Off course you can’t do stereo sampling the way you should using a stereo sampler, but there is a workaroud however that is even more creative, and renders more unique sounds than plain old stereo sampling would. There are some backdrafts though : polifony is only half (8 voices) and if method 1 is used you need two samples for every voice, thus consuming more memory.

I figured this out about four years ago when my friend bought a S760 and stunned me with its capability's. Since I wasn't planning to spend a lot of $$$$ on a new sampler right away I was looking for a way to expand the features of the sampler I already owned ... the result was stereo sampling on the W30. I'm not shure if anybody else has ever thought of this before me, but it is possible and there is no mystery involved, no hidden features or anything, just plain old W30 programming, or to put it in other words : the possibility has always been there.

The basic idea to achieve stereo sampling is to make a patch that plays two different tones assigned to two different outputs. One output for the left channel and one for the right channel (for instance Left=out 7 and Right=out 8).

Anyhow, this is how it's done (knowledge of sampling, looping and basic operations on the W30 is assumed)

Step 1:
First you need two samples that are slightly different (method 1) or one sample and a subtone (method 2).
These two tones should be trimmed and/or looped if nescesary, just like you would do with other tones which you are about to use in a patch.

-Method 1:
If you sample a programmable synthesizer for instance, just sample the same sound twice, but the second time slightly (or dramatically) adjust the parameters of the program in the source synth so that a different sound is achieved. This way you can even make stereo samples of a mono synth what especially works great on analog synths as they have kind of an organic sound that is never quite the same. Acoustic instruments can be sampled twice right away, every played note sounds different anyhow, just select two samples which have aproximately the same amplitude level.
If you sample of a record, try applying different effects on the part you are sampling or make a sample of the left channel and then a sample of the right channel or use the sub-tone technique explained below.

-Method 2:
The second possibility is to sample just one sound and create a sub-tone of it. Then use different envelope and filter settings for the tone and the sub-tone to make them sound different. This for instance allows you to make a sound move from left to right as on the example disk named "stereo with sub-tones" where a airliner seems to fly from left to right.
This method is less memory consuming which is of great importance if you have only 14 seconds available.

Just use your imagination when creating samples or subtones, the possibilities are endless.

Step 2: (TIP: To jump to a page just press the USER button, key in the number XX and press the ENTER key)
Assign the two tones to different outputs.
If for instance you want to use tone 1 for the left and tone 2 for the right channel you have to assign tone 1 to output 7 and tone 2 to output 8.
-Select the "41. Tone parameter" page.
-Select tone 1 - change "Out assign" to "OUT 7"
-Select tone 2 - change "Out assign" to "OUT 8"

Step 3:
Create a patch by assigning keys to the tones.
-select the "37. Patch split" page.
-Select the patch number you want to use and press F2 "INIT" followed by F1 "1patch" to initialise the patch.
-Select "1st" and change tone number to 1 (left channel sound)
-Select "2nd" and change tone number to 2 (right channel sound)
-Press F5 "Set" to change "Set mode" to "1st&2nd" and press the keys on the keyboard to define the key-range that is going to trigger the tones.

Step 4:
Set the patch parameters to play both sounds simultaneous and send them to the outputs defined by the tones.
-Select the "36. Patch parameters" page.
-Change "Key mode" to "MIX"
-Change "Out assign" to "Tone"

Step 5:
Now connect output 7 to the left and output 8 to the right channel of a mixer, amplifier, or your refrigerator ... et voila, stereo playback.

If any of these steps is unclear to you, consult your W30 manual about that particular W30 page or load one of the free to download disks in your W30 and look at the pages related to every step.

If you realy can't figure it out or have problems with a specific step or function, than drop me a mail and i 'll see what i can do.