Boss SP-202 Dr Sample
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The Boss Dr. Sample SP-202 is a discontinued sampling workstation made by
Boss Corporation Boss is a manufacturer of Effects unit, effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories. For many years Boss has manu ...
, a division under
Roland Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on 18 April 1972. In 2005, its headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It has fact ...
. Released in the year of 1998, it is the premier installment to the SP family, which includes Boss’s popular
SP-303 The Boss Dr. Sample SP-303 is a discontinued digital sampler from Boss, successor of the Boss SP-202 Dr. Sample. The SP-303 was revamped and redesigned in 2005, and released as the SP-404, by Roland Corporation. Features While the Dr. Sample SP ...
and Roland's SP-404 installments. The sampler is also successor to Roland's MS-1 Digital Sampler.


Features

Being an early installment, the SP-202 has a limited number of features which were later improved and expanded on through future installments/upgrades of the SP lineage: * 8 large pads, 4 banks, two control knobs, with overall display and operation that was later enhanced with the Boss SP-303 * Compact, easy-to-use portable sampler—perfect for club DJs, hip-hop and dance music artists, and other sampling musicians * Innovative BPM function calculates BPM from sample length for easy looping* * 6 built-in effects including Pitch Shift, Filter 1 & 2, Time Stretch, Delay, Ring Modulation * Sampling time — 4 min. 20 sec. internal, up to 37 min. using optional 5 volt SmartMedia card (2mb or 4mb supported) * User-selectable sampling grade programmable for each pad * Built-in microphone for sampling any time, any place * Import/export WAV/AIF via SmartMedia card slot * Runs on battery or AC power


Musicians

A number of musicians have used the SP-202 as part of their production and performance. Several artists include
Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...
, as well as Tobacco.


See also

*
Roland MS-1 Digital Sampler The Roland MS-1 Digital Sampler was a compact, 16-bit digital audio phrase sampler produced by Roland in 1994 as a straightforward, inexpensive, entry-level sampler. In the year of 1998, the sampler was succeeded by the Boss SP-202 sampler. Ove ...
* Boss SP-303 * Boss SP-505


References


Further reading

*


External links


SP-202: Dr. Sample

SP-Forums.com - An active forum dedicated to Roland's SP range
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roland SP-202 Samplers (musical instrument) Roland Boss Corporation Workstations Roland synthesizers Grooveboxes Music sequencers Sound modules Music workstations Hip hop production Japanese inventions