User Guide

CHAPTER 1
Welcome
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With Independence’s clearly arranged MAPPING EDITOR it has never been so easy to create your
custom mappings in just a few seconds. The sophisticated editing options and the amazing graphical
representation enable you to edit multi-velocity instruments with any kind of x-fades, fade-ins,
fade-outs and individual curves for each fade. To facilitate the process of creating mappings for your
sounds, Independence includes an unique Auto-Import feature:
Independence recognizes the name-structure of multiple samples that belong together and offers in
addition the following import options for the files: multi key mapping (for melodic instruments),
one key mapping (for percussive instruments), chromatic mapping (loops and FX), and the unique
yellow tools import for auto recognizing Sections and Alternates.
The visual display of the audio files contains next to the waveform and the file name also all
information on sample rate, bit rate, file type, length, number of frames and file size.One of the most
innovative features of the Mapping Editor is the unique “Auto Groove Recognition”. In the Audio
Editor you can switch to the „Slice“ mode at any time. Using the „sensitivity“ settings you can adjust
the automatic groove recognition for the selected loop. Furthermore the Slice Editor allows many
more flexible and intuitive editing options: Zoom, fixing amd moving slice markers, manual deletion
and adding of slice markers and finally the frame accurate movement and adjustment of all slice
markers. To get the best possible overview about your current settings and adjustments you can simply
click on a slice to play back only this one, so you can always check the results of your adjustments
immediately... as usual for Independence all this is possible in real-time!!! For the first time it is now
possible to slow down your audio loop in its original tune up to 60% without loss of quality!