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Select the Audio File/Assign tab .
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Click on the Add button below the Audio Files area or type Ctrl+F .
Browse to the location of the NW_demo1 .wav file and click Open .
The two progress bars at the lower left corner of the Project window
will indicate that the file(s) are added to the Project . The amount of time
it takes to add one or several files will vary, depending on the file size(s)
and your computer .
You can select and add several samples at once, as long as they
are in the same location on your hard drive. To add all the audio
files from an entire folder, use the Add Folder (Ctrl+D) command
from the File menu.
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When a file has been added, you will see a representation of its
content as a waveform graph in the Editor window .
Please note that the NW_demo1 .wav is one file, which consists of
several recorded notes from a Nord C1 organ . Nothing fancy, just some
simple sounds to show you a cool feature . Let's do some magic now
and have the Editor create several samples, mapped in Zones across
the keyboard from this audio file .
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Locate the section labeled Multi Sample Per File Assign at the
lower part of the Editor window . Set the Start Note to C2, the
interval to 1 semi, the Threshold to -45 dB and then click on
Assign .
When the Nord Sample Editor
has completed the analysis of
the file, samples with Root Key
and Upper Key settings are
created and these settings are
translated into zones . These
zones will be indicated in the
Keyboard Grid at the top of
the Editor window .
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The sample that is highlighted in yellow is the focused sample .
This means that this sample is active for further editing and ready for
playback .
Pressing the space bar on the computer keyboard, or clicking on
the u symbol in the Player at the upper right corner will start the
playback of the file.
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The dot-marker on a key (
that this is the Root Key of a sample . The sample is also assigned
to the corresponding range that surrounds the dot-marked key,
indicated in grey or blue .
If you right-click on a dotted key, you can disable a sample temporarily
from the Project which will be indicated with a circle ( ) . You can also
de-assign the sample – this means that it will be removed from the
Project .
Disabling a sample from a zone is a great way to determine how
many samples you need in order to cover a particular range of a
multi sampled instrument or sound. Any settings that have been
made to a sample will be kept even if it is disabled. When you re-
enable a sample, these settings will be restored.
You can use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to quickly
move the focus from one sample to another.
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Save the Project by selecting Save in the File menu or type Ctrl+S
on the computer keyboard .
Adding Audio files with individual samples
You may want to add audio files that only contain one sample each .
Here is how you assign individual samples to Zones:
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Open a new Project, select the Audio Files/Assign tab and click
the Add button .
The Nord Electro 3 can use stereo or mono audio files as sample
sources, with up to 44.1 kHz sample rate, 24 bits resolution.
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Navigate to a folder that contain the audio files you wish to use,
select the files and click Open to add them to the Project .
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The files will be listed, one by one in the Audio Files area . Select
the first file that you wish to assign to a zone .
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