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Blackbox User Manual 1.7
Multi-Sample Pads
When you pitch shift a single sample across the entire range of the keyboard you may get
less than stellar results. A better approach is to record multiple samples across the range
of the keyboard and let the sampler interpolate the sounds between the available notes.
The more samples you use, the less stretching the sampler has to do, and the better the
resulting sound. Multi-sample pads are mapped to multiple WAV files. If the WAV files
contain root notes embedded in them, blackbox will play the corresponding WAV file
when that note is played, and use pitch shifting to create the notes in between. If there
are no root notes defined, blackbox will load the files in alphabetical order and map one
file to each successive note, starting at C2. You can also use this approach to map a list of
different sounds across the keys of the keyboard, for example if you want to map different
drum sounds to different notes.
To Load a Sample Bank into a Multi-Sample Pad:
1.
Put the files you want to use in one multi-sample pad into a single directory by
themselves. There are several folders of samples like this in the
\Symplesound
folder included with the 1.3 firmware update. If you are registered for our forum,
you can download this content at
https://forum.1010music.com/forum/product-
downloads/sampler-content-bundles.
2.
Push the
PADS
button to bring up the Pads screen.
3.
Select a pad by touching it or using the control knobs to cycle through the pads.
4.
Press the
INFO
button. If the pad was empty, the Load and Record screen will be
displayed. If the pad already had a WAV file assigned, the Waveform screen will
be displayed.
5.
If you are on the Load and Record screen, touch Load in the top menu bar. If you
are on the Waveform screen, touch the name of the WAV file at the top of the
screen. You will now be on the WAV file selection screen.
6.
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 previous 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.
7.
Touch
File
and then
Load All.
WAV Selection
File Menu
