3.2.3. Using your own sounds
Now that you have learned how to create your own sounds using the factory "tapes" that
come with the Mellotron V, it's time to keep going, now using your own sounds:
• Let's get back to the Default preset, and load it once again;
• This time, we want to start with empty tracks so, we will delete the sounds pre-
loaded in all the three tracks. To do that, right-click over each one of the names.
The regions will be deleted, and the Tracks page will now be empty;
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: To delete a region, right-click over its name.
• Now, double-click the middle C cell in Track A. The "Load Sample" dialog box will
open once more. Click the
Browse
button in the upper right. This will open a new
dialog box, this time the usual OS dialog box that opens every time you need to
load a file from within an application. Navigate to the drive and directory where
you have your own samples, and double click one to load it. If the sound lasts
for more than 8 seconds, only the first 8 seconds will load;
• You will now have a small region, with just seven semitones: The C, where the
sound plays at the original pitch, and three semitones above and below it. We
will need to enlarge this region to be able to play more notes;
• Place the mouse over the left part of the region. The mouse pointer will change
to a line segment with an arrow on each side. Drag it to the left up the lower C.
The original pitch is now located at G;
• Now place the mouse over the right part of the region, a drag it up to the C one
octave above. Notice that the original pitch is now back to the middle C, and we
have a region that spans two octaves now - one above and one below;
The Mellotron V with Tracks B and C empty, and a user
sample just loaded in Track A (Middle C). Notice that the
region only spans seven semitones
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