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• A key with a circle ( ) indicates that the sample that has been
mapped to this zone is de-assigned, but may be re-assigned with its
settings intact .
• A key that is yellow indicates that this sample is in focus - this sample
is the active sample that you edit with the other functions in the Nord
Sample Editor .
If a Nord Electro 3 is connected to the computer, any keys you play on
the unit, will be indicated in the keyboard area of the Editor .
You can use the horizontal arrow keys on the computer keyboard
to move the focus . When a sample is in focus, the audio file that the
sample originated from will be automatically selected in the Audio File
list and the corresponding part of the waveform in the graph will be
also is presented in the yellow color .
Instrument area
This is a shortcut to the Generate functions that also is available in
the Instrument Menu . If the Download box is checked, clicking on the
Generate button will generate a Sample Instrument from the current
Project, and automatically download this to the Nord Electro 3 .
Player
This contains two standard transport buttons, for starting and stopping
the playback of the sample in focus . You can also set the output level
of the audio card in your computer with the slider . Pressing the space
bar on the computer keyboard will also start and stop the playback .
The Footer
The footer area is located at the bottom of the Nord Sample Editor
window .
The footer contains mostly informational stuff, and a Cancel button that
can be used to abort some of the ongoing processes .
Progress bars
When you start a task in the Nord Sample Editor, the execution may
take a few moments, depending on what it is you want to do . One
major task may consist of several smaller tasks, and the progress of
these is displayed with the Progress bars .
Cancel button
Use this button to cancel any ongoing task that the Nord Sample Edi-
tor is in the process of performing .
Upper Progress bar
The upper Progress bar will show the progress of the current task be-
ing performed, the name of which is displayed in the message area, to
the immediate right of the Progress bar .
Lower Progress bar
The lower Progress bar will show the progress of an ongoing task .
Nord Electro 3
In the lower right corner is an indication that tells you if a Nord Electro 3
is connected to the computer, or not .
Audio File/Assign Tab
This area is used to add audio files to your project, and assign sections
within the audio file to be used as samples .
Several scenarios to automatically analyze and assign samples are
available in the Nord Sample Editor . You can either add a group of
audio files, where each file contains a single note and has a name
identifying the note by name or number, or you can add a single file
containing several notes one after the other .
Audio Files
This section contains the list of audio files that are included in the cur-
rent Project . The list will be empty when you create a new Project, if
you open a previously saved Project there may be files in the list .
It is in this list that you select the referenced audio file you wish to use
to create samples and assign these samples to Zones . When a file is
selected, a graphical representation of its waveform will appear in the
waveform graph if the Enabled box is checked .
Only audio files or parts of the audio files that have been assigned
as samples in the Project are included when a Sample Instrument is
generated .
Name
The files in the list may be sorted alphabetically in an ascending or de-
scending manner by selecting Name and changing direction by clicking
on the arrow .
Add Button
Brings up the Add Files dialog where you choose audio files, to be
added to your project . Multiple files can be selected .
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A Project uses references to the audio files on the hard drive, and
does not copy or load any actual audio data. Any changes that
you do to the original audio files will also affect the Project.
Remove Button
To remove an audio file from the Project, click on the Remove button .
This will also remove any samples from the Project that are associated
with this audio file .
Enabled box
To temporarily remove an audio file from the Project, un-check the
Enabled box . All samples from the audio file in the Project will be
disabled . All the Zones that have these samples assigned to them will
be removed . The neighboring zones will cover the ranges, which the
disabled samples used to occupy . The settings of the disabled samples