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7.1.2. Sample Browser
This is the dialog box where we select sounds to load. The scrolling list in the lower part
contains all the original "tapes" that ship with the Mellotron V. You can scroll the list up and
down until you find the sound you want.
The list is ordered alphabetically, but the names start with M300 (which means sounds
from the M300 library), M400 (which means sounds from the M400 library), Mk1 (which
means sounds from the Mark 1) or Mk2 (which means sounds from the Mark 2). Therefore,
you will have the sounds ordered by the name of the original instrument first.
Once you find the factory sample you want, double click over its name to load it.
If you want to use your own samples instead, click the
Browse
button located at the top
right of the window. This will open the regular OS file dialog box, allowing you to navigate
through all the folders and hard-drives in your system to locate the samples you want to
load.
Mellotron V will accept samples in mono or stereo, in WAV or AIFF linear formats, and also
FLAC. FLAC is a lossless compressed format that allows to store the files with a smaller size,
but still preserving all the playing fidelity of the originals. Sample duration is limited to 8
seconds. Samples with a duration that exceeds the limit will load just the first 8 seconds.
When you load one of your own samples, the region will have a different color. Instead of
the gray color of the "tapes", you will have a green region with a bright border, and with a
bright cell in the middle. That bright cell marks the root note - the note where the Mellotron
V will play the sample at the original pitch.
7.1.3. Regions
By default, each user sample loads in a region that spans seven semitones (the original,
three semitones above and three semitones below). But you can change it, extending the
range up to four octaves (49 notes, to be precise). The minimum range a region can span is
of three semitones.
To extend a region, place the mouse pointer at the boundary (left or right) of the region.
The pointer changes to a line segment with an arrow on each side. Now click and drag the
mouse. If you have the mouse placed at the left-hand boundary of the region and drag left,
the region will enlarge into the lower range zone. If you have the mouse placed at the right-
hand boundary and drag right, the region will be enlarged into the higher range zone.
Mellotron V Tracks page with several user samples loaded. Notice the
region in Track A, enlarged up to the maximum range allowed, Track C
with a sample just loaded (the range spans just seven semitones), and
Track B with two samples loaded.
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