The Boss Dr. Sample SP-202 is a discontinued sampling workstation made by Boss Corporation, a division under Roland Corporation. Released in the year of 1998, it is the premier installment to the SP family, which includes Boss’s popular SP-303 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

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* Compact, easy-to-use portable sampler—perfect for club DJs, hip-hop and

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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

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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, as well as

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SP-202: Dr. Sample

SP-Forums.com - An active forum dedicated to Roland's SP range
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