5 - Sample Manage

New Sample

Sample Length

This parameter defines the amount of sampling (recording) time prior to sampling. The maximum available length depends on the amount of memory available and the sampling rate.

v To Set the Sample Length:

1.Press the Sample Manage key. The LED illuminates and the main screen appears.

2.Press the New function key (F3). The “Create Sample” display appears.

3.Move the cursor to “Length” using the cursor keys.

4.Set the desired sample length using the Data Entry Control, or INC/ DEC keys. The display shows the amount of available sampling time on the line immediately below the sample length.

5.Press the Exit key to return to the Sample Manage screen or Arm or Force to begin sampling.

Arm Sample Trigger

The Arm function sets the sampling mode to Arm. This means that the sampling is ready to begin as soon as the sound you are sampling exceeds the sampling threshold level (as defined in the Threshold field). Once selected, you are ready to begin sampling. EOS starts sampling when the threshold level is met.

Low Key Orig. Key High Key

			Auto
			Truncate
			Normalize
Target			Loop
			Placement
Preset
			Range
Erases	Clip Indicator	Keeps (but	Auto-Places
the Sample		doesn't place)	the Sample
	Target Group	the Sample

v To Arm Sampling:

1.Press the Sample Manage key. The LED illuminates and the main screen appears.

2.Press the New function key (F3). The Create Sample display appears.

3.Press the Arm function key (F5) to arm sampling.

Sampling starts when the input signal exceeds the programmed threshold.

v To Stop Sampling:

1.Press Stop (F1), Enter or Exit to stop sampling before the programmed sample length is reached.

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New Sample

Force Sample Trigger

The Force sampling mode causes sampling to begin immediately (without waiting to exceed the threshold or pressing a key on the keyboard).

v To Force Sampling:

1.Press the Sample Manage key. The LED illuminates and the main screen appears.

2.Press the New function key (F3). The Create Sample display appears.

3.Press the Force function key (F6) to force sampling. Sampling will commence immediately.

v To Stop Sampling:

1.Press Stop (F1), Enter or Exit to stop sampling before the programmed sample length is reached.

Keyboard Sample Trigger

The Keyboard Trigger mode initiates sampling when you play a specified MIDI note. Sampling continues as long as the key is pressed and stops when the key is released (or the selected sample length is reached). Keyboard triggered sampling has several uses:

•Automatic “punch-in/punch-out” using a MIDI sequencer to initiate sampling via note-on/note-off events. This makes it easy to integrate “live” vocal or guitar parts into your MIDI sequences.

•Turns the Emulator into a digital multitrack recorder. Assign the lowest note to be the trigger key. Select resample. Sample length to maximum. Now press and hold the key while playing the keyboard with your left hand. Assign the sample to the trigger key, select another preset and record track two…and repeat the process. You have 64 or 128 tracks, depending on how many voices in your Emulator.

v To Trigger Sampling from a Key Depression:

1.Press the Sample Manage key. The LED illuminates and the main screen appears.

2.Press the New function key (F3). The Create Sample display appears.

3.Move the cursor to Trig Key and select the key using the Data Entry Control. INC/DEC keys or the keyboard.

4.Move the cursor to Chan and select the MIDI Channel for the trigger key using the Data Entry Control, or INC/DEC keys.

5.Press the Key function key (F4) to enable Key Sample Trigger. A pop-up dialog box appears informing you that sampling is armed.

v To Stop Sampling:

1.Press Stop (F1), Enter or Exit to stop sampling before the programmed sample length is reached.

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