Operation Manual

NN-XT SAMPLER
178
The Velocity controls
Velocity is used for controlling various parameters according to how hard or soft you
play notes on your keyboard. A typical use of velocity control is to make sounds
brighter and louder if you strike a key harder. By using the knobs in this section, you
can control if and how much the various parameters will be affected by velocity.
Just like the modulation controls, all of the velocity control knobs are bi-polar, and can
be set to both positive and negative values.
• Setting them to positive values means that the value of the controlled parameter
will be raised the harder you play.
• Setting them to negative values means that the value will be lowered the harder
you play.
• Keeping the knobs in the center position means that no velocity control is applied.
The following parameters can be velocity controlled:
F.Freq
This sets velocity control of the Filter’s cutoff frequency (see page 179).
Mod Dec
This sets velocity control of the Decay parameter in the Modulation Envelope (see
page 180).
Level
This sets velocity control of the Amp Envelope.
Amp Env Attack
This sets velocity control of the Attack parameter in the Amplitude Envelope (see
page 181).
S. Start
This sets velocity control of the Sample Start parameter (see page 174), so that it will
be offset forwards or backwards, according to how hard or soft you play.
This allows you to control how much of the attack portion of the sample you hear
when playing harder or softer.
To be able to make use of negative values for this parameter, you must increase the
sample parameter Sample Start.
The Pitch section
This section contains various parameters related to controlling the pitch, or frequency,
of the zones.
Pitch Bend Range
This lets you set the amount of pitch bend, i.e. how much the pitch changes when
your turn the pitch bend wheel fully up or down. The maximum range is +/- 24 semi-
tones (2 Octaves).
Setting the pitch
Use the three knobs marked “Octave”, “Semi” and “Fine” to change the pitch of the
sample(s):
D Octave
This changes the pitch in steps of one full octave. The range is -5 – 0 – 5.
D Semi
This lets you change the pitch in semitone steps. The range is -12 – 0 – 12 (2 oc-
taves).
D Fine
This changes the pitch in cents (hundredths of a semitone). The range is -50 – 0 –
50 (down or up half a semitone).
K. Track
This knob controls Keyboard Tracking of the pitch.
• In the center position, each key represents a semitone This is the normal setting.
•When turned all the way down, all keys play the same pitch. This can be useful for
percussion like timpani where you might want to play the same pitch from a range
of keys.
•When turned all the way up, each key on the keyboard shifts the pitch one octave.