Sony 7 manual Creating a sampler configuration

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Creating a sampler configuration

The Sampler Configuration dialog allows you to create new sample configurations that can be saved as presets and accessed from the Sampler dialog. Creating new custom configurations requires you to specify the sampler and sample transfer mode. However, the process of creating a custom sampler configuration differs based on which transfer mode is used.

1.From the Tools menu, choose Sampler. The Sampler dialog appears.

2.Click the Configure button. The Sampler Configuration dialog appears.

The Sampler Configuration dialog

3.From the Sampler model drop-down list, choose the appropriate sampler. If the desired sampler is not included in the drop-down list, choose the generic SMDI or SDS capable sampler option. If the sampler supports the specified protocol, the Sampler Tool should interface with the sampler.

4.Specify input/output settings for the sampler:

•If your sampler uses MIDI/SDS transfer, select the MIDI radio button and choose input and output ports in the MIDI In and MIDI Out boxes.

•If your sampler uses SCSI/SMDI transfer, select the SCSI radio button and select your sampler in the

Sampler box.

Note: The Sampler box lists all devices connected to the selected SCSI host, including devices that are not samplers.

5.If desired, enter a value in the Sample bias box. Sample bias is a user-specified value that is added to the logical sample number to determine the actual sample number used for sending or receiving.

Additionally, sample bias can be used to define unique biases for multiple projects. For example, when composing multiple pieces using different samples, it is possible to create unique sampler configurations for each project. Simply establish a unique sample bias to segregate the samples within the sampler.

6.Enter a value in the MIDI channel box to specify which MIDI channel (1-16) is used when transferring samples.

7.Select the Open loop check box if you want to send SDS sample data immediately upon clicking the Send Sample button. This is an unconditional transfer of sample data (no handshake).

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