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Boss SP-505
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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <ul><li>Having the traditional features of the Roland & Boss Grooveboxes, the 505 has the ability to record audio directly via line/mic, or import/export industry-standard WAV and AIF files via <a href="/facts/SmartMedia/BcdfCqIk">SmartMedia</a> card.</li> <li>The SP-505’s <a href="/facts/Internal_memory/wPHKFpdx">internal memory</a> provides over two minutes of CD-quality mono sampling, which can be expanded to over one hour using an optional 128MB SmartMedia card. The Smartmedia cards range from 8Mb to 128Mb.</li> <li>The interface design of the sampler consists of 16 large pads, and three control knobs. This design is now traditional to SP installments, with individual distinctions throughout installments.</li> <li>There are 64 onboard tones with drums, bass, keyboard, and also synth sounds.</li> <li>29 effects like <a href="/facts/Tape_echo/t2UR7gHI">tape echo</a>, isolator and vinyl simulator, that can be extensively utilized by resampling and realtime control.</li> <li>1/4" <a href="/facts/Microphone/7YWGlXCl">microphone</a> input for sampling</li> <li>CD-quality sound</li> <li>Chop function divides loops and maps individual samples to pads</li> <li>Pitch function for playing back samples at new pitches as on a keyboard</li> <li>BPM sync function instantly matches up to 16 phrases to the same tempo</li> <li>Sounds are imported by form of .WAV/AIFF files via SmartMedia, and by coaxial/optical digital inputs</li> <li>8-voice <a href="/facts/Polyphony/obub59bA">polyphony</a> (resample polyphony: 4 mono voices OR 1 stereo voice and 2 mono voices OR 2 stereo voices)</li> <li>Runs on AC power only (unlike other SP installments, there is no battery power option).</li></ul> <h2 id="notable-users">Notable users</h2> <p>Despite not initially becoming as popular as the 303 and 404 installments, the 505 is well-associated with hip-hop producer <a href="/facts/Madlib/0KhFB7u4">Madlib</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"BOSS - SP-505 | Groove Sampling Workstation". <a href="https://www.boss.info/us/products/sp-505/features/" target="_blank">https://www.boss.info/us/products/sp-505/features/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"15 samplers that shaped modern music – and the musicians who use them". 15 September 2016. <a href="https://www.factmag.com/2016/09/15/15-samplers-that-shaped-modern-music/" target="_blank">https://www.factmag.com/2016/09/15/15-samplers-that-shaped-modern-music/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Boss Sp-505 Groove Sampler". <a href="http://www.chriscarter.co.uk/content/sos/boss_sp505.html" target="_blank">http://www.chriscarter.co.uk/content/sos/boss_sp505.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"BOSS SP-505 | Vintage Synth Explorer". <a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/sp505.php" target="_blank">http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/sp505.php</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Electronic Musician Magazine". <a href="https://www.emusician.com/gear/boss-sp-505-phrase-sampler" target="_blank">https://www.emusician.com/gear/boss-sp-505-phrase-sampler</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"15 samplers that shaped modern music – and the musicians who use them". 15 September 2016. <a href="https://www.factmag.com/2016/09/15/15-samplers-that-shaped-modern-music/" target="_blank">https://www.factmag.com/2016/09/15/15-samplers-that-shaped-modern-music/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>