Reference Manual

4 51 Live Instrument Reference
24.7.10 The MIDI Tab
The MIDI Tab.
The MIDI tab’s parameters turn Sampler into a dynamic performance instrument. The MIDI con-
trollers Key, Velocity, Release Velocity, Aftertouch, Modulation Wheel, Foot Controller and Pitch
Bend can be mapped to two destinations each, with varying degrees of influence determined in
the Amount A and Amount B sliders.
For example, if we set Velocity’s Destination A to Loop Length, and its Amount A to 100, high
velocities will result in long loop lengths, while low velocities will create shorter ones.
At the bottom is a Pitch Bend Range slider (0 to 24 steps). The 14-bit range of pitch wheel values
can be scaled to produce up to 24 semitones of pitch bend in Sampler.
Finally, clicking in the Sampler image on the right will trigger a scrolling, movie-like credits for
Sampler. These are the people you can thank!
24.7.11 Importing Third-Party Multisamples
Sampler can use multisamples created by a number of other software and hardware samplers.
To import a third-party multisample, navigate to the file in Live‘s browser and drag it into a Live
Set. This will import it into your User Library.
Importing will create new Sampler presets, which you can find in the browser under User Li-
brary/Sampler/Imports.
Note that some multisample files will be converted to Instrument Rack (page 237) presets that
contain several Sampler instances used to emulate the original more accurately.