Roland Digital Sampler MS-1

Awesome and easy to use sampler

Description

The Roland Digital Sampler MS-1 features eight rubber, velocity-sensitive pads that trigger individual samples assigned to them. There are eight pads arranged into five banks for a total of 40 sampled sounds. Programming of the MS-1 is possible through the use of a small LCD display and menu-driven settings. Sample time depends on the sample-rate quality selected during recording... called HIGH, STANDARD, LONG-1 or LONG 2. The internal flash memory holds approximately 20 seconds on the HIGH setting, or nearly a minute on the LONG-2 setting. The samples can be pitch controlled. Playback start-and-end points can also be edited as well as truncated. The samples can also be divided and the split parts assigned to separate pads, and looped and loop start-and-end points can be edited within the MS-1. The MS-1 also features MIDI in and out, but no thru. For recording audio, the MS-1 uses left/right RCA jack audio inputs and two microphone jacks. It can sample in either mono or stereo and sampling quality can be reduced to allow more sampling time and the lower the setting, the grittier the digitized sounds become. Audio output is provided through a pair of left/right RCA output jacks as well as a headphone jack. The MS-1 also features a simple, single track sequencer which triggers only the internal sounds. Up to four sequence patterns can be stored in memory for a total of 900 pad operations. You can increase sampling time with an optional 2 to 20MB Sandisk type ATA Type II flash RAM PCMCIA card. The MS-1 is powered either by a power adapter with a standard 9-volt DC center nagative barrel type tip or 6 x AA batteries.

This particular Roland Digital Sampler MS-1 is in fair condition. It has a lot of surface scratches and wear on the face of the sampler. Does not include box, power adapter, memory card or manual. Sampler only.