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Keymap and Sample Editing

The Keymap Editor

Velocity Range (VelRange)

Thisparametershowsthekeyboardvelocityrange(indynamiclevels)thatwilltriggerasample

forthecurrentKeyRange.Inakeyrangewithmorethanonevelocityrange,eachvelocityrange

canuseadifferentsample,aswellasdifferentCoarseTune,FineTune,andVolumeAdjust

settings.Velocityrangesareintended

forusewithinstrumentsamplesrecordedatdifferent

velocities.Thishelpstomakeplayingsampledinstrumentssoundmorerealistic.Sample

volumesarealsoscaledbasedonkeyboardvelocitywithineachvelocityrange.Velocityranges

forthecurrentKeymaparesetusingtheVel Rng softbutton(seeVelocityRanges

(VelRng) on page 12‐5)

ortheLowVelocity(Lo),HighVelocity(Hi)parameters(seebelow.)All

keyrangesinaKeymapsharethesamesetofvelocityranges.Uptoeightvelocityrangescanbe

used.

WhentheVelRangeparameterisselected,youcanscrollthroughavailablevelocityrangesusing

theAlphaWheelorthe‐/+

buttons.Multiplevelocityrangesareonlyshownifthecurrent

Keymapusesmorethanonevelocityrange.IfthetoplineoftheEditKeymappagedisplays

VelRange,youcanscrollthroughtheavailablevelocityrangeswithany parameteronthepage

selectedusingtheCh an/Layer buttons.(PresstheTogglesoftbutton

totogglethetopline

betweendisplayingVelRangeandKeyRange.)

Low Velocity (Lo), High Velocity (Hi)

Usetheseparameterstosetthevelocityrangeofthecurrentkeyrange.Ifyouextendthecurrent

velocityrangeintoanother,theboundariesoftheothervelocityrangewillbecomeshortenedto

accommodatethevelocityrangeyouareextending.

Ifthevelocityrangeyouareextending

coversanothervelocityrange,theothervelocityrangewillbedeleted.

Coarse Tune

CoarseTuneallowsyoutotransposeasampleforagivenrange.Thisisextremelyusefulwhen

youhavesettheRootkeyofthesampleforonenotebutwantto

assignthesampletoadifferent

partofthekeyboardandstillbeabletoplayitwithouttransposition(seeRootKey on page 12‐10 

fordetails.)Forexample,ifyouoriginallysettheRootkeyatC4butwantthesampleassignedto

C3,youwouldsetCoarseTuneto12ST,

transposingituponeoctave.Nowtheoriginalpitchwill

playatC3,oneoctavedown.IfyouexaminethedrumandpercussionkitkeymapsinROM,you

willseethatwehavedonethis.MostofourROMdrumsampleshavetheRootkeysetatC4.

There’sashort

cutforadjustingtheCoarseTuneautomaticallysothatthesampleplayswith

minimaltranspositionintheassignedkeyrange.SeeSpecialDoubleButtonPressesintheKeymap

Editor on page 12‐6.

Fine Tune

Thisgivesyoufurtherpitchcontrol.Oncethesample’spitchisclosetothedesirednote,usethe

Finetune

tosharpenorflattenitasmuchasahalf‐semitone.

Master Transpose (MasterXpose)

Thisparameterdoesnotreallypertaintothekeymapitself.Insteaditisid enticaltothe

TransposeparameterfoundontheMIDI‐modeTRANSMITpage.Ifyouchangethevaluehere,

thesamevaluewillbereflectedontheMIDI

‐modeTRANSMITpage,andviceversa.It

transposestheentireinstrumentglobally.Thereasonitisplacedonthispageisthatitwillallow

youtoassignsamplesacrosstheentirekeyboardeasily,whenyouareusingakeyboardthathas

fewerthan88notes.

Volume Adjust

Hereyoucanadjust

thevolumeofthenotesinthecurrentkeyrange.Thisenablesyoutomake

eachkeyrangeplayatthesamevolumeevenifthesamplesinthevariousrangeswererecorded

atdifferentvolumes.

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