User Guide

CHAPTER 7
Performance
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Performance (Independence only)
Overview
With our sound design and sample library experiences of many years we came to the point where
we recognized the need to break new ground with the development of our new technology. No
sooner said than done and so we present a worldwide unique and sophisticated Performance Mode
with forward-looking features. As already explained in the chapter „Mapping & Audio Editor“ on
page 71, Independence‘s instruments are based on a very detailed classification, arrangement and
operation of the containing audio files. This high-performance structure allows the amazingly real
playability of the instruments on your keyboard. Although the instruments of the Core Library and
also the additional instruments specially developed for Independence are already exceptionally
playable on the spot, this Performance Mode enables you to customize your instruments at will and
give them a remarkable „human touch“.
What is it that make sample based instruments sound even more authentically? It is the availability
of multiple alternatives of the same sound. Playing an instrument live you will never hear exactly
the same sound twice, even if the musician plays the same note multiple times.
Simulating this „live feeling“ is the major task of the Perfomance mode: Managing and combining
up to 32 alternatives of the same sample automatically for the most authentic perfomances ever!
The Performance Page is divided into two parts. The „Alternate Mode“ in the upper part and the
„Advanced Legato Mode“ in the lower part. After reading this chapter you will understand why both
features are located on this page.