Boss SP-505
Sampling workstation with 16 pads and three control knobs.
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The BOSS SP-505 Groove Sampling Workstation is a digital sampler released in 2002 by Boss Corporation, a division of Roland Corporation. It belongs to the SP family and followed the SP-303 installment. Both the 303 and 505 were later succeeded by the SP-404 in 2005.
Quick Facts
- Manufacturer
- Boss Corporation (division of Roland Corporation)
- Release year
- 2002
- Polyphony
- 8-voice (resample polyphony: 4 mono voices OR 1 stereo voice and 2 mono voices OR 2 stereo voices)
- Internal sampling time
- over two minutes of CD-quality mono
- Power
- AC power only
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Features
The SP-505 records audio via line or microphone, and imports or exports WAV and AIF files through a SmartMedia card. Its internal memory offers over two minutes of CD-quality mono sampling, expandable to over one hour with an optional 128MB SmartMedia card; cards range from 8MB to 128MB. The interface includes 16 large pads and three control knobs, a design traditional to SP installments. Sixty-four onboard tones cover drums, bass, keyboard, and synth sounds.
Twenty-nine effects such as tape echo, isolator, and vinyl simulator are available for resampling and realtime control. A 1/4" microphone input is provided. The chop function divides loops and maps individual samples to pads, while the pitch function allows playback at new pitches. BPM sync matches up to 16 phrases to the same tempo.
Sounds are imported via .WAV/AIFF files on SmartMedia or through coaxial/optical digital inputs. Polyphony is 8-voice, with resample polyphony of 4 mono voices, or 1 stereo voice and 2 mono voices, or 2 stereo voices. The unit runs on AC power only.
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Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Boss SP-505 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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