You can sample what you played up to 25 seconds ago (default) using the skip-back sampling function, which works even if you hadn’t started sampling.

This lets you “go back in time” to sample a passage you played well during repeated practice, or to sample a phrase you played well when you were just improvising.

  1. Play back a sample or pattern, or switch the [EXT SOURCE] button on and play the instrument that’s connected to this unit.

    When the unit detects an audio level at or above a certain level, the unit begins recording to skip-back memory (which is used only for sampling past audio signals). At this time, the [MARK] button blinks.

  2. Press the [MARK] button.

    After “SKIP BACK...” appears, the waveform of the audio in skip-back memory is displayed.

  3. Press the [REC] button.

    “Select Pad To Save” appears. Empty pads to which samples haven’t been assigned blink red.

  4. Press pads [1]–[16] to select the pad to which you want to assign the skip-back memory audio.

    Now the audio from skip-back memory is assigned to the pad.

    Once you press the [EXIT] button without assigning the skip-back memory audio or turn off this unit, the skip-back memory is lost.

    If you want to keep the skip-back memory audio, make sure to assign it to a pad.

    When you set the “SBS Time” system parameter to “Long”, the maximum time available for recording to skip-back memory can be set to a maximum of 40 seconds.

    See “SBS Time” in the system parameters for details.
Skip-back sampling: how it works, and what its restrictions are
  • Skip-back memory records up to 25 seconds (default) of audio. Anything recorded more than 25 seconds ago is erased, and can’t be previewed or sampled.
  • The skip-back memory audio starts and pauses recording according to the setting of the Auto Trig Level parameter. When the input audio signal exceeds the level set in the Auto Trig Level parameter, skip-back memory starts recording. When the input audio signal falls below the level set in the Auto Trig Level parameter for at least three seconds, skip-back memory recording is paused.
  • Skip-back memory is not recording if the [MARK] button is not blinking, and thus can’t be previewed or sampled. If you press the [MARK] button at this time, the message “No SKIP BACK Trigger Data” is shown.