User Guide

568 Chapter 29 Ultrabeat
Sample
In Sample mode, Oscillator 2 uses an audio file as sound source.
Clicking the arrow in the upper left corner of the waveform display opens a menu, that
allows you to load and unload samples, or to display the loaded sample in the Finder.
The Reverse arrow changes the playback direction of the sample (forwards/backwards).
The two Min/Max (Velocity) horizontal sliders determine the start point of the
sample—dependent on the dynamics of the performance. Min determines the start
point of the sample at the minimum velocity level (velocity = 1), Max at the maximum
level (velocity = 127). If Min and Max are set to the same value, this corresponds to a
static setting of the sample start point.
Both factory Ultrabeat samples and sounds imported from EXS instruments often
consist of different layers that are velocity switched depending on the dynamics of
your performance. The precise sample layer that incoming velocity values switch to is
determined by the small Vel Layer slider on the right. This slider determines which layer
is triggered at the minimal level (velocity = 1). The second small slider on the left
determines which layer sounds at the maximum level (velocity = 127). If you have
loaded a single sample that does not have multiple layers, the Vel Layer slider has no
effect.
To load an audio file:
1 Click the arrow in the upper left corner of the waveform display, then choose Load
Sample from the pop-up menu.
2 In the Load Sample window, browse to, and select the desired audio file.