6 - Sample Edit

Paste Section

Paste Section

Portions of a sample can be cut, copied, and pasted to other samples, or the samples from which they came. Paste takes the clipboard contents and either inserts them in a sample at a specified point, or mixes them with a sample starting at a specified point.

v To Paste a Section:

1.Press the Sample Edit key. The LED illuminates and the main sample edit screen appears.

2.Select the sample that you want to paste the clipboard contents into using the Data Entry Control, INC/DEC keys, or the numeric keypad.

3.Press the Utils function key (F1). A second row of function keys appears.

If the sample is stereo, a 4. Press the Paste function key (F3). If the sample is stereo, you will first be

pop up dialog box will ask you	asked to select the right side, left side or both. The following screen
to select left, right or both sides.	appears.
		Waveform Display
	Start
	Location

Vertical	Zoom	Zoom In
Scale	Out	at Start
Magnifier		Point

A visual display of the waveform appears with several controls.

•Start Location:Selects the starting location where the clipboard sample will be pasted.

•Magnification: Adjusts the vertical scale for 1x, 2x, 4x, or 8x magnification. Pressing the button repeatedly rotates through the 4 options.

•Zoom Start:Magnifies the waveform to display finer detail around the Start point.

•Zoom Out:Reverses the effect of Zoom Start.

5.Specify the start point for the clipboard sample to be pasted into, then press OK. The following screen appears.

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Paste Section

6.Choose whether to insert or mix the clipboard contents at the point selected in step 5.

Insert opens up a space in the sample into which the clipboard contents fit. Equal Power Mix and Linear Mix combine the clipboard contents with existing samples, starting at the point selected in step three. Normally, you will always use Equal Power. Use Linear Mix when the signals are very similar or when Equal Power causes a gain in amplitude.

7.Set the Crossfade Size and Type.

OThe left and right cursor • Equal Power: This is a weighted crossfade that produces no apparent

	keys will change the start and	level shift. You will normally use this mode.
	end points so that they	• Linear: This provides a straight mathematical crossfade.
	automatically fall on positive
	zero-crossing points in the
	waveform.	8. If you chose Linear or Equal Power Mix in step 6, another field in the
		display appears.

9.You have the option to select the level of the clipboard contents to be mixed (Source Amount). 100% indicates a replacement. Refer to the following diagrams.

	Paste Offset
Destination Sample
Paste Offset	This section of
	the sample will
PASTE	be replaced
0.00 Sec. Crossfade

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