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235 Sampling
Entering and exiting the Sampling mode
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Pa3XLe includes a full-featured sampler, that allows you to cre-
ate new Samples, new Multisamples and new synced Audio
Grooves. In addition, you can load Samples, Multisamples,
Sounds and banks of Sounds from various formats.
Sampling allows you to create new sounds, by recording from an
external source (e.g., a microphone or a CD player) connected to
Pa3XLe’s Audio Inputs, or by loading files from a storage device.
Pa3XLe can read common file formats, like WAV, AIFF and SF2
files, and load data from Korg Trinity and Triton files.
To be used, Samples must be assigned to a Multisample or a
Drum Kit. A Multisample allows you to arrange samples into
separate zones of the keyboard. Drum Kits allows you to assign a
different sample to each note of the keyboard, with up to six
dynamic layers per note.
Multisamples can then be assigned to Sounds. Sounds created
with this function can be used as any ordinary Sound, and
assigned to any track.
Another powerful feature of the Sampling mode is the Time
Slice, that lets you add realism to MIDI tracks by creating Audio
Grooves.
Warning: When loading a “.SET” folder containing User PCM
Samples, all existing User PCM Samples are deleted from memory.
Save them before loading the folder, by selecting the “PCM” option
during a Save All operation (see “Saving the memory content” on
page 291 of the User’s Manual).
To see if a “.SET” folder contains User PCM Samples, open it and
look for a “PCM” folder.
Hint: If you want to load new User PCM Samples without deleting
the ones already contained in memory, load single Sounds instead
of a “.SET” folder.
Entering and exiting the Sampling mode
• While in Sound mode, press the RECORD button to enter in
Sampling mode.
• While in Sampling mode, press the RECORD button to exit the
Sampling mode, and return to the Sound mode.
The Record (Sampling) procedure
Here is a short overview of a typical sampling procedure.
Preparing to record
First of all, you will set the recording levels for sampling.
1.
With the MASTER VOLUME control set to zero, connect
the source to be sampled (e.g., a microphone or a CD
player) to the relevant Audio Input(s) on the rear of the
Pa3XLe. When the source has been connected, raise the
MASTER VOLUME control to a position other than zero.
2.
Go to the “Audio & Video > Audio In” page of the Global
mode to set the signal routing for the input source.
3.
Press the SOUND button to access the Sound mode, then
press RECORD and touch the Record tab to access the
Record page.
4. Choose the input source, by using the “Record Mode”
parameter.
5. Adjust the source’s volume. If you are recording with a
microphone, use the MIC GAIN knob of the Pa3XLe. If
you are sampling from a line source (like a CD player or
another instrument), set the source’s own output level. If
possible, set the output level of the source to be sampled to
the maximum.
Watch at the meters in the display to check the input level.
Red means distortion (signal clipping), so ideally, the LED
bar should never go to red.
Also, check the microphone level with the AUDIO IN LED
in the MIC SETTING section on the control panel. They
should never go to red, and stay to orange (green means too
low an input signal).
6.
Use the “Record Mode” parameter to select the audio input
to be sampled.
Recording
Next, you’ll record the source sound or audio groove.
1.
If you can, first start the source to be recorded, then touch
the Record button in the display to start recording.
As an alternative, touch the Record button in the display,
and immediately start the source to be recorded.
2.
Touch the Record button in the display again to stop
recording. When the memory is full, the sampling auto-
matically stops. A maximum of 21.8 seconds is allowed for
each Sample.
Note: Stereo and Mono samples have the same sampling
time. This apply only to the editor; memory needed for saving
depends on the actual size of the sampled data.
3. Select a page (tab) different from Record, and play the key-
board to listen to the sampled sound.
4. If you are not satisfied with the recorded sound, return to
the Record page and touch the Record button in the display
again, to repeat recording. Touch Record again to stop
recording. A new Sample will be automatically created.
5.
When finished sampling your sound, you can save it and
create a Sound or Drum Kit. If it is an Audio Groove, con-
tinue editing it with the Time Slice function.
Sampling
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