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keys are mapped to trigger different versions of the same “beat” and the timbre
description will have to be consulted to find out which keyboard keys do what.
Example sessions are provided that use the #beatloop timbres and they’re a
great place to start experimenting with #beatoops. See the Sessions section of the
LIBRARY chapter for more info.
NB: #beatloops should not be confused with #loops. #loops, rather than
chunks of sound, are simply samples that contain looping information, such as a
flute that can be sustained.
Properties Tags
Unlike category tags, which are nouns, properties tags are adjectives that
describe an aspect of the sound. A sound could be described as #bold or #vintage
or #cinematic. Again, careful judgement has been exercised to make sure the list
of properties isn’t onerously large or unusably small.
In lists, properties tags appear in orange text, ordered alphabetically.
Special Properties Tags
#split means that the timbre is split into different sounds across the keyboard.
This would’ve been done with the
Partial Crossfader
or sample patchlist, both of
which are covered later, which can set a range of keyboard keys for a partial or
sample. Traditional (Split) [RW 4-4] is a good example of this that has a
harpsichord on bass duty with a violin sound on the treble keys. NB: This is not
the same as Multi timbres, which employ different samples
patched
to keyboard
regions, because the samples are all from the same instrument.
#multi means that a timbre has multiple samples for the same source. So this
could mean many samples are different velocity levels or many samples for
multiple keyboard ranges.
#mpe is another special tag that highlights those timbres as being designed such
that using an MPE controller will be the best way to extract their full potential.
#mpe tagged timbres will typically have modulation sources such as pressure
