S-550 had an ability to create lots of patches from the one sample,
without using anymore sample memory.
Each patch having different start, end and loop points, filters,
envelope,playback and ouput assignments etc.
So it was like having virtual samples, and was a way to split a drum loop up
into smaller
parts without physically cutting the sample.
I tried my hardest but I couldn't get the S760 to do this short of
copying the sample and creating a new patch many years ago.
I am thinking of getting another, and someone told me this had been fixed?
Colin