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24 PERFORM-VE User Manual
10.2 Sample
The SAMPLE performance eect records a sample of your input audio signal and
processes it with TC-Helicon’s VSS technology to create sample-based MIDI voices.
VSS (Vocal Sampling Synthesis) allows you to record anything from bel canto to
beatboxing, then play it back on the keyboard instantly at any pitch, with the
tonal nuance of your performance well intact.
• To record a sample, press and hold the rec corner button. The SAMPLE button will light up RED while recording is underway. Recording will continue until you
release the rec button. The SAMPLE button will now turn GREEN, indicating the sampler is activated.
• To audition your recorded sample, press the play corner button.
For a real taste of what the sampler can do, provide Perform-VE with MIDI notes from a connected keyboard controller or note event generator (such as an arpeggiator
or sequencer). With 8 voices of polyphony, the sampler can be used in many dierent exciting ways, as you’ll soon hear!
Sample Mode
The four sample modes control how the sample is played back in response to MIDI notes:
The four sample modes are combinations of staccato, legato, normal and looped
playback characteristics.
• Staccato: Each new note triggers the sample from the start.
• Legato: Each new note synchronizes its playback to samples that are already
playing.
• Looped: When MIDI notes are held down beyond the end of the sample,
it will loop.
Sample yourself saying a short sentence and try the various modes out. Each has
something exciting to oer your music making.
Once a sample has been recorded, it will stay in memory until replaced by a new
recording, or until you turn o your Perform-VE.
Sample Management with the Perform-VE App
The Perform-VE App for iOS allows you to back up, manage and restore
Perform-VE samples. Please check out the app for more details.
Note: The Android version of the Perform-VE App does not support samples
owing to OS limitations.