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About Key zones, Assigned and Unassigned Samples
When you load samples and rearrange your key mapping, you will often end up with
samples that are not assigned to any key zone. In the following texts we refer to the
samples as follows:
• Assigned samples are samples that are currently assigned to one ore more key
zones.
• Unassigned samples are samples that reside in the sample memory, but that are
currently not assigned to any key zone.
Adding Sample(s) to a Key Map
If the sample hasn’t been loaded yet
1. Select a key zone.
This can be empty, or contain a sample - it doesn’t matter for now.
2. Use the Sample Browser to add one, or several (see below), sample(s).
The following will happen:
D If the zone contained a sample prior to loading, this will be replaced,
both in the zone and in the sample memory, unless the sample was also
used by another key zone, in which case it will be kept.
D If you loaded several samples, one of the samples will be assigned to the
key zone, and the other samples will be loaded but remain unassigned.
If the sample is already loaded but unassigned
1. Select a key zone.
This can be empty, or contain a sample - it doesn’t matter for now.
2. Use the Sample knob to dial in the sample you want the key zone to play.
The Sample knob.
Setting the Root Key
Once you have defined a key zone, and added a sample, you should set the root key
for the sample.
D Select the key zone the sample belongs to, and click on the key you wish
to set the root key to.
Which key to select is normally determined by the pitch of the sample. For exam-
ple if the sample plays a F#2 guitar note, click on F#2.
✪ Note that it is possible to select a root key outside the key zone, if re-
quired.
Removing Sample(s) from a Key Map
D To remove a sample, select the zone it belongs to, and then select “De-
lete Sample” from the Edit or context menus.
The sample is removed from the zone and from sample memory.
D To remove a sample from a key zone/map, without removing it from
memory, you can either select “No Sample” with the Sample knob for
that zone, or simply replace it with another sample in the same way.
Removing All Unassigned Samples
D To remove all samples that are not assigned to any key zone, select De-
lete Unused Samples from the Edit menu.
Rearranging Samples in a Key Map
There is no specific function for rearranging or trading places between samples and
key zones. Simply select a key zone and change the current sample assignment with
the Sample knob.
Setting Sample Level
For each key zone you can set a volume level, using the Level button below the dis-
play. If the transition between two key zones causes a noticeable level difference, this
parameter can be used to balance the levels.
Tuning Samples
Sometimes you might find that the samples you wish to use in a key map are slightly
out of tune with each other. This parameter allows you to tune each sample in a map
by +/– half a semitone.
D Select the key zone(s) that contains the out of tune sample(s), and use
the Tune knob below the keyboard display.
✪ If all samples originate from different sources, and all or most of them
are pitched slightly different (a not uncommon sampling scenario), you
could first tune them so that they all match each other, and then, if nec-
essary, use the Sample Pitch controls in the Osc section to tune them
globally to the “song” you wish to use the samples in.
D Note that if all the samples were slightly out of tune by the same amount
in relation to the song you intend to use the samples in, it would be much
simpler to use the Sample Pitch controls in the Osc section directly.
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