Ooh, this looks like a fun lil thing! I might have to get me one of these… could use a no-frills sample playback device in this footprint
Lmaooooo so from what I tried yesterday evening: p6 doesn’t differentiate between sampling and resampling. When you sample, internal is one of the many sources you can use. I think you just have to start recording, then trig a pad or launch a pattern.
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Yeah it’s great. Just start sampling my dude. Don’t have to stop the pattern or nuthin’ 
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you need to hold shift and turn the main encoder to get greater increments, im fudging the numbers but doing it without shift changes it in ~0.0005 increments whereas using shift changes it by ~0.5. this one had me stumped for a while too
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I believe this would be a great little sampler buddy for DNII now that DNII has the expanded midi sequencer with more CCs and the ability to name them. Has anyone tried sequencing P6 from an Elektron box?
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P-6 Owner’s Manual
Sampler: Start Position, Size, Loop Size (*5)
Granular: Head Position, Grain Size (*5)
*5. You can set this on a per-sample basis (1 ÷ sample rate).
For this reason, the value shown in the display may not change even when you turn the [TEMPO/VALUE] knob.
Turn the [TEMPO/VALUE] knob while holding down the [SHIFT] button to increase the value even more.
UPDATE HISTORY
[ Ver.1.02 ] SEP 2024
When the Start Position, Size, Loop Size of the sample pad and the Head Position and Grain Size of the Granular are changed using the [TEMPO/VALUE] knob, the displayed time is changed to the third decimal place or lower for a fixed amount of time.
1/44100 = 0.00 0022 (The last 4 digits will scroll.)
Roland might be better off reflecting the update information in the manual.
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I’d like to know this too. In theory it should be a really powerful and compact duo.
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I have an ooooold mpc500 sleeping in a drawer that I’ve never managed to sell. I was thinking about sequencing the p6 with it. Like a mini version of the mpc1000 / sp303 legendary duo.
But, caveat: you can sequence only one pad as a chromatic or chop pad since it’s done on chan 16. So, not that cool, unless you dump your sequences into the p6 sequencer as you go along.
Hmmmm, I’ll have to try. There’s a “best of both worlds” scenario to find, I think.
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Something I’ve found hard to extract from the manual (or maybe it just doesn’t exist) is if it’s possible to sample while the seqeuncer is running without resampling internally.
I’ve been having fun playing s-1 along with the p-6 and grabbing bits but I’ve not been able to work out how to sample just the input and not the input and the internal output?
Since the P-6 samples the sound it hears as it is, it is not possible to sample only the input sound while playing a pattern on a sequencer.
I hope it will be added in the next update.
Wait. So you can’t play your beat and sample a synth or guitar?
Maybe yours is set on resampling. And it captures the master output instead of just the input.
Nope there’s no option to choose between resample or record from usb/line. I don’t mind it personally, can’t have it all with budget boxes right.
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Metronome sounds are not sampled, so I recommend using a metronome to sample your instrument performance to the beat.
From that standpoint it’s like on the sp303, right?
How’s the combo S1+P6?
How do you use them?
I have P6 and was on a fence to get the S1
Guys, the autochop reacts to start / end knobs in real time. Meaning you can continue to tailor the full section you’re chopping while it chops. And since you can automate these knobs, there’s some madness to be found. Might be pretty obvious for you but I was blown away.
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I am not clear of what you mesn
Man, you autochopped your post then tweaked the start and end knobs, right? 
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I was very surprised that the p6 was clever enough to use the start and end set by the user instead of the whole sample when in autochop mode…
It might be something normal in most samplers but I almost never use autochop. So, very nice surprise!
So far, behind the horrendous manual, the sometimes cryptic screen and the combos, I find the p6 full of very useful and clever little details that I didn’t expect to find in such a box.
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