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Fade Out sets a fade-out between the start point and end point of the sample. The following types
are available:
o Linear fades the audio out with a linear curve—a straight line between the start and end.
o Log fades the audio out with a logarithmic curve—quickly rising at the start and flattening out
towards the end.
o Exp fades the audio out with an exponential curve—slowly rising in the beginning and growing
steeper towards the end.
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Pitch Shift changes the pitch of the sample without changing its length. This lets you set the
sample's pitch to your Sequence without affecting the sample's tempo or duration. You can adjust
it up to 12 semitones, up or down. Keep in mind that the audio quality may decrease at more
extreme settings.
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Gain Change raises or lowers the volume of the sample. You can adjust it up to 18dB, higher or
lower. This function is different than Normalize because it will allow volumes beyond clipping level.
This may be a desired effect, but remember to watch your output level!
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Convert offers three ways of exporting the sliced sample:
Patched Phrase creates a new sample based on your
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edits and places it in the current Project.
Sliced Samples creates individual samples from the slices
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of the current sample.
If Crop Samples is activated, each slice results in a new
sample.
If Create New Program is activated, you will create a
new Program in which each slice results in a sample and
is automatically assigned to a pad. (If Create New
Program is selected, you also get the option to Create
Events.)
If Create Events is activated (available only when Create
New Program is activated), you will create a new
Program in which each slice results in a sample and is
automatically assigned to a pad. Furthermore, it will
automatically create a new Track in which each pad plays
its corresponding slice in ascending sequence by pad
number. The samples will be named with Sl and a
consecutive number attached to their original name.
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