Editing Samples; About Sample Editing; Selecting Samples For Editing - Akai Z4 User Manual

6 Editing Samples

About Sample Editing

In Sample Edit mode, you can use the following functions to edit Samples.
TRIM:
EDIT:
tion, and Discard Section.
Q FX:
LOOP:
of a Sample.
REGION:
B.P .M. Match:

Selecting Samples for Editing

You can Samples for editing as follows:
1 Press the SAMPLE button.
The SAMPLE button indicator lights up and the Z8 enters Sample mode.
Press "TRIM" to open the following TRIM page.
2
The Sample name appears in the upper left corner (Sample parameter).
Move the cursor to the Sample parameter, then use the JOG dial to select
3
the Sample (that you want to edit) from memory.
Note: You can select the Sample on the LOOP or REGION page in the same way.
The indicator next to the Sample name indicates the Sample status.
LP:
The Play mode of the selected Sample is set to Loop.
MN, ST:
New Samples created in Record mode, or Samples that have been edited after being
loaded from disk, display an asterisk next to their name.
Enables you to play the section of a Sample specified by the Start and End points.
Includes various editing functions, such as Time Stretch, Pitch Shift, Reverse Sec-
Applies effects to Sample data to create a new Sample.
Enables you to create sustained notes or repeated phrases by looping the section
Subdivides a Sample into smaller pieces.
Enables you to change the tempo of a Sample in various ways.
".MN" indicates mono Samples, and ".ST" indicates stereo Samples.
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