Korg Electric Keyboard manual 105, Grid

The volume of the two samples can be changed gradually at the transition to gradually mix the samples with each other. This is called crossfade, and can be used to produce a natu- ral-sounding transition between the two sounds.

SOUND A SOUND B

CROSSFADE LINK

Volume

SOUND A	SOUND B
	Time

Crossfaded portion

(Sound A gradually diminishes, and sound B gradually increases)

Crossfaded portion

(This is called the “Crossfade Length”)

“Link” will be executed for all of the selected sample data, regardless of the “S (Edit Range Start)” and “E (Edit Range End)” (2.1–2b) settings.

1Use “SMPL” (2.1–1a) to select the sample that will be placed in front by the Link command.

2In the Edit2 page “UTILITY,” choose “Link” to open the following dialog box.

3The sample number selected for “Sample No. (Front)” - Sound A in the above example - will be displayed. When the command is executed, this sample will be placed in front.

While you hold down the [F3] (“F®”) key, the entire sample will play back. After the entire sample has played back, it will stop.

If you select one side of a stereo sample, it will automatically be detected as a stereo sample, and the other side of the sample will also be processed by the Link command.

If the “Front” Sample is mono and the Rear Sample is ste- reo, the L and R of the “Rear” Sample will be mixed to mono before linking.

If the “Front” Sample is stereo and the “Rear” Sample is mono, the identical sample will be placed in L and R of the “Rear” Sample before linking.

4Use “Sample No. (Rear)”- Sound B in the above example - to select the sample number that will be linked. When the command is executed, this sample will be placed in back.

While you hold down the [F5] (“R®”) key, the entire sample will play back. After the entire sample has played back, it will stop.

5In “Crossfade Length,” specify the length over which the crossfade will occur. If you specify a % value, the propor- tion in relation to the entire “Front” Sample will be calcu- lated automatically. If you specify 50%, the last half of the “Front” Sample will crossfaded.

If the rear sample is short, the “Crossfade Length” can- not be set any longer than the length of the “Rear ”sam- ple. In this case, it will not be possible to specify a value up to 100%.

If you set “Crossfade Length” to other than 0, “F XF®” and “R XF®” will be displayed. By holding down one of these buttons, you can play back just the crossfaded por- tion of the front or rear sample. Playback will stop after the length specified by “Crossfade Length.” If you do not wish to crossfade, set this to 0.

After selecting a sample in step 1, you can set “S (Edit Range Start)” and specify the beginning of the crossfade while viewing the waveform. Set “E (Edit Range End)” to the end of the sample. If you specify these, “Crossfade Length” will indicate the length determined by “S (Edit Range Start)” and “E (Edit Range End).”

6In “Curve,” specify how you want the volume to change in the crossfaded portion.

Linear: The volume will change linearly.

Power: The volume will change non-linearly. In some cases, “Linear” may sound as though the volume dimin- ishes in the middle of the curve. If this occurs, use “Power.”

7In “Save to No.,” specify the save destination sample number. An unused sample number will be selected by default. If “Overwrite” is checked, this cannot be set.

In the case of a stereo sample, “Save to No.(L)” and “(R)” will be displayed. You must specify the save destination sample for both the L channel and R channel.

8If you wish to delete the original sample data and over- write it with the edited sample data, check “Overwrite”. Normally, you will leave “Save to No.” at its default set-

ting, and execute without checking “Overwrite.” (☞ p.99 “*1: About “Overwrite””)

9To execute the Link command, press the [F8] (“OK”) key. To cancel without executing, press the [F7] (“Cancel”) key.

If you link samples of different sampling rates (such as created by “Rate Convert” ☞ 2.1–2e), the newly created sample will have the sampling rate of the “Front” sam- ple.

One vacant sample is used in order to execute Link. Be aware that if there are no vacant samples, an error will occur.

Grid

This command displays a grid in the “sample waveform dis- play.”If you check “Grid” and execute, vertical dotted lines will appear in the “sample waveform display,” according to the resolution and tempo specified by “Resolution” and “ (Grid Tempo)” (2.1–2b). You can use this when cutting or editing sample data according to BPM values or beats. The vertical dotted lines are displayed starting at the address specified by the “S (Start)” (when Loop Off) or “LpS (Loop Start)” (when Loop On) settings of the 3.1: Loop Edit, Edit2 page, and show the timing when the currently selected key (displayed in gray) is played. (☞ “Keyboard & Index” 1.1– 1a)

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