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To set a new beginning of the loop - the loop Start
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marker - just click on the waveform graph. To set the
length of the loop, just right-click anywhere to the
right of the indication of the loop start. You can also
enter values for these parameters in the input boxes
or use the sliders.
there are three loop options available, Long Loop, Short
Loop and No Loop.
the Long Loop option is useful for various instrument
samples and sounds which contains non-periodic varia-
tions. When you select this option, a loop start marker and
a loop end marker are created. these two loop markers will
be separated by the actual loop section which is indicated
as the blue area in the waveform graph.
this loop option will also include a crossfade to ensure that
the loop will sound as smooth as possible. the two seg-
ments of the crossfade are indicated as the light grey area
immediately before the loop start marker, and the darker
area before the loop end marker.
Hit the space bar on the computer keyboard to start
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the playback and adjust the settings for the crossfade
or move the loop markers by clicking in the waveform
graph. What You Do Is What You Hear, any change
you make will be monitored in real time during play-
back.
the Short Loop option will create a loop from one single
period in the sample. this option can be successful on
sounds where the harmonic content changes a lot. It can
also be very efficient in reducing the size of a sample. If you
have concerns about making as many samples fit in the
Nord Wave as possible, this should be explored.
the Short Loop option uses either a pitch estimate or the
root Key as the reference for its length, since the length
will have consequences on the pitch of the sound when it
is looping.
If you can find a smooth short loop early in a sample,
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the envelope generators in the Nord Wave can be
used to emulate a natural decay, and you can save
lots of space in the Flash memory.
the No Loop option may seem self explanatory, but the
important thing here is to remember that no sample data
after the end marker will be downloaded to the Flash
memory. Click on the waveform graph to position the end
marker.
Please go to page 49 for a detailed description of all the
functions in the Loop/Stop tab.
Generate a Sample Instrument
When you have added all the audio files to the Project and
are satisfied with the sample edits, it is time to create a
Sample Instrument and to download this to the Nord Wave.
If you haven’t saved your Project, now would be a good time
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to do so.
By saving and giving a Project a name, you are also
providing the name for the Sample Instrument when
it is downloaded to the Flash memory.
If you change your mind about the current name
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on the Project, use Save As… to give it a new one. A
Sample Instrument that is created from an unsaved
Project will get the default name “Untitled” in the
Nord Wave.
Note: A Sample Instrument name that is longer than
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16 characters will be truncated when presented in the
Nord Wave LCD. You can use the numbers 0-9, the let-
ters a-z, A-Z and a hyphen (-) in the name. Any other
characters in the Project name will be replaced in the
Nord Wave LCD.
Go to the Instrument Menu and select Generate Only.
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a Sample Instrument with all the samples, zones and
edits that you have made in this Project will be gener-
ated and automatically saved to the hard drive as a
“Project name”.nwi file.
If you select Generate and Download, the Sample Instrument
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will also be downloaded to the Flash memory in the Nord
Wave.
Sample Instruments are added incrementally to the
Flash memory, to the first available free location.
All of the tabs – except the Nord Wave tab – have
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an Instrument area, up to the right in the Manager
window. If the Download check box is checked, the
Sample Instrument will automatically be downloaded
to the Nord Wave when it is generated.
For more information on how use a Sample Instrument as
oscillator 2 waveform source, please go to page 22.
Program management
Open the Nord Wave tab and select Instruments from the
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drop down menu.
a list with all the Sample Instruments in the Nord
Wave will be shown. If you have generated and
downloaded any new Sample Instrument for the first
time from a Project to a Wave with the factory default
memories, it will be located at the end of the list.
If you right-click on a Sample Instrument you can upload it
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from the Wave to the backup folder on the computer.
the file will be saved in the .nwi format, and may be
shared with other Nord Wave users.
Be careful with the Delete option, Programs may use
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the Sample Instrument, and they will most likely not
sound the same if the SI is deleted.
A flashing number in the oscillator
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led diSPlAy
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the Nord Wave indicates that the Sample Instrument
location that the current Program tried to use is not
available in the Flash memory.
The list also has information on the size, the latest
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edit date and a version number of the Sample Instru-
ments. This can be useful if you e.g. need to free up
space in the Flash memory.
