Taper - ESI ESI2000 Operation Manual

Tip: Taper the ends of sounds before
splicing to avoid clicks or pops at the splice
point.
Tip: The left and right cursor buttons
will change the start and end points so that
they fall on positive zero-crossing points in
the waveform.
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ESI Operation Manual

1. Taper

Taper allows you to create an artificial decay on percussion samples in
which the original decay is absent, create an artificial fast attack on a
sound (such as a bowed violin with a slow attack), or clean up back-
ground noise when editing dialog. The diagram above shows the effect
of Taper gain and attenuation on a sample using the Linear and Exp 3
curves.
Length of Sample
Start End
Attack Taper
1. Activate Digital Processing module.
2. Select Digital Tools I (7), Taper (2).
3. If the current sample is stereo, the following screen appears.
Select the left side, right side, or both sides (stereo), then press
ENTER. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
Side: Stereo
Select L/R/Stereo
4. Select the desired taper points and press ENTER. The display
will show the current taper points, which will be the endpoints of
the current sample.
TAPER
Start: 0.00
End:
Size:
Start Amount: 0.00dB
End Amount:
Type:
Length of Sample
0dB
-96dB
Decay Taper
TAPER
secs samples
000000
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3.13 137873
TAPER
-96dB
Linear
Start End