Bitbox will now load all of the files in the current directory into this pad and map the files
to notes across the keyboard based on the root notes defined in the WAV files. Now,
use the KEYS screen or an external MIDI controller to play notes for that pad, and
bitbox will play the sample with the root note that is closest to the note played, and pitch
shift as needed to achieve the necessary tone.
You can also use multi-sampling to map multiple waves across the keyboard. This can
be useful if you have a folder full of drum sounds that you want to trigger with a
keyboard. If you follow the steps above and load a folder where the files do not have
root note mappings, it will load the files in alphabetical order, map the first file to note
C2, and then each subsequent file to the next note above that. If you load the folder
\SFX\Drums, you can see this in action. This folder has 16 samples which get mapped
to notes C2 through D#4. Notes below C2 will play the first WAV file pitch shifted down
the appropriate number of half steps.
You can use bitbox to map the files to specific notes if you want. Open the files as
individual samples on bitbox and edit the Root Note on the Misc tab of the Parameters
screen. Save the WAV file with the root note information. After you have done this for all
of the files in the folder, use File-> Load All to load them all into a pad and you will hear
that the notes are mapped accordingly.
Because a multi-sample pad uses multiple samples, it is not possible to set start, length,
loop start or loop end points for these pads. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to enable
looping for these pads either. As a result, the Pos and Misc tabs of the parameter page
are not used when multiple samples are loaded in a pad. Only the standard Main, ADSR
and MIDI parameters are supported for Multi-samples.
Note:
► Multi-sampling can quickly use a lot of samples. In order to prevent potential
issues, bitbox limits you to loading 80 wav files at a time. If you hit that limit, it
won’t load any more wav files until you free up some slots by clearing out a pad.
There is also a limit of 64 WAV files per pad.
► If you change the pad mode of a multi-sample pad to something other than
sample, it will load only the first sample in the folder and work with that. You will
need to reload the files to change back to multi-sample mode.
► Anytime you use File -> Load All to load a directory of samples into a pad the
pad mode will automatically be changed to Sample.
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Bitbox 3.0.1 User Manual
