Operation Manual

Sampling (Open Sampling System)
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Programmode
Save to
Specifiesthedestinationtowhichthedatawillbe
writtenduringsampling.
RAM:ThesamplewillbewrittentoRAMmemory.
SampleswrittenintoRAMmemorycanbeheard
immediatelyinSamplingmode.
Disk:ThesoundwillberecordedtodiskasaWAVE
file.Youcanselectadisk,directory,andfilenamefo
r
there
cordedfileusingtheSelectDirectory/Filefor
SampletoDiskmenucommand.
UseDriveSelecttoselectthedesireddrive,whichcan
beeitheraninternaldiskoraUSBstoragedevice.
Then,usetheOpenorUpbuttonstomovetothe
desiredfolderlev el,andusetheNameparameterat
thetopofthewindowtospecifyanameforthesample
file.PresstheDonebuttontoconfirmthesettings
you’vemade.
Whilethisdialogisopen,youcanalsoauditionthe
selectedWAVEfilebypressingtheon‐screenPlay
buttonorthefront‐panelSA
MPLINGST
ART/STOP
switch.Tostopplayback,eitherpresstheSAMPLING
START/STOPswitchagain,ortouchtheon‐screen
Stopbutton.
Mode
Specifiesthechannel(s)thatyouwanttosample,and
specifywhetheramonoorstereosamplewillbe
created.
TheLandRchannelsofthebusspecifiedbySource
Buswillbesampled.
L‐Mono:TheLchannelofthebusspecifiedbySource
Buswillbesampledinmono.
R‐Mono:TheRchannelofthebusspe
c
ifiedbySource
Buswillbesampledinmono.
Stereo:TheLandRchannelsofthebusspecifiedby
SourceBuswillbesampledinstereo.Thiswillcreatea
stereomultisampleandsamples.
Sample Time
Specifiestheamountoftimethatyouwishtosample.
Thiscanbesetin0.001secondincrements.Ifyou
recordasampleinthiscondition
([REC]→[START]→[STOP]),thechangeintimewillbe
displayedautomatically.
IfSavetoissettoDisk,themaximumvalueis
calculatedfromtheamountofremainingspaceonthe
di
skspecifiedbySelectDirectory/FileforSampleto
Disk.Themaximumsampletimeis80minutes.
Whensamplingtodisk,bitresolutionmayalsoaffect
themaximumsamplingtime.24‐bitdatauses50%
morespacethan16‐bitdata.
Auto +12 dB On
Ingeneral,theRecordingLevelshouldbesetto0(dB).
Formoreinformation,see“Settingtherecordinglevel”
onpage 128.
Inordertomaintainheadroom,theKRONOS
generallyplaysbacksamples12dBsofterthanthe
originalvolume(if+12dBisoff).Thisisappropriate
forsoundswhichwillbepla
yedbackpolyphonically
,
suchassamplesofacousticinstruments.
Fordrumloopsandsimilarmaterial,ontheother
hand,youmaywishtoplaybackthedataatthesame
levelatwhichitwassampled.Inthiscase,turnonthe
+12dBparameter(SamplingP2–LoopEditpage).
Ifyo
usam
plewiththeAuto+12dBOnsetting
checked,+12dBwillautomaticallybeturnedon,and
therecordedsamplewillplaybackatthesamelevelat
whichitwassampled.
Sample to Disk (Bit Depth)
WhenSaveToissettoDisk,youcanchoosetorecord
ateither16‐bitor24‐bitresolution.
WhenSaveToissettoRAM,theresolutionisfixedat
16‐bit.
Optimizing RAM memory
Optimizationrearrangesanyunusedmemoryareasso
thatalloftheremainingmemorycanbeused,which
mayincreasetheamountofRAMavailablefor
sampling.Thisoptimizationcanhappeneither
manuallyorautomatically.
AutomaticoptimizationisenabledviatheAuto
OptimizeRAMparameterontheGlobalmodeP0:
BasicSetuppage.Wh
enthisisturne
don,RAMwill
automaticallybeoptimizedwhensamplingends.
Save to
Mode
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