Resample, Discard; Name New Sample); Splice Cross-Fade Time - Akai s900 Operator's Manual

20
^PAGE
09!
RESAMPLE, DISCARD
(memory
savlngleatures)
-19 *R«sampl«
at
half
bandwidth
(E
NT)
Discard biftri
start.
after
and
(ENT)
RESAMPLE
Resample
at half
bandwidth
cuts the
amount
of
memory
used by
the sample
in half,
but also reduces
high frequency response by
half.
1
Point arrow
at
"Resample
at half
bandwidth." Press ENT.
2.
Sample
time
will
be
cut
in half.
You
can
continue resampling
(although
quality
will
deteriorate with
each
resample)
until
the
computer
runs out
of patience.
Caution: Resampling erases
the
original
sample.
It
is
good
prac-
tice to
make
a copy
of
a sample,
and
resample
the copy.
If
you
do
not
like
the
results of
resampling, you can always go back
to
the
original
sample.
DISCARD
Discard
eliminates those portions
of
the sample
before the
start
point
and
after
the
end
point.
Since you do
not hear these
parts
of
the sample, discarding the sample
past these
points
will
save
memory.
Point arrow
at
"Discard before
start, after
end." Press ENT.
Caution:
If
you
intend
to alter
the
start
or
end
point
at
some
time
in
the
future, or think
you
might,
do
not
use
discard.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PAGES
10,11,
and
1
The S900
can
also splice
two samples
(end
of
one
to begin-
ning
of
another)
or mix samples
together. For example, you
could
splice the sustain
of a
piano on
to the pluck
of
a
guitar,
or
mix bass and
guitar
samples
together
to
create an
octave
divider
effect.
Splicing involves the
same
challenge as looping
(i.e.
finding a
glitchiess splice point with
no
level variations).
The S900
cir-
cumvents
this
problem by
crossfading between
the two sam-
ples over a specified
number
of
samples.
1
st
sample
2nd sample
Crossfade
region
of splice
-
end
of first
sample
transitions smoothly
into
second sample
PAGEIQJ
SPLtCE X-FADE
(select
samples
to
be
spliced,
name new
sample)
-1*
SPL
1
CE
•
2nd
s a
m
p
a
name iSAMPLE
2
X-FADE New
s
am
p
«
name NEW SAMPLE
1
Select
first
sample
to
be
spliced
(or
mixed)
on
PAGE
01
2.
Select
PAGE
10.
3.
Point
arrow
at
"2nd sample name."
Rotate
CONTROL
to
scan
the available
samples
for splicing.
4.
Point
arrow
at
"New
sample name."
Name
(as
described
in
Chapter
2,
Part
1
)
the
new
sample
that
will
hold the spliced or
mixed samples. Press
ENT
after
naming.
PAGE
1
SPLICE CRO! SS-FADE TIME
-III
*Spl
c e
crossfade
(0-
8.
496)
tima, (points)
i
000
1
The
lower
left
side of the
LCD shows
the available
number
of
sample
points over
which
the crossfade
will
occur. Point
arrow
at "Splice
crossfade time
(points)."
2.
Use
CONTROL
to dial
in
the desired crossfade
time,
or enter
a
five-digit
number
with the
0—9
keys.
PAGE
1
2
SPLICE
ORDER
-12 *SPLICE ORDER:
1st
then
2
r d
(
I
) ,
2nd then
1st
(2).
Together
(3).
Mem
76K
1
To
splice the beginning
of
the
second sample
to the
end
of
the
first
sample,
point
arrow
at
"SPLICE
ORDER:"
and
press
1.
2.
To
splice the beginning
of
the
first
sample
to the
end
of the
second
sample, point arrow
at
"SPLICE ORDER:"
and
press
2.
3.
To
mix the
two samples
together, point arrow
at
"SPLICE
ORDER:"
and press
3.
Note
that the
LCD
displays the remaining amount
of
memory.
The S900 may
not
be
able
to
splice
for
you
if
there
is
less
memory
left
than
that of the
two samples combined.