Specifications

NN-XT SAMPLER
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Tuning Samples Manually
In addition to setting the root note, you may need to fine tune your samples, in or-
der for them to match other instruments and/or each other:
D Make sure the zone has edit focus (for example by clicking on it).
D Use the knob marked “Tune” in the sample parameter area.
This allows you to tune each sample in a key map by +/– half a semitone
(-50 – 0 – 50).
Setting the Root Note and Tuning Using Pitch
Detection
The NN-XT features a pitch detection function to help you set the root keys. 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. Pull down the Edit menu or the NN-XT context menu and 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.
About Changing the Pitch of Samples
The procedures above should be used to make sure the samples are consis-
tently pitched across the keyboard, and that they all match an absolute refer-
ence (for example A 440 tuning).
If you need to tune the samples to match other material, or to get a certain effect
(for example detuning two sounds against each other for a chorus effect) you
should use the Pitch section among the synth parameters, not the sample tuning
parameters.
Using Automap
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 from the Edit menu or the NN-XT context
menu.
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.