User Manual

SAMPLING
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• Play button, Solo checkbox and Volume slider
Click the Play button to play back the sample from the current position of the play head until the end of the sample.
As soon as playback is started the button switches to display Stop instead, giving you the option of stopping play-
back. This is especially useful if your sample is looped. As an alternative to clicking the Play/Stop button you can
press [Spacebar] to toggle between Play and Stop.
Tick the Solo checkbox to solo sample playback. This is useful if your song is playing in the background and you
only want to listen to the sample.
Adjust the sample playback volume with the Volume slider to the right.
•Root Key
Set the sample Root Key (pitch) by clicking the spin controls, or by entering the desired note value in the display.
If you know what note your sample is, select that note here. When you open the sample in a sampler device, the
device will automatically transpose the sample correctly across the keyboard.
•Name
Type in desired name for your sample. Note that this will overwrite the original name of the sample in the Song
Samples list in the Tool Window once you click Save. See “Renaming samples” for more info.
• Save and Cancel buttons
Click Save to save your sample. The sample will appear in the Song Samples location in the Browser. See “Saving
edited samples” for more info.
Click Cancel to exit the Edit Sample window and discard from any edits you’ve made in the current sample.
Setting Sample Start and End
1. Open the sample by selecting it in the Browser list and clicking the Edit button - or select “Edit Sample” from
the context menu.
The sample opens in the Edit Sample window.
If you have recorded the sample yourself in Reason, the Start (S) locator has been automatically placed at the first
significant transient in the sound. The play head is also automatically placed at the Start locator.