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:
eight large pads, four banks, two control knobs, with overall display and operation that was later enhanced with the Boss SP-303 Compact, easy-to-use portable sampler—perfect for club DJs, hip-hop and dance music artists, and other sampling musicians Innovative BPM function calculates BPM from sample length for easy looping* six 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 SmartMedia 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 Tobacco.
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Further reading
External links SP-202: Dr. Sample SP-Forums.com - An active forum dedicated to Roland's SP range