Akai CD3000XL - page 170

EDIT SAMPLE
Page 154 CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual
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The key in the SLCT page gives access to further editing functions such as sectional
editing, splicing and joining samples together, reverse and fade up/down.
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The first page we see is the PARAMETERS page (the first one you access when you press the
key) and looks like this:
On the top line is the name of the sample you want to edit. As usual, this may be changed with
the DATA control. The parameters on this page are as follows:
This allows you to alter the original pitch at which the sample was
recorded, so that when you replay it on the keyboard, it will play at the
correct pitch. You will note that the ENT/PLAY key which normally
plays a sound at a pitch set in the MIDI TRAN(smit) page, plays the
sample at its correct pitch (i.e. the pitch it was sampled at) when you
are in EDIT SAMPLE.
Further fine tuning (in semitones and cents over a range of ±50
semitones) is possible here.
This parameter determines the way in which the sample will be played
back. There are four options available here.
The first is LOOP IN RELEASE. This means that when a key is
pressed, the sample will play through all the loops until the first HOLD
loop is reached. When the key is released, the HOLD loop will
continue to play as the release falls away. This is always selected when
you make a sample.
LOOP UNTIL RELEASE is slightly different. Again, the sample will
play, with all loops, until the first HOLD loop is reached. However,
when the key is released, the loop will end, and the remaining portion
of the sample (if any) will be played. This is a useful setting for sounds
which have a definite attack, an indefinite sustain period (set with the
loop), and a definite release characteristic. For example, if you have a
double bass sample that has an interesting and realistic finger squeak
at the end, this type of loop may be appropriate.
NO LOOPING does what its name suggests - it plays the sample
through without loops for as long as the key is held down. If the sound
is not long enough, it will finish even though you are holding down a
note. If the sample is still sounding, as soon as the key is released, the
sound will start to decay.