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The next parameter allows you to alter the original pitch at which the sample was

recorded, so that when you replay it on the keyboard, it will come out at the correct

pitch. Further fine tuning (in semitones and cents) can be done with the next parameter.

The next parameter determines the way in which the sample will be played back. There

are four options available here.

The first is LOOP IN RELEASE. This means that when a key is pressed, the sample will

play through all the loops until the first HOLD loop is reached. When the key is

released, the HOLD loop will continue to play as the release falls away.

LOOP UNTIL RELEASE is slightly different. Again, the sample will play, with all

loops, until the first HOLD loop is reached. However, when the key is released, the loop

will end, and the remaining portion of the sample (if any) will be played. This is a useful

setting for sounds which have a definite attack, an indefinite sustain period (set with the

loop), and a definite release characteristic.

The next setting, NO LOOPING, does what its name suggests - it plays the sample

through without loops for as long as the key is held down. As soon as the key is released,

the sound will start to decay.

PLAY TO SAMPLE END is useful for drum trigger units such as the ME-35T and

the like. Like the previous setting, no loops are played, but an instantaneous trigger

signal or key press will play the whole of the sample (the key does not have to be

pressed for the whole length of the sample).

The last parameter, "loop tune off set" allows you seta pitch shift for a HOLD loop

by +

50 cents (one semitone). This shift will only occur once on the first occurrence of the

loop. Subsequent loops will be replayed at the shifted pitch of the first loop, ie this tuning

offset is not an incremental process.

There is one "action" button

- REV . When this soft key is pressed, the sample will be

reversed. Pressing

REV again will reverse the sample back to its original form. Note that

any loop points you have set will stay in the same absolute positions, and will not be

reversed with the sample.

TIME

Pressing the TIME button from the ED.2 page enters the TIME-STRETCH page. This

enables you to lengthen or shorten a sample or a selected part of a sample from 25% of

its original length to 2000% (twenty times). Since this operation can

take a lot of memory, it's as well to delete unwanted samples from memory (after you've

made sure that they're saved to disk).

Uses for time-stretching include: altering the length of a sampled rhythm passage to fit in

with the rest of the track without altering the pitch, maintaining the same vibrato speed

for a number of "multi-samples" created from one original sample, and fitting sound

effects, vocal phrases, etc to video soundtracks for precise timing. Two modes are

available for stretching: CYCLIC, in which a fixed interpolation rate is maintained

throughout the whole of the sample (suitable for individual instrument samples), and

INTELL, in which the S1000 "intelligently" varies the interpolation rate according to the

sample content (suitable for speech and music).

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