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It is not possible to assign two samples to the same key.
Range Begin
This will indicate where the selection you have made in the graph
begins . Use the increment/decrement buttons to adjust the beginning
of the selection .
Range End
This will indicate where the selection you have made in the graph ends .
Use the increment/decrement buttons to adjust the end of the selection .
Assign button
This activates the assignment of the selected audio file, using the
settings you have entered for the parameters for the Manual Sample
Assign function .
Deassign
This deactivates the assignment of the sample that is in focus .
Enabled box
This enables or disables the assignment of the sample in focus . It will
default to the checked state when you click the Assign button . Un-
check it to temporarily disable an assignment to the sample in focus .
The sample and the settings will be kept in the Project, just check the
box again to put it right back in business .
Deassign All
Clicking on this button will permanently de-assign the mapping of the
focused sample, and also all the other samples that originates from the
same audio file . Use this function with care, to quickly start with a clean
slate with a previously mapped audio file .
Sample Loop/Stop Tab
In this tab are the functions that will assist you in finding a loop for the
sample that is currently in focus, as indicated by the yellow color in the
Keyboard Grid . As soon as an audio file or a selection from an audio file
is assigned as a sample, loop markers will automatically be created by
the Nord Sample Editor .
A loop in a sample consists of two positional markers in the audio,
the loop start and the loop end markers . Visualize the playback of a
sample as a horizontal journey from the start of the waveform at the
extreme left, towards the end at the right .
Somewhere along the line you will pass the loop start marker, making
a mental note of its location . You continue to travel towards the end of
the audio file but when you reach the loop end marker, you immediately
go back to the loop start marker and resume the path towards the end .
And then you hit the loop end marker again, go back to the loop start,
and so on .
Creating a perfect, seamless loop can sometimes be a bit difficult .
Sometimes the audio at the loop start is very different compared to the
audio at the loop end marker, which will produce audible and perhaps
unwanted artifacts in the sound .
In order to minimize certain loop artifacts, a crossfade function can be
used . This uses audio that is before the loop start marker, and mixes
this with audio that is before the loop end marker when the loop is
playing back .
A crossfade has usually several parameters to set the length of the
crossfade, and to adjust the taper of how these two sound bites will
blend into each other during playback . This can help to smooth things
out and create a better sounding loop .
E Any audio data after the loop end point will be automatically
discarded by the Nord Sample Editor when you create the Sample
Instrument from the Project.
Waveform graph colors
The waveform graph presents the loop by showing certain areas in
different colors . The position of the loop start marker is at the left edge
of the blue area . The position of the loop end marker is at the right end
of the darker blue area .