Specifications

SAMPLER BASICS
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SAMPLER BASICS
The process of using a sampler can be roughly divided into three phases:
1. Recording/Loading — getting sound into the machine.
2. Editing — Tidying up and modifying the sound as desired.
3. Playback — Putting it all together and making music.
These phases and the operations each involves are described in more detail below.
Phase 1: RECORDING
Getting Sounds Into Your Sampler
No matter how you intend to use your sampler, the first thing you’ll need to do is to record or load the
sounds you want to play into the sampler’s memory. There are basically three ways to do this:
1. Live Sources (Microphone Recording)
This is the method you’ll use if you will be recording acoustic musical instruments, voice, or other
“live” sound to be edited, processed, and played via the A5000/A4000.
Step-by-Step procedure on page 37.
2. Pre-recorded Audio Sources (Line Recording)
Line recording can be used to record samples from audio CD “TOOLS,” loops and breakbeats from
appropriate CDs, of from tape, DAT, or MiniDisc audio recordings you’ve made yourself “on loca-
tion.”
Step-by-Step procedure on page 37.
3. Loading Sample Data
This procedure does not exactly qualify as “recording” since it is used to load sample data (i.e. sam-
ples already recorded and saved in digital sample format) from the internal floppy disk drive, external
hard disk or other high-capacity drives, or directly from a computer or other compatible device via the
SCSI interface.
Details beginning on page 165.
MICROPHONE RECORDING
FROM LIVE SOURCES
SAMPLE DATA FROM
DISK OR OTHER EQUIPMENT
A5000/A4000
LINE RECORDING FROM
CD, DAT, TAPE, ETC.