Rossum ASSIMIL8OR, Operation Manual

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NOTE:
If you don’t make a choice
in this edit field for 30 seconds, the
sample will automatically be kept.
Sampling Setup
The
Sampling
Setup screen
is where you
configure
the sampling
process.
Down the right
hand portion
of the screen
are the main
configuration
settings.
They are, in order:
Destination
Destination
lets you specify
where the
sample(s) you
are about to
make will end
up. The choices
are:
Unassigned The
sample will
appear in the
current folder, but will not be assigned to
any preset. You will not be able to audition
the sample until you have assigned it to
a channel. You might select
Unassigned
if you were sampling many files in
succession and didn’t need to go back
and listen to them until you had finished,
at which time you could assign them one
at a time to a single channel to audition
them.
Channel 1-8 Assigns the sample to the
specified channel in the current preset.
This setting will cause the new sample to
replace whatever was previously assigned
to the channel.
Empty Channel
Assigns the sample to the
lowest numbered empty channel in the
current preset. Useful if you are sampling
a series of sounds to fill the current
preset, as you won’t have to change the
destination after every sample.
NOTE:
If you select Empty Channel and
no channel is empty, your sample will be
assigned to the Unassigned pool.
Record Mode
There are two
record modes,
Once and
Circular. Here’s
how they work:
Once
With
Once selected,
Assimil8or will
sample for the
time set in the
Sampling Time parameter below and
then stop (if you haven’t already manually
stopped first). If you stop sampling
before the selected length, the sample is
truncated to your stop point.
Circular With Circular sampling,
Assimil8or samples for the time set in the
Sampling Time parameter below and
then circles back to the start of sample
and continues sampling, writing over what
was previously sampled as it proceeds.
It continues doing this until stopped
manually or via CV control.
If you stop sampling before the selected
length (i.e., before it cycles back for the
first time), the sample is truncated to your
stop point, just as it would be with
Once
above.
If you stop sampling after sampling has
cycled back at least once, you will get
your recording of the entire programmed
sampling time.