User Manual

NN-XT SAMPLER
(RECORD+REASON)
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Setting Root Notes and Tuning
About the Root Key
All instrument sounds have an inherent pitch. When playing a sample of such a sound on the keyboard, the keys you
play must correspond to that pitch. For example, you may have recorded a piano playing the key “C3”. When you map
this onto the NN-XT key map, you must set things up so that the sampler plays back the sample at original pitch
when you press the key C3.
This is done by adjusting the root note.
D Many samples files from different sources already have a set root key in the file. If they do, the root key will be
correctly set automatically when you load the sample into a zone.
D However if the sample doesn’t have a root note stored in the file, (if you for example have recorded it yourself)
you will need to adjust it
Setting the Root Note manually
To set the root key for a zone, proceed as follows:
D Make sure the zone has edit focus (for example by clicking on it), and do one of the following:
D Use the knob marked “Root” in the sample parameter area below the display.
Turning it to the right will raise the pitch of the root key. The selected key is displayed alphanumerically directly
above the knob, and you can also look at the keyboard area for a visual indication (see below).
D Press [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and click on the desired root key in the keyboard area.
The set root key is shaded so you can easily distinguish it.
Tuning samples manually
In addition to setting the root note, you may need to fine tune your samples, in order for them to match other instru-
ments and/or each other:
D Make sure the zone has edit focus (for example by clicking on it).
D Use the knob marked “Tune” in the sample parameter area.
This allows you to tune each sample in a key map by +/– half a semitone (-50 – 0 – 50).