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The waveform graph will show a representation of the audio file .
4
Click and drag to select the entire waveform in the graph, and
look at the Manual Sample Assign area in the lower part of the
window .
5
Enter the Root Key; the key where the sample will play back at its
original pitch, and click Assign .
6
Select the next file and click and drag in the waveform graph to
select the entire audio snippet .
7
Enter the Root Key for the next sample/zone .
The first zone that you create will span a range of two octaves
above the Root Key. The range of a zone is determined by two
parameters, the Root Key and the Upper Key for each sample.
The range is also depending on any other sample that may be
assigned further down on the keyboard. A zone's lower key will
reach all the way down to any previous sample's Upper Key or
the F0 key if it is the "first" sample assigned. A sample will always
reach down to the previous sample's Upper Key.
A zone in a range cannot be empty, i.e. without an assigned
sample. If you want to have some keys that are silent somewhere
in a Sample Instrument, just make a selection in the waveform
graph of an area that is silent (or Add an audio file that is short,
and contains no audio data). Then map this silent sample to a
range of keys.
Single Sample Per File Assign
If you have audio files on your hard drive where the file name contains
an identifier or marker of the file's pitch, the Single Sample Per File As-
sign function can automatically map these samples .
1
Use the Add function to add some audio files to the Project .
The Single Sample Per File Assign function can use identifiers that
refer to a pitch name – if the file name is e .g . cello_C#4 .wav – or note
number – like e .g . cello_39 .wav .
2
Select all the files in the File List that has these indicators and click
on Assign .
3
The samples will be mapped to zones according to the markers in
the file names .
Editing
Let's continue to edit a sample; in order to prepare it a bit more before
we download the Sample Instrument to the Nord Electro 3:
1
Make sure that you have at least one sample in the Project and
that this sample is assigned to a zone and in focus .
2
Click on the Instrument tab .
This is where you can adjust the gain, and fine-tune the pitch of the
entire Sample Instrument or any individual samples . You adjust these
functions by entering values in the input boxes or by using the incre-
ment/decrement buttons .
Move the focus by using the horizontal arrow keys on the com-
puter keyboard.
3
Click on the Sample Start tab .
This is where you can adjust the starting point of the sample . This is
useful if you have audio files that contain unwanted material before the
actual sound begins . The Nord Sample Editor will automatically place a
starting point when a sample is assigned to a zone .