Chapter 5 Edit Mode; About The Edit Mode - Yamaha A4000 Owner's Manual

About the EDIT Mode

About the EDIT Mode
The EDIT mode is used to directly edit samples and sample banks. Press the [EDIT] button to enter the EDIT mode.
EDIT Mode Functions
The EDIT mode includes the 6 functions listed below (selected via the [F1] — [F6] function buttons, respectively).
[F1] TRIM/LOOP Button
Use this function to select the playback area on the waveform (the playback "start" and "end" points), to
trim off extraneous waveform data, and to set up the playback direction (forward or backward) and loop
characteristics (loop range and type) (page 120).
3 display pages are provided: Waveform, SmpInfo (Sample Information), and LoopRmx (Loop Remix).
[F2] MAP/OUT Button
Use this function to edit the sample's key range, original-key value, output level, tuning, and various other
playback settings (page 127).
4 display pages are provided: Mix&Key (Mix & Key Range), Pitch, Exp&Vel (Expand & Velocity Range),
and LvlScal (Level Scaling).
[F3] FILTER Button
This function sets the sample's filter type, filter characteristics, and equalization (page 133).
2 display pages are provided: Fltr&EQ (Filter & EQ), and FltrScal (Filter Scaling).
[F4] EG Button
Use this function to set up the sample's three envelope generators: amplitude EG, filter EG, and pitch EG.
The EG settings determine how the sound of each note develops over time (page 137).
3 display pages are provided: AmpEG (Amplitude EG), FilterEG, and PitchEG.
[F5] LFO Button
This function sets up the sample's low-frequency oscillator (LFO). You use the LFO to apply an audible
modulation to the output level, filtering, and pitch (page 143).
This function has only one page: LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator).
[F6] MIDI/CTRL Button
This function selects the MIDI channel that drives the sample, and determines how the sample responds to
controller action. You can also use this function to select the sample's "alternate group" (page 145).
3 display pages are provided: MIDISet (MIDI Setup), SmpCtrlA (Sample Controller A), and SmpCtrlB
(Sample Controller B).
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Chapter 5 EDIT Mode

• A "sample" is the smallest sound unit handled by the A5000 or A4000, consisting of a digitally-recorded waveform and related
playback parameters.
• A "sample bank" is a group of samples which can be handled as a single sample. Sample banks make it easy to manage sam-
ples for multi-sampled instruments or drum kits, for example.
• You can listen to the sound of the sample you are editing by pressing the [AUDITION] button. This makes it easy to monitor the
results of your changes as you make them.
• When editing a sample which is used by the currently selected program, an arrow mark will not appear to the left of the sample
name in upper left corner of the display. Further, when editing a sample contained in a sample bank, "B" will appear to the left
of the arrow.
• A5000/A4000