open Parameter
Panning
Screen
Open Parameter
Effect send level
Screen
Open Parameter
EQ adjustment
Screen

Project level Track selection

+ Mute/unmute tracks

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Mixer
Basic mixer screen operation (PRM VALUE)
Press the right PRM VALUE button or – to open the PRM
VALUE Screen.

Selected track
type

Speaker/built-in mic status

Track level Panning
Effect send level EQ status

Track parameters

Switch between level meter and

parameter screens

Mixer (level meters)

Track level Project level

Panning Track selection

Effect send level

After pressing Open EQ editing
Switch EQ type/Ad- , press screen
just EQ editing item
Switch EQ editing Mute/unmute
+
item tracks

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Mixer
Making specific EQ settings
1 Press to open the Mixer Screen.

2 After pressing EQ, press to open the EQ Settings Screen.

3 Set each item.

EQ settings

Change EQ type

Adjust EQ frequency

Adjust gain of frequency

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Mixer
Muting tracks
1 Press to open the Mixer Screen.

2 Press + for the track to be muted.

Press + again to unmute it.

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Effects
Insert effects
1 Press + to open the EFFECTS Screen.

2 Select INSERT.

3 Adjust the items on the settings screen that opens.

INSERT FX (1/2)

ON/OFF Turn the effect on/off

TYPE Change the effect type

Select the track or input to use
TARGET
the effect on
Sound is sampled be-
fore effects are applied
REC POS
Sound is sampled after
effects are applied

INSERT FX (2/2)

– items depend on selected effect

• When the TARGET is INPUT, turn on the EXT SRC to check

the effect sound. The insert effect is not applied to the sound
monitored when monitoring is on for the REC SRC.

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Effects
Insert effects list

Effect name

CHORUS RATE DEPTH MIX

FLANGER RATE DEPTH FEEDBACK

PHASER RATE STAGE MIX INVERT

DELAY RATE FEEDBACK BPM SYNC BALANCE

ANALOG
TIME FEEDBACK BPM SYNC BALANCE
DELAY
VIBRATO RATE DEPTH BPM SYNC

AUTO WAH SENS DEPTH Q

TREMOLO RATE DEPTH BPM SYNC

RING MOD MOD TYPE RATE DEPTH MIX

SAMPLE
CRUSHER CUTOFF BALANCE
RATE
AUTO PAN MOD TYPE RATE BPM SYNC DEPTH

ISOLATOR FREQ BALANCE

TILT EQ FREQ BALANCE

STMP COMP SENS ATTACK LEVEL

RACK COMP RATIO COMP ATTACK GAIN

CLEAN
GAIN TONE LEVEL
AMP *
CRUNCH
GAIN TONE LEVEL
AMP *
ROCK AMP * GAIN TONE LEVEL
METAL
GAIN TONE LEVEL
AMP *
BASS AMP * GAIN TONE LEVEL

*WHEN THE INSERT EFFECT IS ON AND THE TYPE IS AN AMP, THE

MASTER EFFECT WILL BE DISABLED ( → P.128).

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Effects
Send effects
1 Press + to open the EFFECTS Screen.

2 Select SEND.

3 Adjust the items on the settings screen that opens.

4 On the Mixer Screen, turn for each track to adjust their SEND
levels.

Send Effects (1/2)

ON/OFF Turn the effect on/off

TYPE Change the effect type

Send Effects (2/2)

– items depend on selected effect

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Effects
Send effects list

Effect name

SEND DLY TIME BPM SYNC FEEDBACK MIX

PINGPONG TIME BPM SYNC FEEDBACK MIX

RVS DLY TIME BPM SYNC FEEDBACK MIX

TAPE ECHO TIME BPM SYNC FEEDBACK MIX

ROOM MIX*

PLATE MIX*

HALL MIX*

STADIUM MIX*

TUNNEL MIX*

INFINITY MIX*

SC COMP THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE

* ON SEND FX PAGE 1

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Effects
Side-chain compression (SC COMP)
1 Press + to open the EFFECTS Screen.

2 Select SEND.

3 Turn , and select SC COMP as the TYPE.

4 T
 urn to select the track to use as the trigger for side-chain
compression.

•T
 he compressor will be applied when triggered to all tracks that
have SEND set to any value other than 0 on the Mixer Screen

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Effects
Master effects
1 Press + to open the EFFECTS Screen.

2 Select MASTER.

3 Adjust the items on the settings screen that opens.

Send Effects (1/2)

ON/OFF Turn the effect on/off

TYPE Change the effect type

Send Effects (2/2)

– items depend on selected effect

• When the insert effect is on and the type is an amp, the master
effect will be disabled even if it is on.
Turn off the insert effect.（→ P.123）

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Effects
Master effects list

Effect name

VINYL FLUTTER BAND WIDTH NOISE PRE GAIN

CASSETTE FLUTTER CUTOFF NOISE PRE GAIN

M.B. COMP Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Level

EQ + LIMITER Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 LIMITER

MAXIMIZER THRESHOLD

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Automation
Automation is a function that prepares various parameters in indi-
vidual clips on tracks to be changed with the desired timing.
Using automation enables an even greater range of sound creation.
For example, volume can be increased gradually and panning can be
moved for specific pitches and samples to change their stereo posi-
tions.

Automation can be used on SHOT, INST, DRUM and MIDI tracks.

STEP 1 5 9 13

Notes

Volume
levels

center
Panning

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Automation
Basic automation procedure
1 Select the clip to automate, and press .

2 Press the right ≪ button to open the automation screen.

3 Use to move the cursor to the step where you want to change
automation.

4 Use – to set each item.

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Automation
Automation

Select automation parameter

Clear current automation parameter (all steps)

Adjust automation parameter for current step

Clear currently selected automation parameter
(current step only)

Automation parameter list

SHOT INST DRUM MIDI
track track track track
NOTE VELOCITY ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯

MICRO TIMING ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯

LEVEL ◯ ◯ ◯

PAN ◯ ◯ ◯

SEND ◯ ◯ ◯

PLAY LENGTH ◯

PITCH ◯

CC A ◯

CC B ◯

CC C ◯

CC D ◯

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Automation
Automation parameters (all track types)

NOTE VELOCITY Velocity strength

MICRO TIMING Sound output timing

LEVEL Volume (excluding MIDI tracks)

PAN Left-right position (excluding MIDI tracks)

SEND Effect send level (excluding MIDI tracks)

Automation (SHOT tracks)

PLAY LENGTH Time sound output continues

PITCH Sample volume

Automation (MIDI tracks)

CC A

CC B Transmission of control change data to

CC C external MIDI devices (0 – 127)

CC D

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Editing samples
Chopping (automatic slicing)
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select CHOP.

3 On the CHOP/SLICE Screen, press .

4 Press the LED pads to check the slices assigned to them.

(This plays the slices.)

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Editing samples
5 Turn to adjust the sensitivity of automatic slicing.

Chop (Auto Slice)

Select slice

Move slice

Move waveform display

Zoom waveform display in/out

Adjust sensitivity

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Editing samples
Chopping (manual slicing)
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select CHOP.

3 O
 n the CHOP/SLICE Screen, press the left TO MANUAL
button.

4 Press , and while playing the sample, press at the desired

position or press an LED pad to slice.

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Editing samples
5 Use the following to adjust slices precisely.

Chopping

Select slice

Move slice

Move waveform display

Zoom waveform display in/out

Move slice position

Add slice

Clear slice

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Editing samples
Trimming
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select TRIMMING.

3 Set the interval used for the sample.

At the BPM BARS position, press to select it. Then, turn
to change the interval setting method (BPM BARS, BPM
NOTE STEP or AB POINT).

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Editing samples
Trimming

Start point in sample

End point in sample (AB POINT)

Move zoomed waveform display

Zoom waveform display

Select/change BPM items

Confirm BPM item selection

Left Quit

Right Open next menu page

4 P
 ress the right EXEC button to execute the changes. The
SAMPLE POOL Screen will reopen.

•E
 xecuting will save a file named“original file name_trim.wav”.
The original file will not be overwritten.

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Editing samples
Time stretching
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select TIME STRETCH.

3 Select the type of time stretching.

Algorithm suitable for melodies and simi-

MELODIC
lar phrases
Algorithm suitable for drums and other
RHYTHMIC
phrases capturing short sounds

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Editing samples
Time Stretch (MODE - BARS)

MODE BARS mode

BPM Change tempo

Change time signa-
TIMESIG
ture
Change number of
BARS
bars
Return to previous
Left BACK
screen
Right EXEC Execute

Time Stretch (MODE - STEPS)

MODE STEPS mode

BPM Change tempo

NOTE Length of note

STEPS Number of steps

Return to previous
Left BACK
screen
Right EXEC Execute

Time Stretch (MODE - TIME)

MODE TIME mode

Adjust by percent-
TIME%
age

•E
 xecuting will save a file named“original file name_ts.wav”.
The original file will not be overwritten.

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Editing samples
Normalizing
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select NORMALIZE.

3 Select the type of normalization

− 0.3dB Normalize so the peak becomes − 0.3dB

− 3.0dB Normalize so the peak becomes − 3.0dB

− 6.0dB Normalize so the peak becomes − 6.0dB

•E
 xecuting will save a file named“original file name_norm.wav”.
The original file will not be overwritten.

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Editing samples
Mono mixing
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select MONO.

3 Select the MONO type.

L ONLY Use only left channel sound

MONO MIX Make stereo channels mono

R ONLY Use only right channel sound

•E
 xecuting will save a file named“original file name_mono.
wav”. The original file will not be overwritten.

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Editing samples
Renaming samples
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select RENAME.

3 Change the name, and press the right OK button.

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Editing samples
Copying samples to projects
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample in the POOL folder, press , and se-
lect COPY TO PROJECT.

3 Select YES, and press .

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Editing samples
Copying samples to the sample pool
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample in the PROJECT folder, press , and

select COPY TO POOL.

3 Select YES, and press .

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Editing samples
Deleting samples
1 Press + , and select SAMPLE to open the SAMPLE
POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired sample, press , and select DELETE.

3 Select YES, and press .

• Be careful because deletion cannot be undone.

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Project menu
Copying projects and saving with new names
(SAVE AS)
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SAVE AS, and press .

3 Select an (EMPTY) slot, and press .

4 Input the name, and press the right OK button.

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Project menu
Renaming projects
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select RENAME, and press .

3 Change the name, and press the right OK button.

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Project menu
Deleting projects
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select DELETE, and press .

3 Select YES, and press .

• Be careful because deletion cannot be undone.

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Project menu
Mixing down
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select AUDIO EXPORT, and press .

3 Select MIX DOWN, and press .

4 Input the name, and press the right OK button.

•T
 he mixdown file will be created in the following location: card >
SmplTrek > Project > project folder name > Audio > MixDown
folder.

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Project menu
Exporting stem files
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select AUDIO EXPORT, and press .

3 Select INDIVIDUAL TRACKS, and press .

4 P
 ress , select the tracks to export, and press the right
OK button.

•T
 he stem file will be created in the following location: card > Sm-
plTrek > Project > project folder name > Audio > Stem folder.

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Project menu
Setting project parameters
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > PROJECT PRM.

3 Set each item.

PROJECT PRM

Level Project volume level

TEMPO Project tempo

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Project menu
Changing LED pad colors (TRACK COLOR)
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > TRACK > TRACK COLOR.

3 Set each item.

Track Color

Track selected for color changing

Color type

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Project menu
Copying tracks (COPY）
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > TRACK > COPY.

3 U
 se and to select the copy source and destination tracks,
and press to execute.

Copy

Copy source

Copy destination

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Project menu
Clearing tracks (CLEAR)
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > TRACK > CLEAR.

3 Select tracks to clear, and press .

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Project menu
Changing how many times scenes repeat (RE-
PEAT)
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > SCENE > REPEAT.

3 Adjust each item

Scene Repeat

Scene selection

Number of repetitions

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Project menu
Copying scenes (COPY)
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > SCENE > COPY, and press .

3 Use and to select the copy source and destination scenes,

and press to execute.

Copy Scene

Copy source scene selection

Copy destination scene

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Project menu
Clearing scenes (CLEAR)
1 Press to open the PROJECT MENU Screen.

2 Select SETTING > SCENE > CLEAR.

4 Select the scene to be cleared, and press to clear it.

• Be careful because cleared scenes cannot be restored.

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Drum kits
Editing
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 T
 o edit a selected drum kit, press , and select EDIT. To create
a new drum kit, press the right NEW button.

3 Select menu items as necessary, and press .

Assign sampled sounds to LED pads,

INST PRM and adjust their levels and panning, for
example
KIT PRM Set the KIT LEVEL and turn LoFi ON/OFF

PAD COLOR Set LED pad colors

SEND FX FOR Use this to check effects applied to the
CHECK kit

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Drum kits
Adjusting individual instruments on LED pads
(INST PRM)
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired drum kit, press , and select EDIT.

3 Select INST PRM, and press .

4 Select the LED pad to be set and change each item.

• The following table shows the maximum length in seconds of

samples that can be assigned to each instrument. Samples
longer than the maximum number of seconds can be selected,
but parts after this length will not be played back.

Mono 2.73 seconds

Stereo 1.36 seconds

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Drum kits
Inst Prm (1/3)
Assign a sample from the SAM-
FILE SELECT
PLE POOL
LEVEL Level adjustment

PAN PAN adjustment

Left Return to previous menu

Right Open next page

Inst Prm (2/3)

FX SEND Adjust effect send amount

PITCH Adjust pitch

SLOPE Adjust attack and release

REVERSE Turn reverse playback on/off

Left Open previous page

Right Open next page

Inst Prm (3/3)

OFF, 0–6
Instruments can be grouped by
setting the same number to multi-
ple pads.
When an LED pad assigned to a
choke group is pressed, before
the sound of that pad is output,
CHOKE
sounds will be muted for the other
LED pads in the group of the same
number.
For example, by giving closed and
open hi-hats the same group num-
ber, the two sounds will not over-
lap unnaturally.
Left Open previous page

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Drum kits
Adjusting drum kit levels and LoFi settings
(KIT PRM)
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 S
 elect the desired drum kit, press , and select EDIT > KIT
PRM.

3 Set each item.

Kit Prm

Level Adjust the kit level

LoFi Turn the lofi effect on/off

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Drum kits
Adjusting drum kit LED pad colors (PAD COL-
OR)
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 S
 elect the desired drum kit, press , and select EDIT > PAD
COLOR.

3 U
 se or to select the track to change, and turn to
change the color.

Drum Pad Color

COLOR 30 pad colors can be selected

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Drum kits
Checking drum kit sounds with reverb
(SEND FX FOR CHECK)
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 S
 elect the desired drum kit, press , and select EDIT > SEND
FX FOR CHECK.

4 Set each item as necessary.

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Drum kits
Kit Send FX (1/2)

ON/OFF Turn the send effect on/off

SEND Adjust effect send amount

TYPE Change the effect type

Tempo or effect mix level
TEMPO/MIX
(depends on TYPE)
Left Return to previous menu

Right Open next page

Kit Send FX (2/2)

Depends on TYPE Depends on TYPE

Left Open previous page

Right Open next page

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Drum kits
Deleting drum kits (DELETE)
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired drum kit, press , and select DELETE.

3 Select YES, and press .

• Be careful because deleted kits cannot be restored.

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Drum kits
Renaming drum kits
1 Press + , and select KIT to open the KIT POOL Screen.

2 Select the desired drum kit, press , and select RENAME.

3 Change the name, and press the right OK button.

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Audio interface
By connecting a smartphone or PC/Mac and using the audio inter-
face functions, you can quickly live stream music you have made.
In addition, the SmplTrek can output and sample audio from smart-
phones, PCs and Macs.

Connecting as an audio interface

1 Connect the SmplTrek USB port to a smartphone or PC/Mac. A
USB icon will be shown when connected.

USB icon appears

•C
 onnecting an iPhone/iPad requires an Apple Lightning to USB
Camera Adapter.

• The audio resolution is 48kHz/16-bit.

• Sampling instructions ( → P.104)

• Output instructions ( → P.103)

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Quantization
Setting quantization
This quantization sets the start timing of track playback and record-
ing when LED pads and are pressed.

1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select QUANTIZE, and press .

3 Turn to set it.

Playback and recording start with quarter-note

1/4 BAR
timing
1/2 BAR Playback and recording start with half-note timing

1 BAR Playback and recording start with 1-bar timing

2 BAR Playback and recording start with 2-bar timing

SCENE Playback and recording start with scene timing

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Clock synchronization with external devices
Multiple devices, including external synthesizers and drum machines,
can be connected to the MIDI and SYNC connectors, allowing them
to be synchronized and used together.

Connecting with other devices

1 Connect other device to the MIDI and SYNC connectors.

SYNC LINE

MIDI
IN OUT IN OUT

DC9V
IN OUT

MEMORY ASSIGN 1 ASSIGN 2 DIMENSION VALUE

bank speed sweep range
KICK SNARE LEVEL HAT OTHERS
MIXER kick 1 snare 1 tune hat 1 hat 2

BASS DRUM LINE IN RATE PITCH DEPTH RELEASE & GATE M.GUN DUCKING FX AMOUNT PTN BPM VOL
fx fx fx KICK 1/ ex 1 SN 1/ ex 2 TIME/ tune HT 1/ ex 3 EX 1/ ex 4 velo ptn level global

PTN BASS DRUM PRM LOCK FX OCTAVE STEP RANDOM 1/3 2/4

shift func save glide kit prm rec fx type pad sweep select stutter tie mute

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

KICK 1 SNARE 1 HAT 1 HAT 2 CYMBAL 1 CYMBAL 2 CLAP STICK KICK 2 SNARE 2 EX 1 EX 2 EX 3 EX 4 EX 5 EX 6

MEMORY EDIT KIT COPY PASTE UNDO REDO BASS PTN DRUM METRO CLOCK MIDI CH MIDI DATA SYSTEM GAIN

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Clock synchronization with external devices
Setting the clock
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select CLOCK, and press .

3 Adjust the items on the settings screen that opens.

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Clock synchronization with external devices
Clock
INTERNAL
Use the built in clock. The SmplTrek
will operate as the master when
used by itself or synchronizing other
devices.
MIDI
SOURCE The SmplTrek will synchronize with
MIDI clock received through the MIDI
IN.
SYNC
The SmplTrek will synchronize with
clock signals received through the
SYNC IN.
The LED will light along with the syn-
TEMPO LED
chronized tempo.
This switches the polarity of the
SYNC IN jack between RISE (+ /
waveform rising) and FALL ( − /
POLARITY IN
waveform falling). Set this to match
the sync polarity of the connected
device.
This switches the polarity of the
SYNC OUT jack between RISE (+
/ waveform rising) and FALL ( − /
POLARITY OUT
waveform falling). Set this to match
the sync polarity of the connected
device.

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MIDI
Setting track MIDI channels
MIDI channel numbers can be set for every SmplTrek track.

1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select MIDI, and press to open the MIDI SETTING Screen.

3 Select TRACK, and press .

4 Use to select the track to change, and turn to change the

channel.

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MIDI
Setting MIDI channels for the unit
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select MIDI, and press to open the MIDI SETTING Screen.

3 Select CHANNEL, and press .

Clock
This channel is for receiving project level
PROJECT
MIDI and other parameters related to the
CHANNEL
project
AUTO This is the channel number used when
CHANNEL the OUTPUT CHANNEL is set to AUTO
Channel used for output
OUTPUT AUTO: Use the AUTO CHANNEL number
CHANNEL TRACK: Use channel numbers set for
each track
This channel is for sending and receiving
PC
program changes Switching scenes is
CHANNEL
done with program changes

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MIDI
Making other MIDI settings
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select MIDI > CONFIG.

3 Set each item.

Config 1/3
Set connectors used to receive
INPUT FROM
MIDI
Set connectors used to send
OUTPUT TO
MIDI
TX NOTE Turn note transmission on/off
Turn control change transmis-
TX CC
sion on/off

Config 2/3

CLOCK OUT Turn clock output on/off

Switch between MIDI OUT and
OUT/THRU
THRU
Set command data transmitting
COMMAND
(TX) and receiving (RX)
PROGRAM Set program change transmit-
CHANGE ting (TX) and receiving (RX)

Config 3/3
Set active sensing transmitting
ACTIVE SENS
(TX) and receiving (RX)

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System settings
Pad sensitivity setting
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select PAD VELOCITY, and press .

3 Turn to adjust it.

Pad Velocity

VELOCITY Set pad sensitivity

1 – 127 Velocity is always at this fixed value.

This is best for people who play with a
SOFT light touch. The sound will be loud even
when tapped lightly.
The velocity will change linearly in re-
LINEAR sponse to how hard the LED pads are
tapped.
This is best for people who play with a
HARD
heavy touch.

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System settings
Battery setting
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select BATTERY, and press .

3 Turn to adjust it.

Battery

BATTERY Select battery type

ALKALINE Alkaline batteries

NiMH Nickel-metal hydride batteries

LITHIUM Lithium batteries

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System settings
Automatic power off function
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select AUTO POWER OFF, and press .

3 Turn to adjust it.

Auto Power Off

Set time until power turns off
AUTO POWER OFF
automatically

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System settings
Resetting the unit to the factory default state
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select RESET, and press .

3 Select YES, and press .

•B
 e careful because this will reset all settings in the SmplTrek
to their factory defaults..

• This will not format the card.

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System settings
Checking system version information
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select INFORMATION, and press .

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Card functions
Card reader mode
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select CARD, and press .

3 Select CARD READER, and press .

3 Select YES, and press .

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Card functions
Testing card performance
T he performance of the card being used can be measured to
determine whether it can be used with the SmplTrek.

1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select CARD, and press .

3 Select PERFORMANCE TEST and press .

4 Press to start the test.

RESULT : OK The card can be used with the SmplTrek.

RESULT : NG The card cannot be used with the SmplTrek.

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Card functions
Formatting
1 Press + to open the SYSTEM MENU Screen.

2 Select CARD, and press .

3 Select FORMAT & DUPLICATE, and press .

4 Select YES, and press .

• Be careful because this will erase all data on the card.

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Firmware updates
Updating the firmware
1 Copy the downloaded firmware (.bin) to the root folder on the
card.

2 While pressing , press and hold the power button.

3 When the update Screen opens, select SYSTEM UPDATE, and

press .

4 Select YES, and press to start the update.

5 After it completes, press the power button to shut the unit down.
Then, restart it.

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Specs
35 voices

• LOOP track + SHOT track + DRUM track + INST track: 30 voices

Maximum • GLOBAL audio track: 3 voices (3 mono tracks)
Polyphony • USB audio track: 1 voice
• External source: 1 voice
(DRUM track and INST track have a maximum of 8 voices each track. MIDI track
can also output up to 8 notes each track.)

48kHz-16bit linear

Sampling Time: Maximum sampling time (size) for a single sample is

approximately 180 minutes in stereo (2 GB).
Sampling/
Recordable Data: Depend on SD card *SD card sold separately
Recording
Data Format: WAV
Resampling, auto-slicing, time-stretching, pitch-changing functions
*SmplTrek requires an SD card for sampling. Supported SD cards are
SDHC cards up to 32 GB. (SDXC cards are not supported.)

Each song project has 16 scenes

1 scene contains 10 sequencer tracks and 3 additional audio tracks
Track Type
• Loop Track: Sequencer for a looping sample (Max 10 tracks/project)
• Shots Track: Sequencer for a single one-shot sample (Max 10 tracks/project)
• Drum Track: Step sequencer for drums (Max 1 track/project)
• Instrument Track: Piano roll style sequencer for musical instruments (Max 3
tracks/project)
Sequencer
• MIDI Track: Piano roll style sequencer for external MIDI equipment. (Max 10
tracks/project)
Max. number of bars: 128 bars in Scene
Note Length: 1/1 〜 1/32
Various copy functions
Transpose function
Real-time and non-real-time recording
Metronome, pre-count function

Effects 36 types (Insert, Send, Master Effects)

Pads 15 velocity-sensitive pads with RGB LEDs

Controllers Control knob x 5, Directional pad with 2 button controls

Display 1.5 inch OLED display

Built-in Mic Mono x 1 (Omni-directional, 94dBSPL)

Built-in Speaker Mono x 1 (1.5W 4 Ω )

INPUT L / Guitar (Switchable 10k Ω and 1M Ω impedance) / Dynamic Mic

[LINE Gain] PAD: -20dB
[Hi-Z Gain] LOW: 0dB, NORMAL: +10dB, HI: +20dB
[MIC Gain] LOW: 0dB, NORMAL: +10dB
INPUT R / Dynamic Microphone
Connectors
[LINE Gain] PAD: -20dB
[MIC Gain] LOW: 0dB, NORMAL: +28.8dB, HI: +50dB
STEREO LINE OUTPUTS (Max +6.5dBV)
*The above jacks are all balanced 1/4" TRS Jack Connectors
PHONES jack (stereo 3.5mm mini jack type)

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Specs
USB port（micro USB Type-B）
[USB Audio] USB 2.0 Full Speed, 48kHz-16bit
Input: 2 channels, Output: 2 channels
[USB MIDI]
[Mass Storage Class] USB2.0 High Speed
*For iPhone, Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter required
Connectors separately
MIDI IN connector (5-Pin DIN type)
MIDI OUT connector (5-Pin DIN type)
AUDIO SYNC IN jack (mono 3.5mm mini jack type)
AUDIO SYNC OUT jack (mono 3.5mm mini jack type)
SD card slot
DC IN connector

DC12V output AC adapter (500mA, Inner Diameter: 2.1mm, Outer Diameter:

5.5mm, Polarity: Center +）
Power Supply Ni-MH AA SIZE Rechargeable Battery or Alkaline AA SIZE Dry Battery x 6
(Alkaline dry batteries life: approx. 4 hours)
*Batteries sold separately

AC Adaptor
Accessories Warranty
*SD card, USB cable and the other connection cables sold separately

Width: 147mm ¦ approx. 5.8 inch

Depth: 175mm ¦ approx. 7.8 inch
Size and weight
Height: 46mm ¦ approx. 1.8 inch
Weight: 550g ¦ approx.1 lbs 3.5 oz

Bottom side screw hole (1/4-20UNC)

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FCC regulation warning (for USA)

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is
no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interfer-
ence to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encour-
aged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

– Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Legal disclaimers

Sonicware Inc. (hereafter,“SONICWARE”) strives to assure that this document is as accurate and current as possible,
but will bear no responsibility for any compensation claims or losses due to content included in this document. More-
over, information in this document could be changed without notice. SONICWARE retains the right to change product
specifications and programs at any time. SONICWARE will bear no responsibility for any errors depicted in this docu-
ment. SONICWARE will bear no responsibility for any losses resulting from the use of this information, functions or per-
formance, regardless of contracts, lack of caution or other conduct.

Copyrights and registered trademarks

• SONICWARE is a registered trademark of Sonicware Inc.

• MIDI is a registered trademark of the Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI).

• Other company names, product names, standard names and registered trademarks in this document are the proper-
ty of their respective owners.

• All the trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are not intended to violate the copyrights of their
owners, but rather are included for the purpose of identification only.

• Recording from copyrighted sources, including audio files, CDs, records, videos, tapes, broadcasts, streamed con-
tent and works of art, without permission of the copyright holder for any purpose other than personal use is prohibit-
ed by law.

• Sonicware Inc. will not assume any responsibility related to infringements of copyrights.

Important safety precautions

You must read the following precautions in order to use the product safely and prevent accidents.

WARNING: Failure to follow these precautions could result in serious harm to the user or even
death.

• Operation using an AC adapter

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 Do not do anything that could exceed the ratings of outlets and other electrical wiring equipment.

Disconnect the AC adapter from the outlet when lightning occurs and when not using it for a long time.

• Operation using batteries

Use-commercially available 1.5V AA dry cell batteries.

Carefully read the precautions of the batteries being used.

Be sure to insert the batteries with +/ − ends oriented correctly.

Do not use new and old batteries together. Do not use batteries of different types together.

Remove the batteries when they will not be used for a long time.

If a leak occurs, thoroughly wipe the battery compartment and battery terminals to remove the leaked fluid.

• Do not open the case and disassemble or modify the product.

• Do not drop, strike or apply excessive force to the unit.

• Do not put liquid on or in the unit.

• Do not put foreign objects into the case.

• Do not use at a loud volume. Doing so could generate loud volumes that might lead to hearing loss.

• When transferring this unit, use the individual packing box and cushioning material that it came with when pur-
chased new.

• When the unit is powered on, do not wrap it in cloth, plastic or other materials.

• Do not step on or apply pressure to the power cord.

• Do not use in the following environmental conditions. Doing so could cause malfunction.

Locations in direct sunlight, environments that exceed 40ºC, or near stoves and other heat sources

Locations with extremely low or high temperatures

Locations with extremely high humidity or where the product could become wet

Locations with frequent vibrations or much dust or sand

• If the unit becomes broken or malfunctions, immediately turn the power off and stop using it.

Usage Precautions

Failure to follow these precautions could cause injury to the user and physical damage.

• When connecting cables or working with the power of the unit, minimize the input levels of connected devices or
turn them off.

• Cleaning

If the screen or the case become dirty, wipe them gently with a soft cloth.

Do not use chemicals, including alcohol, benzene, thinner or cleansers.

If this does not clean them, wipe them with a slightly damp cloth that has been wrung out well.

Do not turn the power on until the product is completely dry.

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