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VIRTUAL SAMPLES
VIRTUAL SAMPLES
A major feature of the S5/6000 is the ability to record and playback what we call 'virtual' samples.
Virtual samples are, in fact, recordings made to and played back directly from disk. They may be
used in pretty much the same way an 'normal' samples loaded into memory except, of course,
their length is not restricted by how much memory you have installed.
The fact that they can be used almost exactly like normal samples means that they can be edited
and placed in a program just like any normal sample and can be processed by the filters, LFOs,
envelopes, etc., just like any normal sample and a program can contain multiple virtual samples
mapped out across the keyboard just like any normal sample (programs can contain a combination
of RAM and 'virtual' samples by the way).
Programs containing virtual samples can be placed in a multi just like any other program and can
be tuned, mixed and sent to the EB20 (if installed on an S5000) and/or routed to their own outputs,
just like any other program .
Any edits you may make to these virtual samples, programs and multis can be saved just like any
normal sample, program or multi and when you go to LOAD, 'virtual' samples appear in the list just
like any other. Load a program that contains 'virtual' samples and they will load just like any other
program (except, of course, you are not actually loading the sample(s) into memory as such so
load is VERY fast). Similarly, scroll down to a 'virtual' sample and load it individually and it will load
just like any normal sample (except a lot faster!).
Virtual samples can be used in a number of applications:
TO PLAY BACKING TRACKS
If you use DAT or some other means of playing pre-recorded stereo backing tracks live, you could
record these as virtual samples, place them in programs as appropriate and trigger them from the
S6000. Not only does this give you immediate playback of the backing tracks but the running order
of your set can be changed on the fly.
FOR 'SPINNING IN'
They can be used to play 'spin ins' such as backing vocals, guitar or sax solos, whatever - stuff
that would normally use a lot of memory. The programs to which these 'spin ins' are assigned can
sit in a multi along with other 'normal' programs you may be playing so that they may be triggered
alongside other material. With a sequencer, you could be sequencing normal instruments such as
drums, piano, bass - whatever - whilst triggering virtual samples at the same time and playing live
over the top of this.
FOR MASTERING
You could conceivably mix down to your S6000 by recording the outputs of your mixer as virtual
samples. These may be edited later (for example, editing out the count in, applying a fade out at
the end, adding some EQ - whatever). Once you have mastered all your tracks in this way, they
are much easier to transfer to DAT, MiniDisk, CD-R digitally (you could even map each one across
the keyboard in a program and then 'play' them to your mastering machine).
In a similar vein, you can master the outputs of the sampler by selecting OUTPUTS 1/2 as the
record source and recording directly to disk.
NOTE: In these two cases, it is possible to be playing the S6000 at the same time as recording
to disk. If, however, the sampler is playing back virtual samples at the same time as recording
you may experience problems if the disk bandwidth is exceeded. Recording requires more
disk bandwidth than playing back and so recording may fail and/or virtual samples that previously
played back perfectly may fail.
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