General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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106 SAMPLE TRANSLATOR
Sample Translator 2.0
The Edit Sound menu includes the Sample Translator command, giving access to the
Sample import and edit program.
About Sample Translator
The Sample Translator program enables you to:
• read samples from Ms-Dos/Atari floppy disks, in Avalon, Sound Designer, Sample
Vision and Wave formats;
• read samples from Akai S1000 floppy disks;
• receive samples via MIDI;
• modify samples and create a multi-sample (the multi-sample becomes a standard
Waveform of the Music Processor);
• modify the waveform of the R
AM
-Sounds that contain an imported sample (Sounds
with the symbol).
Previous versions of Sample Translator were available as User Programs. This manual
refers to version 2.0, incorporated in the Turbokit R
OM
.
Waveforms and multi-samples
Every S Series Sound is based on a Waveform, the fundamental component of the Sound.
The Waveform is a sampled sound that represents a brief “recording” of the first part of
an authentic sound source. A Waveform usually comprises several of these recordings,
executed in different keyboard ranges, so that sound quality is not impaired by transposi-
tions of the sampled sound.
Quite obviously, every sampled sound is called a “sample”. As a Waveform is made up of
several samples, it is referred to as a “multi-sample”.
C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
sample 1 sample 2 sample 3 sample 4
S Series Waveform
Sample Translator can modify several aspects of a multi-sample, such as the keyboard
range to which a sample is assigned, the sample assigned to a range, the volume of each
sample (“gain”) and “loop”.
A “loop” is a repetition of the last part of the sample, which usually comprises the
Sustain and Release phases in the envelope.
loop