Reference Manual

428 Live Instrument Reference
on the simple transposition of a single recorded sample, multisampling captures an instrument at
multiple points within its critical sonic range. This typically means capturing the instrument at dif-
ferent pitches as well as different levels of emphasis (played softly, moderately, loudly, etc.). The
resulting multisample is a collection of all the individually recorded sample files.
The acoustic piano, for example, is a commonly multisampled instrument. Because the piano’s
pitch and dynamic ranges are very wide and timbrally complex, transposing one sample across
many octaves would not reproduce the nuances of the instrument. Since multisampling relies
on different sound sources, three or more samples per piano key could be made (soft, medium,
loud, very loud, and so on), maximizing the sampler’s expressive possibilities.
Sampler is designed to let you approach multisampling on whatever level you like: you can load
and play multisample presets, import multisamples from third-party vendors (page 451), or
create your own multisamples from scratch. Lastly, you do not have use multisamples at all —
drop a single sample into Sampler and take advantage of its internal modulation system how-
ever you like.
24.7.3 Title Bar Options
Before delving into Sampler’s deep modulation features, let’s look at Sampler’s title bar context
menu.
Sampler’s Title Bar Context Menu.
Although Cut, Copy, Rename, Edit Info Text, and Delete should already be familiar, the other
options deserve some explanation.