<s>
The	O
Roland	B-General_Concept
SP-808	I-General_Concept
GrooveSampler	I-General_Concept
and	O
SP-808EX/E	O
-Mix	O
Studio	O
are	O
both	O
discontinued	O
workstations	O
,	O
which	O
function	O
as	O
digital	O
samplers	O
,	O
synthesizers	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
sequencers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
digital	O
samplers	O
are	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
long	O
line	O
of	O
both	O
Roland	O
Corporation	O
's	O
and	O
Boss	O
Corporation	O
's	O
Groove	O
Gear	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
and	O
successful	O
Boss	O
SP-303	O
and	O
Roland	B-Device
SP-404	I-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
an	O
early	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
SP	O
lineage	O
,	O
the	O
SP-808	B-General_Concept
GrooveSampler	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
of	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
receiving	O
an	O
upgrade	O
,	O
both	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
SP-808	B-General_Concept
have	O
and	O
also	O
lack	O
certain	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
succeeding	O
SP	O
installments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Roland	B-General_Concept
SP-808	I-General_Concept
GrooveSampler	I-General_Concept
can	O
play	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
stereo	O
samples	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
sample	O
rates	O
of	O
44.1	O
and	O
32kHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
an	O
predecessor	O
to	O
more	O
popular	O
SPs	O
,	O
the	O
sampler	O
itself	O
can	O
hold	O
over	O
1,000	O
samples	O
,	O
while	O
100MB	O
Zip	B-Operating_System
disks	I-Operating_System
can	O
store	O
up	O
to	O
1024	O
samples	O
,	O
roughly	O
amounting	O
to	O
64	O
minutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
succeeding	O
SP	O
installments	O
,	O
the	O
sampler	O
has	O
no	O
USB	B-Protocol
or	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
card	I-Device
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
audio	O
samples	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
stored	O
,	O
read	O
,	O
and	O
transferred	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
zip	B-Operating_System
drive	I-Operating_System
rather	O
than	O
internal	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
maximize	O
storage	O
space	O
on	O
zip	B-Operating_System
disks	I-Operating_System
,	O
Roland	O
decided	O
against	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
AIFF	O
and	O
WAV	O
audio	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D-Beam	B-General_Concept
controller	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
an	O
upgrade	O
from	O
the	O
Groovesampler	O
,	O
the	O
SP-808EX	O
E-Mix	O
Studio	O
includes	O
a	O
virtual	O
monophonic	O
synthesizer	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
step	O
sequencer	O
and	O
D-Beam	B-General_Concept
controller	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vocal	O
effects	O
,	O
guitar	O
multi-effects	O
,	O
a	O
10-band	O
Vocoder	B-Application
,	O
Voice	O
Transformer	O
,	O
Mic	O
Simulator	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
DJ-oriented	O
groove	O
effects	O
were	O
added	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
larger	O
250MB	O
Zip	B-Operating_System
drive	I-Operating_System
replaces	O
the	O
original	O
100MB	O
Zip	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
receiving	O
little	O
popularity	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
later	O
SP-303	O
and	O
SP-404	B-Device
installments	O
,	O
Slipknot	O
member	O
133	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
utilized	O
the	O
sampler	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DJ	O
and	O
music	O
producer	O
,	O
Rekha	O
Malhotra	O
is	O
known	O
for	O
utilizing	O
the	O
SP-808	B-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
