User guide

Make settings for samples and play them (Sample List)

Auditioning a sample

1. Use the mouse to select the sample you want to audition.

You can also use the [ ][ ] keys of your computer keyboard to select a sample.

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2. Click the [Preview] button shown in the diagram,

or press the [P] key of your computer keyboard to

audition the sample.

• The sound will be heard from the VariOS.

3. You can play your MIDI keyboard to audition the selected sample.

* One free part in the Vari Track (p. 68) is required in order to audition the sample. If you have used

all six parts of the Vari Track, you will not be able to audition samples from the sample list while the

song is playing. The part being previewed will be indicated as in the Vari Track indicator.

* While you are auditioning a sample from your MIDI keyboard, you can turn the PITCH/TIME/

FORMANT knobs of the sound module (VariOS) to adjust the pitch, playback speed, and tonal

character (formant).

* FORMANT is available only for samples with an encoding type (p. 57) of SOLO.