Reference Manual
CHAPTER 21. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 292
title bar and choosing the Simpler -> Sampler command.
21.4.1 Sample View
The Sample View displays the sample waveform. Samples can be dragged into Simpler
either directly from the Browser, or from the Session or Arrangement View in the form of
clips. In the latter case, Simpler will utilize only the section of the sample demarcated by
the clip's start/end or loop markers. Samples can be replaced by dragging in a new sample,
or by activating the integrated Hot-Swap button.
Note: When playing instruments from Ableton's Essential Instrument Collection, Simpler
runs in Multisample Mode. The Sample View has no function in this mode.
21.4.2 Sample Controls
Simpler plays a specic 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 denes where sample playback starts.
The sample will play for the length dened by the Length parameter. Both parameters are
dened 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