is this possible?

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I'm a keyboard/MIDI novice, so I don't even know if I can do this, but here's my question....

I have an old Roland U20 as a my keyboard/controller right now. The only reason I'm holding on to it (and not upgrading to something from a more recent decade) is because there's one voice on there that is absolutely integral to one of my bands original tunes. Have a couple of sound modules (Roland JV-1010 and Alesis QSR) but I haven't found anything close enough to that sound to make me happy...

Is there any way to transfer that sound to a different keyboard/module? Or at least to my computer so I can keep it for recording, etc. (I'm running Cakewalk and have some other related software)? If anyone can tell me if and how I can do this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

J
http://www.mp3.com/30sos/

P.S. Suggestions on new keyboards in the $500-$800 price range are welcome as well (please keep in mind that our style of music is electronic metal/industrial).
 
Regebro is right !

A sampler is the solution.

I had a sound on a SY85 that was totally unique and had a leading role in one of our songs.
When I dumped the SY I had to sample this sound and put it in my Kurzweil K2500.
 
Thanks for all your input, it seems like a sampler's the way to go. But here's my next question. I've worked with pre-made loops and samples before and have access to a sampler, but I've never sampled my own sound(s). How specifically should I do this? Do I sample one note and work with pitch-transpose when I access the sample later to get different 'notes'? In the song I used this patch for, I'd use the pitch lever to drop one of the notes down while I was playing -- should I sample that pitch drop as well? Do I sample a short note or a long note (if so, how long)? Etc...

I understand the priciple of sampling the sound for use later, but I'm not sure how to sample it for the best results (and do it in a way where I'd have similar control over the sample as I would if it were a keyboard patch). Once we get past this, I'll hit you up for the best way to use it once it is sampled... ;-)> Thanks!

J

http://www.mp3.com/30SoS/
 
If you have the time and patience it's worth sampling every key instead of letting the sampler pitch 1 sample across the entire keyboard.

If the sound is 'non-evolving' then just a small looped sample will do. Otherwise you'll have to have big samples and maybe forget about looping. You probably don't have to worry about the pitch stuff - nearly every sampler can do nice pitch bends.

Whatever you do - keep the U20 until you're sure you're happy with the samples.
 
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