General Music S2 Turbo, Owner'S Manual

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114 SAMPLE TRANSLATOR
Empty Levels Levels without Samples are recognized by Sample Translator as being
empty and indicated, therefore, by a bar and cannot be selected.
Some Akai Programs may contain Levels that contain no samples, but nevertheless are
shown as present, and are therefore recognized by Sample Translator as capable of
being loaded. In these cases, Sample Translator will start loading procedures, but will
not insert samples into the Waveform.
“Cut End”
The Cut End option appears on the second page of Waveform.
The “loop” of a sample has a starting point (“Loop Start”) and an end point (“Loop
End”). When a Sample is loaded from Sample Translator, the part that is used by the
Waveform is the one that runs from the start of the Sample (“Sample Start”) to the end of
the loop (“Loop End”).
As the part of the Sample that follows the “Loop End” is not played, it is advisable to
save space by not loading it into memory. The Cut End function can be activated before
carrying out a loading operation. All samples loaded with the Cut End option selected
will be loaded without the part that follows the “Loop End”.
Assigning samples to a keyboard range
(“Assign”)
A sample has note extension limits beyond which it cannot play. Acoustic instruments
have similar limitations, and are unable to play above or below a certain note.
When a Sample is loaded, it can play across its full extension. Until it is assigned to a
specific keyboard area, it will play (alone) over this range.