Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 15 Sampling Manual page 14

Sampling and Sample Editing
Editing Samples
Units
With the Units soft button you can change the units used to display the locations of the current
sample's Start, Alt , Loop and End points. The default setting displays these points in seconds,
that is, the number of seconds from the physical start of the sample. Pressing the Units soft
button will change the units to samples, that is the number of individual sample elements from
the physical start of the sample. Press it again to return to a view of the sample in seconds.
As a convenience, the Quick Access mode button also serves as a units button while in the
Sample Editor.
Link
The Link soft button lets you fix the interval between the Start, Alt, Loop and end points of the
current sample, so it remains constant when you move one or more of the points. This is done
by selecting the desired parameter with the cursor buttons, then pressing the Link soft button.
The colon (:) following the parameter's name will change to an arrow (>) to indicate that it is
linked. You can link any or all of the four sample points. When sample points are linked,
moving one of them will move the linked points correspondingly. For example, suppose the
current sample's Start (S) point is 0.0 seconds, and its Alt (A) point is 0.5 seconds. The interval
between the sample's Start and Alt points is exactly half a second. If you select the Start
parameter, then press the Link soft button, the Start point will be linked. This won't have any
effect until you link at least one more point. If you select the Alt parameter and press the Link
soft button, the Start and Alt points will be linked. Now if you move the Start point to 1.0
seconds, the Alt point will automatically move to 1.5 seconds, preserving the half-second
interval between Start and Alt. To remove the link on any of the points, select the point again,
and press the Link soft button again. The arrow will change to a colon, indicating that the link
has been removed.
As a convenience, the Song mode button also serves as a link button while in the Sample Editor.
Name, Save, Delete, and Dump
These soft buttons are similar to the Name, Save, Delete, and Dump soft buttons in the other
editors, initiating the corresponding dialogs to name, save, delete, or dump the currently
selected sample.
When you press the Save soft button, and choose to save the sample to a new ID, the K2500 will
ask you if you want to copy the sample data. If you answer Yes, the K2500 will make a separate
copy of the sample. If you answer No, the K2500 will simply mark the location of the original
sample data and share the sample between the original and the edited sample. This can save a
great deal of memory space. If you delete a sample that's partially or completely shared with
another, the K2500 deletes only the portions that are unused by the shared sample, always
optimizing its memory for maximum storage capacity.
Note that if you use the Utility function to view the objects currently stored in the K2500, you'll
see each object listed separately, including shared samples. The shared samples will each
indicate their size, even though they're referring to the same memory location. This might lead
you to believe that you're using more memory for samples than you actually are. If you use the
Utility function to calculate your total sample memory usage, remember not to include any
shared samples in the total.
The Page Buttons
The soft buttons labeled in all capital letters select the various pages in the Sample Editor:
MISC, TRIM, and LOOP (as well as DSP when you're editing RAM samples).
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