5.
From the WAV file selection screen, use the
control knobs to scroll through the list of files
and directories. The selected file name has a
blue highlight. When looking at the list of files,
list items that start with a slash
\
are
directories. Load a directory to see its contents.
The file path is displayed above the list of files.
Touch the caret ^ to go back to the parent
directory. Highlight one of the files in the
directory of samples that you want to load into
the pad. A good example of a directory to use
with multi-samples is
\Symplesound\Housepiano
. You can select
any file within that directory.
6.
Touch
File
and then
Load All.
Bitbox micro 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 micro 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
\
SoundtrackLoops\SL Video Game Phrases
, you can see this in action. This folder
has 8 samples which get mapped to notes C2 through G2.
You can use bitbox micro to map the files to specific notes if you want. Open the WAV
files as individual samples on bitbox micro and edit the Root Note parameter. Save the
WAV file with the root note information. See
Save and Load Parameters in WAV Files
below to learn how to do this. 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 related parameters are not used when
multiple samples are loaded in a pad.
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Bitbox Micro User Manual 1.0.7
WAV File Selection
Screen - File Menu
