Specifications

Keymap and Sample Editing
The Keymap Editor
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Keymap Editor Parameters
Sample
Thisiswhereyouassignasampleroottothecurrentkeyrange.Dependingonthenatureofthe
sampleroot—anindividualsampleorablockofsampleroots—thesample’snamelooksabit
differentinthedisplay.Eachsample’snameconsistsofthreeparts:anumeral,aname,and
a
notenumber—forexample,999Silence‐C4.Additionally,thenameofstereosampleswillend
withanS.(Touseastereosample,theStereoparametermustbesettoOnintheV.A.S.T.
ProgramEditor,andtwokeymapsmustbeselected,seeTheKEYMAPPage on page 6‐19for
details.)
The
numeralisthesampleblockID.Ifthesampleobjectisanindividualsample,thesample
blockIDisthesameasthesample’sobjectID.Ifthesampleobjectisagroupofsampleroots,the
objectIDofthefirstrootinthegroupdeterminesthesampleblock
ID.Theremainingrootsin
theblockhavethesameID,anddifferonlyintheirnotenumbers.
Nextcomesthenameofthesample,whichtypicallydescribesthesample’stimbre.Thefinal
partofthesample’snamereferstothe pitchatwhichitwasoriginallysampled.Formany
timbres,
multiplesamplesaremadeatvariouspitches.AsyouscrollthroughtheSamplelist,
you’llseeonlythepitchofthesamplechangeuntilyoureachthenextsampleblock.The
sample’soriginalpitchissetintheSampleEditor(seeRootKey on page 12‐10.)Thisdetermines
whichkeywillplay
thesampleatitsoriginalpitchwhenasampleisusedinakeyrange(see
KeyRangebelow.)
Key Range
Akeyrangeisarangeofkeyboardkeysthatplaysonesample(pervelocityrange,seeVelocity
Range(VelRange)belowfordetails.)Eachsampleinakeyrange(pervelocityrange)is

transposedbasedoneachsample’sRootKeyparametersothatitplaysatthecorrectpitchonthe
keyboardrelativetoitsrootkey(seeEditingSamples on page 12‐9fordetailsontheRootKey
parameter.)Otherkeyswithinthekeyrangetransposethesamplechromaticallyrelativetothe
rootkey. Samplepitch
relativetotherootkeycanalsobeoffsetusingtheCoarseTuneandFine
Tuneparameters,seebelow.)
TheKeyRangeparametershowsyouwhichkeyrangeyou’recurrentlyviewingorediting(key
rangesarenamedbytheirlowestandhighestnotes.)ChangingthevalueoftheKeyRange
parameterselectsfrom
theavailablekeyranges,andallowsyoutovieworeditthesample
assignmentandotherparametersoftheselectedkeyrange.WhentheKeyRangeparameteris
selected,youcanalsoscrollthroughavailablekeyrangesusingtheAlphaWheelorthe‐/+
buttons.Multiplekeyrangesareonly
shownifthecurrentKeymapusesmorethanonekey
range.Ifthetoplineofthe EditKeymappagedisplaysKeyRange,youcanscrollthroughthe
availablekeyrangeswithanyparameteronthepageselectedusingtheChan/Layerbuttons.
(PresstheTogglesoftbuttontotogglethetoplinebetween
displayingKeyRangeand
VelRange.)
WiththeKeyrangeparameterselected,keyrangescanalsobeselectedbyholdingtheEnter
buttonandplayingakey.Thekeyrangeassignedtothatkeywillbeselected.
Low Key (Lo), High Key (Hi)
Withtheseparametersyoucanuseanyofthedataentrymethodstochangethelowandhigh
notesofthecurrentkeyrange.YoucanextendakeyrangetothefullcapacityofthePC3LE(C0
toG10).Ifyouextendthecurrentkeyrangeintoanother,theboundariesoftheotherkeyrange
willbecomeshortenedtoaccommodatethekeyrangeyouareextending.
Ifthekeyrangeyou
areextendingcoversanotherkeyrange,theotherkeyrangewillbedeleted.
Thesettingforthelowkeycannotbehigherthanthesettingforthehighkey.Similarly,the
settingforthehighkeycannotbelowerthanthesettingforthelowkey.