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NN-19 SAMPLER

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NN-19 synth parameters

The NN-19 synth parameters are used to shape and modulate samples. These are mostly similar to the parameters

used to shape the oscillators in Subtractor - you have envelope generators, a filter, velocity control etc. Again, it is im-

portant to remember that these parameters do not alter the audio files in any way, only the way they will play back.

! These parameters are global, in the sense that they will affect all samples in a sample patch.

The Oscillator Section

For a sample patch, the actual samples are what oscillators are for a synthesizer, the main sound

source

. The follow-

ing settings can be made in the Osc section of the NN-19:

Sample Start

This changes the start position of samples in a sample patch. Turning the knob clockwise gradually offsets the sam-

ples’ start position, so that they will play back from a position further “into” the samples’ waveform. This is useful

mainly for two things:

D Removing “air” or other unwanted artefacts from the start of less than perfect samples.

Occasionally (although not in any samples supplied with Reason) you may come across samples where the start

point of the sample is slightly ahead of the start of the actual sound. There may be noise or silence in the begin-

ning which was not intended to be part of the sample. By adjusting the sample start position, this can be removed.

D Changing the start point as an effect.

For example, if you had a sample of someone saying “one, two, three”, you could change the start position so that

when you played the sample it would start on “three”.

q You can also assign velocity sample start allowing to use your playing to determine the exact sample start.

See later in this chapter.

Setting Sample Pitch - Octave/Semitone/Fine

By adjusting the corresponding knobs you can change the pitch of all samples belonging to a patch, in three ways:

D Octave steps

The range is 0 - 8. The default setting is 4.

D Semitone steps

Allows you to raise the frequency in 12 semitone steps (1 octave).

D Fine steps (100th of a semitone)

The range is -50 to 50 (down or up half a semitone).