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PROGRAM EDIT
LP in R
LP til R
NO LOOPS
TO END
The ability to reset the playback parameters of a sample allows you a lot of flexibility as it allows
the same sample to be used in different ways in different programs.
SETTING VELOCITY TO SAMPLE START TIME
Here you may set velocity start time for the sample assigned to ZONE 1. The screen display
looks like this:
This page allows you to determine the way in which velocity affects the playback starting point
for each sample in a keygroup. This figure is variable from +9999 to -9999. The higher the
positive number, the earlier in the sample playback will start relative to the key velocity (i.e. a
high key velocity will start playback earlier in the sample). A negative number has the opposite
effect (a high key velocity will start playback later in the sample than a low key velocity). This
effect is particularly useful for simulating percussion instruments (try it with a bass drum). It can
also be very effective with such instruments as a heavily bowed cello - by setting a high positive
value, hard keystrokes will play the aggressive bowing whilst soft keystrokes will not. The same
could be done with overblown saxes or flutes. Something similar could be done with synth
bass samples, etc..
ASSIGNING SAMPLES TO ZONES 2, 3 AND 4
The methods for assigning samples, tuning them, mixing them, etc., is exactly the same as
described above and all the screens are identical. Please refer to the description of ZONE 1 for
details. However, here are a few things to know about using the other zones.
ASSIGNING STEREO SAMPLES TO A PROGRAM
When you make a stereo sample, the S2000 automatically appends '-L' and '-R' to the end of
the name (i.e. BIG STRING-L and BIG STRING-R) with L and R being the left and right legs of
the stereo sample. In order for stereo samples to play back phase coherently, THEY MUST BE
PLACED IN THE SAME KEYGROUP.
To achieve this, assign BIG STRING-L to ZONE 1 and set ZONE 1's PAN position to L50 and
assign BIG STRING-R to ZONE 2 and set ZONE 2's PAN position to R50. Do the same for all
keygroups that will use stereo samples.
LAYERING SOUNDS IN A KEYGROUP
Keygroup zones may also be used in much the same way for layering sounds. For example, to
fatten up a sound, place the same samples in ZONE 1 and ZONE 2 of each keygroup and then
detune them slightly using CENTS field in the tuning page.
Of course, you are not limited to having the same samples in each of the zones - ZONE 1 could
have, say, MOGUE PAD1 whilst ZONE 2 has PROFIT PAD1 to combine two synth sounds for
example. Detune them, set them an octave (or a fifth?) apart, set the PAN control accordingly
for each zone to further enhance the sound.
NOTE: You can also layer keygroups on top of each other but the beauty of layering the
samples within zones is that they share the same filter section, envelopes, amplifiers, etc., and
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This is the same as the LOOP IN RELEASE mode of EDIT SAMPLE.
This is the same as LOOP UNTIL RELEASE.
This disables any looping that may be set for the sample.
This will play the sample to its end regardless of how long you hold the note or
any loop settings in EDIT SAMPLE (Useful in drum programs).
S2000 Operator's Manual - Version 1.30
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