The Roland SP-606 is a
music
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...
sampler manufactured by
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese multinational 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 Prefect ...
. It is part of the SP family, which includes Roland’s popular
SP-303 and
SP-404 installments. Released in the year of 2004, the sampler was soon succeeded in 2005 by the
SP-404.
Features
Unlike the predecessors, the SP-606 was designed in collaboration with Cakewalk. As a result, the sampler was bundled with the then-new P606 software from Cakewalk for enhanced integration and functionality with a PC. The SP-606 has over 40 various effects, which include Isolator, Filter + Drive, Slicer, Reverb, Tape Echo. It also has the
D Beam feature, which allows the user to control 3 different effects physically, including
synth
A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...
,
trigger, and
filter. The maximum number of samples that can be internally stored is 128. Samples are recorded in 'SP606 original format', with the memory used equating roughly to 16MB. Audio samples are imported and exported in WAV/AIF file format, by way of CompactFlash. Additionally, CompactFlash is used to update the sampler itself. MIDI can be transferred via USB connection for both Mac and PC.
Users
Despite not being initially popular and successful as the
SP-303 and
SP-404 installments upon release, the digital sampler managed to receive a small following over the years, being utilized by notable producers such as
Madlib
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and
Conductor Williams.
References
External links
* https://www.roland.com/global/products/sp-606/
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SP-606
Samplers (musical instrument)
Grooveboxes
D-Beam
Music sequencers
Sound modules
Music workstations
Hip-hop production
Japanese inventions