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CHAPTER 22. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 359
The rest of the view is occupied by one of three editors that correspond to the sample layers:
the Key Zone Editor, the Velocity Zone Editor and the Sample Select Editor. These editors
can be horizontally zoomed by pressing (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) within them to bring up
a context menu with sizing options.
Auto Select (Auto) As MIDI notes arrive at Sampler, they are ltered by each sample layer's
key, velocity and sample select zones. With Auto Select enabled, all sample layers that are
able to play an incoming note will become selected in the sample layer list for the duration
of that note.
Zone Fade Mode (Lin/Pow) These buttons toggle the fade mode of all zones between
linear and constant-power (exponential) slopes.
Zone Editor View (Key/Vel/Sel) These buttons toggle the display of the Key Zone, Velocity
Zone and Sample Select Editors.
The Sample Layer List
All samples contained in the currently loaded multisample are listed here, with each sample
given its own layer. For very large multisamples, this list might be hundreds of layers long!
Fortunately, layers can be descriptively named (according to their root key, for example).
Mousing over a layer in the list or a zone in the zone editors will display relevant information
about the corresponding sample in the status bar. Selecting any layer will load its sample
into the Sample tab for examination.
Key Zones
Key zones dene the range of MIDI notes over which each sample will play. Samples are
only triggered when incoming MIDI notes lie within their key zone. Every sample has its
own key zone, which can span anywhere from a single key up to the full 127.
A typical multisampled instrument contains many individual samples, distributed into many
key zones. Samples are captured at a particular key of an instrument's voice range (known
as their root key), but may continue to sound accurate when transposed a few semitones up
or down. This range usually corresponds to the sample's key zone; ranges beyond this zone
are represented by additional samples, as needed.