Operation Manual

NN-XT SAMPLER
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Crossfading Between two Sounds
An example:
D Two zones are both set to play in the full velocity range of 1-127.
D Zone 1 has a fade out value of 40.
This means that this zone will play at full level with velocity values below 40, With
higher velocity values, it will gradually fade out.
D Zone 2 has a fade in value of 80.
This has the effect that as you play velocity values up to 80, this zone will gradually
fade in. With velocity values above 80, it will play at full level.
Another example:
Crossfading can be used to only fade in or fade out a certain sound. One common ex-
ample is to set things up so that one sound plays the entire velocity range and another
is faded in only at high velocity values.
D Zone 1 is set to play the entire velocity range with no crossfade.
D Zone 2 is set to play the velocity range 80 to 127, with a fade in value of
110.
This means that this zone will start fading in from velocity values 80 and will play at
full level in the velocity range 110 to 127.
This can be used for example to add a rimshot to a regular snare sound or a harder at-
tack to a softer violin sample.
Setting Crossfading for a Zone
Manually
To set up a crossfade for a zone, proceed as follows:
1. Select one or more zones that you want to adjust.
2. Use the knobs marked “Fade In” and “Fade Out” in the sample parameter
area, to set the desired values.
✪ You can change the values with finer precision by pressing [Shift] while
turning the knobs, and you can reset the standard values by pressing
[Command] (Mac)/[Ctrl] (Windows) and clicking on the knobs.
Automatically
If you find it tedious to manually set up crossfades between zones, NN-XT can do it
for you! The Edit menu and the NN-XT context menu contain an item called “Create
Velocity Crossfades”.
1. Set up the zones so that their velocity ranges overlap, as desired.
2. Select the zones.
You can select as many zones as you wish, not just one pair of overlapping zones.
3. Select “Create Velocity Crossfades” from the Edit menu.
NN-XT will analyze the overlapping zones and automatically set up what it deems
to be appropriate fade in and fade out values for the zones.
D This operation will not work if both zones have full velocity ranges.
At least one of the zones must have a partial velocity range (see page 172).
D This operation will not work if the zones are completely overlapping.
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