Sample Playback; Sample Playback Parameters (Front Panel) - Sequential Prophet X User Manual

Sample Playback Parameters (Front Panel)

Group: Factory, User, Add-on— Hold down this button and turn the
knob to select between the permanent library of internal factory samples
and sample libraries you have loaded in addition to the factory set — either
user samples or samples purchased from sound developers.
Pressing this button selects sampled instrument 1 for editing.
Instr 1:
Instr 2: Pressing this button selects sampled instrument 2 for editing.
Type: Selects the overall instrument type. Instruments are organized into
categories by type (piano, strings, etc.) or general sound characteristics
(ambience, sound effects, etc.).
Selects a specific instrument from within the selected
Instrument:
category (Type).
Reverse: Pressing this button reverses the playback direction of a
sampled instrument. For example, when reversed, a piano (which has an
immediate attack and a slow decay) would have a slow attack, and an
abrupt end.
Adjusts the sample start point. This changes the sound of the
Start:
sample since moving the sample start point later will omit some of its
initial audio content. In most acoustic instruments the beginning of a
sound is louder and contains more harmonics, so moving the sample start
later would omit the brightest, loudest part of the instrument sample.
End: Adjusts the sample end point. This will also change the sound of
the sample, since you will omit some of the audio that occurs at its end.
Loop: Toggles a sustain loop in the sample on and off. With Loop on,
the sample will repeat the looped portion for as long as you hold down a
key and after you release the key until the amp envelope finishes. Not all
instruments have a pre-defined loop. Toggling Loop
without a pre-defined loop creates a loop that stretches from the instru-
ment's start to its end (i.e. the entire length of the sample).
The Prophet X recognizes sustain loops only. Release loops are not supported.
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type
in an instrument
on
Sequential
Adjusts the size of the looped portion of the instrument sample by
Size:
moving both its loop start and loop end points.
Adjusts the location of the loop within the sample. The size of
Center:
the loop stays the same, but its location within the sample (as defined by
its center point) is moved when you adjust this control.
—Striking and holding down a key and press-
Sample Stretch: On, Off
ing this button stretches the sample that is mapped to that key across
the entire keyboard for the currently selected instrument. In this mode,
normal sample switching will not occur when you play up and down the
keyboard. The same sample will simply be pitch-shifted.
Use this to create the classic sampler "chipmunk voice" and other pitch
shift effects. You can set Sample Stretch individually for Instrument 1
and Instrument 2 by selecting the desired instrument (using the
2 button) then enabling
instr sample stretch
or not Sample Stretch is on for either instrument.
Because the instruments are multi-sampled at different velocities for greater
realism, striking a key at different velocities will play different samples. Samples
recorded/played at higher velocities are generally louder and brighter. When you strike
a key and press the button, the sample that is stretched is the sample
sample stretch
that matches the velocity at which you struck the key. In other words, the sample that
you hear when you strike the key is the one that gets stretched.
Instr 1 Instr 2
Hold down a key
and press this button
to stretch the sample
on that key across
the entire keyboard
Sample Stretch
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1 or
instr
. The LEDs indicate whether
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