User Manual

SAMPLE PANEL

Iris 2 | SAMPLE PLAYBACK CONTROLS Page 27

SAMPLE PLAYBACK CONTROLS

Once you have loaded a sample, now you can decide how it will play back. The Playback

menu gives you four simple options. You can set your sample to play forwards, forwards

then backwards, backwards, or backwards then forwards (the titles of these modes are

abbreviated in the interface for brevity). You can also choose whether you want your

sample to loop or play as a “one-shot” by pressing the Loop button located next to the

Playback Menu. For information on adjusting the start/end points of your loop, delaying a

sample to play later than other samples, or setting an oset for the samples start point, see

the chapter on the Spectrogram Area and Tools Panel.

You can also select how the sample is pitch-shifted (or not) as it is played at dierent

notes. The default Pitch Mode option uses one of our most ecient resampling algorithms

to change the pitch (and respectively speed) at which a sample plays back, just like a

conventional sampler might. If you want the pitch to change but the speed to stay the

same (for instance, a rhythmic loop), you can use our ultra-high-ﬁdelity Radius RT pitch-

shifting algorithm. However, this is a very resource-intensive process, meaning CPU usage

will increase substantially. Engaging Radius RT for the ﬁrst time will bring up a warning

dialog box to inform you of this, but there is a checkbox you can select that will eliminate

that dialog from appearing again. For more information, read the section regarding Radius

RT in Options. Lastly, you may choose to have the sample not change pitch at all by

selecting “Fixed.”