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CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 426
23.12.2 Sample Controls
Simpler plays a specic region or loop of the sample, as determined by a group of sample
controls.
The Start and Length controls work together to specify where Simpler begins and ends its
sweep of the sample. As the name implies, Start denes where sample playback starts.
The sample will play for the length dened by the Length parameter. Both parameters are
dened as a percentage of the whole region, so setting start to 25 percent and length to
50 percent, for example, will start playback 1/4 of the way through the sample and stop
playback at the 3/4 mark (using 50 percent of the sample).
Samples are played by Simpler as one-shots or as loops, depending on whether or not the
Loop switch is active. When looping is active, the Loop control dictates the length of the
loop, starting from the end of the playing sample. Simpler will play the rst instance of a
looped sample beginning with the Start point, then continue playing only the loop region.
When the sample's start or end points are moved, Simpler will try to preserve the loop length
for as long as possible by automatically adjusting the Start, Loop and Length settings.
It is possible for glitches or pops to occur between a looped sample's start and end points
due to the discontinuity in waveform amplitude (i.e., the sample's loudness). The Snap
switch will help mitigate these by forcing Simpler's loop markers to snap to zero-crossing
points in the sample (points where the amplitude is zero). Note: Snapping is based on the
left channel of stereo samples. It is therefore still possible, even with Snap activated, to
encounter glitches with stereo samples.
The transition from loop end to loop start can be smoothed with the Fade control, which
crossfades the two points. This method is especially useful when working with long, textural
samples. By default, Simpler uses constant-power fades. But by turning off Use Constant
Power Fade for Loops in the
(PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) context menu, you can enable linear
crossfades.
23.12.3 Zoom
Quite often, one starts with a longer region of a sample and ends up using only a small part
of it. Simpler's Sample view can be zoomed and panned just as in other parts of Live  drag