Korg Electric Keyboard 109, Index SourceC2, xxx 001...090zzz D2...G9/yyy, Sensitivity 00...30

1Use “SMPL” (3.1–1b) to select the sample that you wish to Time Slice.

2From the Edit2 page “UTILITY,” choose “Time Slice” to open the following dialog box.

3Specify the number of quarter-note beats and tempo of the currently selected sample. If you know the BPM of the original waveform, set “Source BPM.” If you do not know the BPM, specify “Beat” and the BPM will be calcu- lated automatically. The setting you make here will be used as the reference value when detecting the attack, when performing Time Stretch in step 9b, and when saving the sequence data in step 0.

Beat: Specify the number of quarter-note beats. When you specify “Beat,” the “Source BPM” will indicate the playback BPM at the original key. This BPM value will automatically be calculated from the start address to the end address (if loop is off) or from the loop start address to the end address (if loop is on) of the selected sample. If you know the BPM and it is different than the displayed value, change “Source BPM” to the correct value.

For example in the case of a 120 BPM sample of one mea- sure of 4/4 time, set “Beat” to 4. The “Source BPM” will be calculated automatically. If the “Source BPM” is not set to 120, due to inaccuracies in the start address (or loop start address) and end address, change the “Source BPM” to 120.

Source BPM: Specifies the tempo at the original key of the source waveform.

4To execute Time Slice, press the [F8] (“OK”) key. To can- cel without executing, press the [F7] (“Cancel”) key. When you press the [F8] (“OK”) key, the attacks will be detected, the sample will automatically be sliced, and a dialog box will appear.

In the case of a stereo sample in which L and R have different lengths, silent data will automatically be added to the end of the shorter sample so that the two samples will be the same length.

If you want to reset “Beat” and “Source BPM” after pressing the [F8] (“OK”) key, you can do so in step 9a.

5Listen to the samples that were divided by detecting their attacks. The sample before slicing is assigned to the C2 note of the keyboard, and the sliced samples are assigned to notes D2 and above. When you change the “Index,” the corresponding display will be highlighted, allowing you to view the sliced waveforms.

To select an index, hold down the [ENTER] key and play a note on the keyboard. The index that includes the note you played will be selected.

To hear the sliced sounds, you can either press the cor- responding note on the keyboard, or change the index to select the desired sample and then press the [AUDI- TION] key. When you press the [AUDITION] key, the sample in the range between the specified “S (Start)” and “E (End)” will be played at the original key.

Index

[Source(C2), xxx: 001...090(zzz: D2...G9)/yyy: 001...090]:

Select the sample index.

If this is set to Source, the original waveform before time slicing will be selected.

By selecting xxx(zzz)/yyy you can specify individual samples that were sliced. xxx indicates the selected sam- ple, and yyy indicates the total number of samples that were sliced. zzz indicates the number of notes that are assigned to the selected index. A maximum of 90 samples can be assigned to the keyboard. If more than 90 samples were sliced, this will display 90.

Sample waveform display: This displays a dotted verti- cal line at the locations where the sample was sliced, and a solid vertical line at the “S (Start),” “LpS (Loop Start),” and “E (End)” locations. When “Index” is xxx(zzz)/yyy, the sample of the selected index will be highlighted.

In the case of a stereo sample, you can press the [F3] (“L/R”) key to switch the display between the L channel and R channel of the sample data. (☞ 2.1–2c)

ZOOM: When you press the [F8] (“Zoom”) button the zoom buttons will appear, allowing you to zoom-in or zoom-out vertically or horizontally on the sample wave- form display (☞ 2.1–2d). Press the [F8] (“Zoom”) key once again to return to the previous display.

6If the slice locations are not appropriate, you can adjust “Sensitivity” to change the sensitivity at which the attacks are detected, in order to change the slice loca- tions.

Sensitivity [00...30]:

Adjusts the sensitivity at which the attacks are detected. By increasing this value, you can detect attacks at even lower levels, to create more finite slices.

The “level” in this case does not necessarily correspond to the “waveform level.”

Depending on the sample, the desired slicing may not occur even if you increase the “Sensitivity.” If the attack portion of the following sample has overlapped into the end of the sample, or if the sample contains two sounds, make adjustments in step 7.

7Make adjustments where the automatic attack detection did not occur correctly. Change “Index” to select the sam- ple that you wish to adjust. Make adjustments by chang- ing “S (Start)” and “E (End),” and by executing “Divide” or “Link” to adjust the slice location.

S (Start): Specifies the start address for the sample of the currently selected “Index.” At the same time, the end address of the sample for the preceding “Index” will also be adjusted.

E (End): Specifies the end address for the sample of the currently selected “Index.” At the same time, the start address of the sample for the next “Index” will also be adjusted.

If “Index” is set to Source, the address of the original waveform will be modified. If you change the start address, the loop start address will also be changed at the same time.

When adjusting the “S (Start)” and “E (End)” addresses of the divided samples, use “ZOOM” to increase the magnification (⋅ 1 or more) so that the sample wave- form is displayed accurately when you make adjust- ments. (☞ 2.1–2d)

Zero (Use Zero): (☞ 2.1–2b)

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