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Keymap and Sample Editing

Editing Samples

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thezeropointofthedisplay(thehorizontallineinthemiddleofthewaveformdisplay.)Though

adjustingthesepointsvisuallyishelpful,alwayslistentothesampleandmakethefinalsettings

basedonwhatsoundsbest.You’llnoticeanaudibleclickinyoursampleloopiftheendsof

the

waveformdonotmeetwheretheloopoccurs.Thecloseryoucangetthetwoendsofthe

waveform,thebetterthesoundqualityofyourloopwillbe.Usingzero‐crossingsfortheLoop

andEndparametersmayalsohelpreduceclicksatthelooppoint,seeZero‐

andZero+belowfor

details.

TheEnd(E)parametersetsthepointatwhichthecurrentsamplewillstopplayback.Typically

you’llusethisparametertotrimunwantedsilenceofftheendofasample,althoughyoucanuse

ittoshortenasampleasmuchasyouwant.

NoteOnSaving

Samples:Trimmedportionsofasamplearenotsaved.Trimmedportionsbeforethe

Start(S),orAlternativeSt art(A)points(whicheverhasalowervalue)willbelostuponsaving,and

whicheverparameterhadalowervaluewillhaveavalueofzerothenexttimeitisloaded(values

forall

othersamplepointparameterswillbeadjustedrelatively.)TrimmedportionsaftertheAlternativeStart

(A)orEnd(E)points(whicheverhasahighervalue)willbelostuponsaving.Ifyouwishtosaveacopyof

theoriginaluntrimmedsample,savethetrimmedversionunderadifferent

ID#.Ifyousaveatrimmed

sampleatitsoriginalID#,youcanalwaysrestoretheoriginalversionbydeletingthemodifiedversion

thatyousaved.Todeletea sample,seeOBJECT on page 9‐28,theDeletefunction.

Zoom- and Zoom+

Thesebuttonsincreaseordecreasetheresolutionofthewaveformdisplay,enablingyoutosee

a

largerorsmallerseg m entofthe waveformofthecurrentlyselectedsample.Thetoplineofthe

displayindicatesthezoompositionintermsofafraction—forexample,1/256—whichindicates

thenumberofindividualsampleelementsrepresentedbyeachdisplaypixel.Avalueof1/256

meansthateachpixel

represents256individualsampleelements.Themaximumzoomsetting

of1showsyouaverysmallsegmentofthesample.Theminimumsettingof1/16384showsyou

thelargestpossiblesegmentofthesample.EachpressofaZoomsoftbuttonincreasesor

decreasesthezoombyafactorof4.

Gain- and Gain+

Thesebuttonsincreaseordecreasethemagnificationofthecurrentlydisplayedsample

waveform,enablingyoutoseethewaveformingreaterorlesserdetail.Attheleftofthedisplay,

you’llseethemagnificationsetting,whichisexpressedindBunits.Youcanadjustthe

magnificationfrom48dB(maximum

magnification)to 0 dB.Thisdoesn’taffecttheactual

amplitudeofthesample,onlythemagnificationofitsdisplay.

ThesimplestwaytothinkoftheZoomandGainbuttonsistorememberthattheZoombuttons

controltheleft/rightmagnificationofthewaveform,whiletheGainbuttonscontroltheup/

downmagnification.Neither

buttonhasanyaffectonthesoundofthesample.You’lloftenuse

theZoomandGainsoftbuttonstogethertofocusinonaparticularsamplesegment,then

magnifyittoseeitinclosedetail.

Forexample,youmightwanttozoomouttoviewanentiresamplewaveform,

todecidewhich

segmentyouwanttoedit.Youcouldthenzoomintofocusonaparticularsegment.Onceyou’ve

zoomedin,youmaywanttoboosttheGaintoenableyoutosetanewStart(S)pointwith

greaterprecision,orensurethatyougetasmooth

looptransition.

Zero- and Zero+

PressingtheZero‐orZero+buttonswillsearchleftorrightrespectivelyforthesample’snext

zero‐crossing.Azero‐crossingisapointwherethesamplewaveformisneitherpositiveor

negative(crossingthehorizontallineinthemiddleofthewaveformdisplay.)Thecurrently

selectedparameter(Start

(S),AlternativeStart(A),Loop(L),orEnd(E))willbesettothispoint

inthesample.S ettingtheseparameterstozero‐crossingscanhelpminimizeclicksatthestart,

end,orlooppointofasample.It’sbesttohaveeachofthesepointssetfirstbyadjusting

each

parameterandlisteningtothesample,thenifneededsearchforanearbyzero‐crossing.

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