User Manual

NN-XT SAMPLER
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Quick browsing through samples
If you want to quickly browse through a number of samples, for example to see which one of them would fit best in a
certain context, proceed as follows:
1. Set up the zone as desired and make sure it has edit focus:
2. Use the arrow buttons in the Browse Samples section to select the next/previous sample in the directory.
Removing samples
D To remove a sample from a zone, select it by clicking on it and then select “Remove Samples” from the Edit
menu or the NN-XT context menu.
This will remove the sample from the zone, leaving it empty. Note that you can remove the samples from several
selected zones at the same time.
Auditioning samples
You can audition the loaded samples in two ways:
D By pressing [Alt](Win) or [Option](Mac) and clicking a sample in the sample column.
The mouse pointer will take on the shape of a speaker symbol when you move it over the sample column.
Clicking a sample will play it back at its root pitch (see “About the Root Key”). Furthermore, the sample will play
back in its unprocessed state. That is, without any synth-parameters applied (see “Synth parameters”).
D By pressing [Alt](Win) or [Option](Mac) and clicking a sample in the keyboard column.
The difference here is that you will hear the sample at the pitch corresponding to the key you clicked and with any
and all processing applied. The click mimics a key played with velocity 100. Also note that this may trigger several
samples, depending on whether they are mapped across the same or overlapping key ranges, and the velocity
range settings (see “Setting up Key Ranges” and “Setting velocity range for a Zone” respectively).
Adding empty Zones
You can add empty zones to a key map. Empty zones are treated just like zones containing samples, in that they are
automatically selected, gets edit focus and are assigned a five octave key range when they are first created. How-
ever, you can only add one zone at a time. It is also possible to resize, move and edit empty zones in the same way as
zones containing samples.
D To add an empty zone, pull down the Edit menu or the NN-XT context menu and select “Add Zone”.
An empty zone is added below any existing zones in the key map. An empty zone is indicated with the text “**No
Sample**”.
After you have added an empty zone, you can assign a sample to it, just as when Replacing a Sample, or when Quick
Browsing, as described above.
Duplicating Zones
You can duplicate any number of already existing zones (containing samples or empty).
1. Select the zone(s) you want to copy.
2. Pull down the edit menu or the NN-XT context menu and select “Duplicate Zones”.
The selected zones will now be copied and automatically inserted below the last one in the key map display.
The duplicated zones will contain references to the same samples as the original zones. They will also have the exact
same key ranges and parameter settings.