User Guide

CHAPTER 6
Mapping
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Mapping (Independence only)
Welcome to the core of Independence!
This page of Independence contains the basic structure and settings that allow all succeeding editing
in the first place. The principle is very simple and explained in a few basic steps.
Before we take a closer look to this page, a few words about MIDI and Mapping at first:
A MIDI controller (e.g. keyboard) sends any information with a so-called „MIDI protocol“ which
is based on a vertical and horizontal matrix, each with 127 partitions (= velocities) - from 0 to 127.
The horizontal partitions are the keys from your keyboard and thus each note can also get defined as
number (e.g. C3 = MIDI note 63). The vertical partitions contain different additional information for
each key, like multiple samples with different dynamics of the note.
Thus each information sent from the keyboard is always linked to exactly one Zone (-> chapter
„Architecture & Operation“ on page 27) in your Mapping matrix.
Basically a Zone is the simply displayed position of an audio file and a Zone can always only
manage one audio file. Please load a Layer from the Independence Core Library as explained in the
chapter „User Interface & Basics“ on page 34 and switch to the Mapping page.
The Audio Editor (the upper window) will be empty at this moment - we will explain this part of the
Mapping page later. The window below is the Mapping Editor and contains the mapping matrix of
the instrument you loaded. Each Zone is shown as a small blue box. The more Zones are displayed
in this window the more different dynamic steps or articulations are available for the instrument.
Now play a few notes with your keyboard (or any other MIDI controller). If not disabled in the