Operation Manual

MENU AND DIALOG REFERENCE
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The NN-XT features a pitch detection function to help you set the root keys of loaded samples. This is useful if you
for example load a sample that you haven’t recorded yourself, and you don’t have any information about its original
pitch.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select all the zones you want to be subject to pitch detection.
2. Select “Set Root Notes from Pitch Detection”.
The samples in all the selected zones will now be analyzed, and the detected root keys will automatically be set for
you.
! Note that for this to work properly, the samples must have some form of perceivable pitch. If it is sampled
speech, or a snare drum for example, it probably doesn’t have any discernible pitch.
Automap Zones
This menu item is used with the NN-XT sampler. The automap function can be used as a quick way of creating a key
map, or as a good starting point for further adjustments of a key map.
Automap works under the assumption that you intend to create a key map for a complete instrument, for example a
number of samples of a piano, all at different pitches.
1. Load the samples you want to Automap.
Now you have three options:
D Trust that the root note information in the files is already correct.
D Manually adjust the root notes (and tuning) for all the samples.
D Use “Set Root Notes from Pitch Detection” to automatically set up the root notes.
2. Select all zones you want to automap.
3. Select Automap Zones.
All the selected zones will now be arranged automatically in the following way:
D The zones will be sorted in the display (from top to bottom - lowest key first) according to the root keys.
D The zones will be assigned key ranges according to the root keys.
The key ranges are set up so that the split between two zones is exactly in the middle between the zones’ root
notes. If two zones have the same root key they will be assigned the same key range.
Automap Zones Chromatically
This menu item is used with the NN-XT sampler. It will map the selected zones chromatically (one zone per semitone)
from C2 and up. This is useful if you are mapping non-pitched material (e.g. drum or percussion samples) and want
one sample per key. Before you select Automap Zones Chromatically, you may want to adjust the order of the zones,
since this determines which zone is mapped to which key.
Create Velocity Crossfades
This menu item is used with the NN-XT sampler. This is used for automatically setting up velocity crossfades for
smooth transitions between overlapping zones. To set up crossfades, you adjust the fade out and fade in values for
the overlapping zones.
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 grad-
ually fade out.