Making The Raw Materials (Sounds) For A Multisound - Korg DSS-1 Owner's Manual

. Making the Raw Materials (sounds)
for a Multisound_________________
Sam pling
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■ This function lets you take a sound signal from out­
side the synthesizer and store its waveform data in
memory. The sampled sound becomes the raw
material or "sound1 ' for synthesis, but it can also be
used as is, right away. Sampling is the method to use
if you want a real musical instrument sound. It lets
you accurately reproduce
changes, like those that occur in the attack of piano
notes.
■ This is a digital recording technique like that used in
compact discs and digital delay devices. This works
by taking discrete samples or "snapshots" of an ac­
tual sound signal, many thousands of times per se­
cond (as determined by the sampling frequency). The
level o f the signal in each sample is measured and
stored as digital data in wave memory.
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complex harmonic
Sampling frequency determines
how often samples are taken.
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The sampling function
Input waveform
Waveform as stored
(and reproduced)
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Takes an actual
sound signal and
stores it as digital
data in wave
memory.
W A V E-M EM .
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