BOSS SP-202 | 3 tips to kill that annoying high pitch squeal noise when sampling...

Here&3 things I do to combat that annoying high pitched squeal when sampling with the Boss SP-202 Dr Sample. 0:09 Lower REC LEVEL 1:07 BANKS C/D Are Quieter 1:43 EQ in DAW I get asked about this often, at first you&probably concerned you&bought a lemon, like I was, but I&pretty sure it&common in all SP-202s. Long story short, with nothing connected to the LINE IN, the squeal still exists and get&louder as you turn up the REC LEVEL. This means it&an internal process causing it and we need to be mindfull of the REC LEVEL. 1. Lower REC LEVEL What I find works best is to set the REC LEVEL to around 11 o&and turn up the volume of your audio source (computer, record player or, in this case, SP-303...etc) until the 202&PEAK lights up just a little. This, for me, gives me the best signal-to-noise ratio. 2. Use BANKS C/D These Banks are for the Smart Media Card (mine is 4MB 5 Volts = 4m27s hifi mono sampling time) and there are a few pros and cons to using one. The cards are hard to find, expensive and some of the FX (incl. Time Stretch) only work on Banks A/B. That said, I use Banks C/D almost exclusivly - I sample to sp202, pitch the sample then record that to my sp404/sp303/DAW which is where I would prefer to do FX / Time Stretching anyway. Here&the biggest advantage, the high squeal records nowhere near as loud when recording to Banks C/D. If you keep REC LEVEL at 11 o&you&in the clear. In my experience, with the amount of sp202 sampling I do everyday, the Smart Media...