Akai CD3000XL Operator's Manual download pdf (Page 142)

EDIT SAMPLE

Page 136 S3000XL Operator’s Manual

MAKING A GOOD LOOP

Making a loop is one of the trickiest things in sampling. The trick is to match two points in

the sample that are similar in level and tone. For example, this would not make a good

loop:

You have selected a high amplitude point in the sample and set a length that loops

around a very quiet part. All manner of thumps and clicks would be heard and the loop

would look something like this when played:

In this case, the window to the right of the loop page would look something like this:

You can see the abrupt level change. Setting these loop points may sound better

however.

and the resulting sound when played would look like this

This is also a longer loop and so won’t sound quite so obvious when held. The window to

the right of the loop page would look something like this:

You can see a nice smooth transition.

Of course, there may well still be some glitches but this can be overcome using the

crossfade key. Pressing that in this case may create something like the following:

Here, the crossfade function has smoothed the whole thing out to create a more uniform

amplitude.

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Akai CD3000XL Operator's Manual Page 142