W/Form - Akai S6000 Operator's Manual

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W/FORM

This allows you to select the type of waveform you will see in the EDIT SAMPLE pages. You may
choose between logarithmic and linear.
A logarithmic waveform gives an indication of the signal's 'energy' (in much the same way as PPM
meters do) whilst a linear waveform shows a truer representation of the signal.
Previous Akai samplers used a log waveform display only.
Both display types have their uses. Linear is useful for seeing the signal's true envelope when
editing but the problem is that low level signals are sometimes not seen. Thus in the linear display
above, there is no indication of the low level reverb between each beat - however, you do see the
beats more clearly defined.
The log waveform display, whilst not being a true representation of the envelope, does show quiet
signals more clearly and this can be useful when editing to ensure that you don't accidentally trim
off more of the sound than you want.
For example, have a look at this cymbal sample:
Using the linear display as shown, you could rightly assume that you could set the END time as
follows:
However, if you switch to the LOG display, you can see quite clearly that this would be a big
mistake:
Using the LIN selection and editing visually, you would chop off over half of the sound.
Version 1.21
Logarithmic waveform display
The same sound with a linear waveform display
EDIT SAMPLE
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