Selecting Samples From The Waveform Display - GEM GPS3600 Owner's Manual

THE MAIN SAMPLE TRANSLATOR DISPLAY
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The main Sample Translator display consists of
16 slots, each able to house a sample that can
compose a Waveform. A Waveform may consist
of one or more samples covering different key-
board ranges.
The display example below shows the sample
configuration of a Waveform originating from a
previous series instrument.
Here, the original RAM
Waveform consisting of 6 samples, each as-
signed to a specific range of the keyboard:
Locations without samples are numbered and
shown with three dashes (– – –).

Selecting Samples from the waveform display

Select the Samples with the Up/Down cursor
buttons.
Next to each sample, three notes are usually
shown, representing the lower limit of the key-
board range to which the sample has been as-
signed, the original sample pitch, and the upper
keyboard limit:
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-Sound contains a
THE SAMPLE TRANSLATOR OPTIONS
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Load:
Save:
Delete:
Assign:
Deassign:
Edit:
Send Sample: Activates a sample Dump process to
Exit:
Loads a sample into the selected lo-
cation, directly from the selected
Ram
via MIDI from an external source
(computer, sampler, etc.).
Saves a sample to the instrument's
Wave Library. Only samples which
have been assigned a keyboard ex-
tension are saved. Saving also es-
capes the Sample Translator and
returns to Edit Sound where you can
create a new Sound with the new
Waveform.
Cancels the selected Sample from
the main Sample Translator display.
Assigns the selected sample to a
keyboard range. This "assigned"
sample plays together with the other
"assigned" samples that make up the
Waveform. Sample keyboard range
overlaps are not permitted.
Cancels the extension limits of the
selected sample.
Opens a page showing information
regarding the Waveform (Sample
name and type, properties, size,
pitch, Sample rate, Loop Start, Loop
End points and the Loop status).
Several parameters can be edited in
this page and other options are acti-
vated (Tuning, Normalize, Gain, Cut,
Export).
transfer (via MIDI) the sample to an
external device (for example, another
PS/GPS keyboard).
Escapes the Sample Translator,
erasing all the samples present, and
returns to Edit Sound.
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Sample Translator 2•45
-Sound, from floppy disk or
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