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nanobox | tangerine User Manual
Dec 11, 2023
Guidelines for Recording Multiple Velocity Layers
For realistic recreation of a sampled instrument, you can build pads with multi-sample file
sets, with individual samples mapped across a minimal number of notes, to avoid the
artifacts of transposing samples by more than a couple of semitones.
To make a multi-sample instrument respond in an even more natural manner, multi-
sample file sets can include multiple samples for each note, each sample containing the
sound of the original instrument being played with different dynamics, divided into a small
number of velocity “layers.”
The tangerine has been designed to find an optimal mapping of samples across multiple
notes and to interpolate the sample data for the notes between them.
The tangerine does something similar with multiple velocity layers, but it cannot
interpolate the sample data for MIDI velocities between the velocity layers. For example, if
you record a multi-sample file set with three velocity layers at 33, 66, and 100, and you play a
notes at MIDI velocities 60, 66, and 75, the tangerine will play the sample for velocity layer
66 for all three notes.
When creating a Multi-sample pad with multiple velocity layers, we recommend that you
disable the volume scaling on the target instrument so that all notes are at the same
volume across the entire velocity range while recording. When playing your Multi-sample
pad you can restore volume scaling with the Envelope VEL Amount parameter.
