User Manual Nord Sample Editor
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1. 100 200 300 400 lt il Long Loop Long Loop Loop Start Length Phase Adjust Fade Curve Short Loop balls ne Coarse 4 gt Olog2 O No Loop J m J EB m Olog1 Graph Fine lt gt xFade Linear C view trim 42 40ms PCECECOTE TETE EEE EEE EE TETE EEE rs This tab contain the functions that will assist you in finding a loop for the sample that is currently in focus as indicated by the yellow color in the Keyboard Grid As soon as an audio file or a selection from an audio file is assigned as a sample loop markers will automatically be created by the Nord Sample Editor A loop in a sample consists of two positional markers in the audio the loop start and the loop end markers Visualize the playback of a sample as a horizontal journey from the start of the waveform at the extreme left towards the end at the right Somewhere along the line you will pass the loop start marker making a mental note of its location You continue to travel towards the end of the audio file but when you reach the loop end marker you immediately go back to the loop start marker and resume the path towards the end And then you hit the loop end marker again go back to the loop start and so on Creating a perfect seamless loop can sometimes be a bit difficult Sometimes the audio at the loop start is very different compared to the audio at the loop end marker which will produce audible and perhaps unwanted artifacts in the sound In order to mini2. of 4 res rer eee The Keyboard Grid The Keyboard Grid represents the total keyboard range that the Zones can cover from FO to C8 The middle C in the Nord unit when the Octave Shift is set to O is the C4 key MIDI Note Number 60 e A key with a dot indicates the Root Key a sample is assigned to this key and the sample plays back at its original pitch The Zone that this sample is assigned to is presented in a color scheme with alter nating blue and gray colors to separate the Zones from each other e A key with a circle O indicates that the sample that has been mapped to this zone is de assigned but may be re assigned with its settings intact 10 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL e A key that is yellow indicates that this sample is in focus this sample is the active sample that you edit with the other functions in the Nord Sample Editor If a Nord unit is connected to the computer any keys you play on the unit will be indicated in the keyboard area of the Editor You can use the horizontal arrow keys on the computer keyboard to move the focus When a sample is in focus the audio file that the sample originated from will be automatically selected in the Audio File list and the corresponding part of the waveform in the graph will be also is presented in the yellow color Instrument area This is a shortcut to the Generate functions that also is available in the Instrument Menu If the Download box is chec
3. open the Manager tab Select the Organize option in the Manager menu and you will see a grid with all the available memory locations To add new Sample Instruments to the Nord unit just drag the files from the hard drive to an empty location in the list of Sample Instruments in the Manager tab A Audio files have to be added to a Project in the Audio File Assign tab and generated to become a Sample Instrument before they can be used in the Nord unit Only Sample Instruments in the Asmp format can be downloaded using the method described above Upload Sample Instruments Using the Nord Sample Editor it is very easy to upload samples from the Nord unit to the computer hard drive These actions also take place in the Manager tab Open the Manager tab Right click on a sample and select Upload The data will be saved in the same folder as the Editor application lives in or in a folder chosen by you Sample Instruments will be saved as Asmp files Read more about the file types the Editor uses on page 17 amp By combining the techniques for down and uploading the Sample Instruments you are now able to share Sample Instruments with other Nord Wave or Nord Electro 3 users if you wish Create a new Sample Instrument Time to get creative let s create a new Sample Instrument Copy the NW_demo1 wav file from the Nord DVD to the folder where the Nord Sample Editor is installed You may of course use any other audio file
4. 15 Save Project 8 9 Settings 9 Short Loop 13 Start 14 Start Note 11 Stop 13 I Tab Reference 9 Threshold 11 U Upper Progress bar 10 W Waveform 11 X Xfade 13 Xfade Curve 13 Y Yellow key 10
5. Editor window Please note that the NW_demo1 wav is one file which consists of several recorded notes from a Nord C1 organ Nothing fancy just some simple sounds to show you a cool feature Let s do some magic now and have the Editor create several samples mapped in Zones across the keyboard from this audio file Gad Fer Cee eg ee ee fou eS Hae HdA Eee ew S ee oe A im ee cri sl i 5 i a ie ee dE D Een Mon Hal FR 6 Locate the section labeled Multi Sample Per File Assign at the lower part of the Editor window Set the Start Note to C2 the interval to 1 semi the Threshold to 45 dB and then click on Assign When the Nord Sample Editor has completed the analysis of the file samples with Root Key and Upper Key settings are created and these settings are translated into zones These Multi Sample Per File Assign Start Key Interval p ten 2 Threshold E Remap DEEE E zones will be indicated in the Keyboard Grid at the top of the Editor window M sn 10010 The sample that is highlighted in yellow is the focused sample This means that this sample is active for further editing and ready for playback le Q Pressing the space bar on the computer keyboard or clicking on the symbol in the Player at the upper right corner will start the playback of the file The dot marker on a key in the keyboard display indicates that this is the Root Key of a sample The sample is al
6. of samples with zone settings is a Sample Instrument the maxi mum number of zones in a Sample Instrument is 91 The Sample In strument can be selected in the Nord Wave oscillator 2 as a waveform and by choosing the SampLib type and model in the Electro 3 Any kind of sample may be assigned to any zone which means that a Sample Instrument can consist of several different sounds mapped across the keyboard You can e g create a drum type Sample Instru ment with one sound for each key or create multiple splits by assigning different samples to different keyboard ranges e g bass samples in the lower register followed by piano samples higher up on the keyboard Sample editing loop markers crossfade Setting a starting point for a sample to e g eliminate any unwanted au dio at the beginning is a one click function in the Nord Sample Editor The Editor has some very powerful loop functions that make creating perfect seamless loops a breeze The loop makes it possible to use shorter samples that still can be played for a duration that is longer than the sample itself The loop functions also includes a crossfade option that can be monitored in real time with various options for the length crossfade curves etc Generate upload download When a Project is completed you can generate a Sample Instrument and automatically download the wave data to the Flash memory in the Nord unit The real estate of the Flash memory has a fixed
7. that no sample data after the end marker will be downloaded to the Flash memory Click on the waveform graph to position the end marker Please go to page 12 for a detailed description of all the functions in the Loop Stop tab Generate a Sample Instrument When you have added all the audio files to the Project and are satisfied with the sample edits it is time to create a Sample Instrument and to download this to the Nord unit If you haven t saved your Project now would be an excellent time to do so By saving and giving a Project a name you are also providing the name for the Sample Instrument when it is downloaded to the unit If you change your mind about the current name on the Project use Save As to give it anew one A Sample Instrument that is created from an unsaved Project will get the default name Un titled in the unit Go to the Instrument Menu and select Generate Only A Sample Instrument with all the samples zones and edits that you have made in this Project will be generated and automatically saved to the hard drive as a Project name nsmp file 8 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL If you select Generate and Download the Sample Instrument will also be downloaded to the Flash memory in the Nord unit Sample Instruments are added incrementally to the Flash memory to the first available free location File Edit Instrument Settings Manager Help Audio File 4ssign Sample Loop Stop Sample S
8. the samples with Clavia s proprietary lossless compression algorithm in order to reduce the sizes of the samples The audio will also be cropped before the start points and after the loop end marker The duration of this process may last several minutes depending on the amount of samples being used The file is saved in the same folder as your Project Settings Menu Audio Brings up the Audio Settings dialog box where you select the driver for any audio card that is con nected to or installed in your computer The output level can also be set in this dialog The selected audio card will be used to play back samples by the Nord Sample Editor Man Settings Audio The Nord Sample Editor is compatible with Direct X drivers on a Win dows XP or Vista system and with the native Mac OSX drivers Manager Menu Sound Upload Use this function to upload one or several sounds from the Nord unit to the computer hard drive Sound Upload Sound Download Delete w Organize Sound Download Refresh F5 Use this function to download one or Clean Deleted Space several Sample Instruments from the Format computer hard drive to the Nord unit Delete Allows you to delete a selected Sample Instrument from the Nord unit s memory Organize When this option is checked the list will show all the available locations in the memory and not only the occupied ones This will for instance make it easier to drag
9. the list in the Manager tab If there is an empty location in the middle of the list it will be saved to this location The Sample Instrument list may be ordered by location alphanumerical by name according to sizes or versions by clicking on the appropriate heading Right click If you right click on a Sample Instrument in the list you will get the fol lowing options Upload This will upload the Sample Instrument to the computer hard drive It will be saved as a nsmp file Just as any other computer file on your hard drive this nsmp file may be renamed emailed copied moved lost or even stored in a safe location if an evil computer crash suddenly decides to take your hard drive for ride A if you want to rearrange the order of the Sample Instruments there are a few things to consider A Program in the Nord unit that uses a Sample Instrument does not know what the sound of the sample is The Program is only referring to a Sample Instrument location number Download This is only available if you right click on an empty location that does not contain a sound This allows you to choose a file on the hard drive to be downloaded to the location in the Nord unit Delete This will delete the Sample Instrument from the Nord unit s memory Any Program in the unit that used that particular Sample Instrument will probably sound very different since it will be missing an important component A A flashing number in
10. to the computer or not Audio File Assign Tab fe DE es ee Pee Fi Bow i aE pepe b Jopi Bai Lede Bar eet See Boo oe Se 5 he L Ta ord Bons oe D E TTET N W a lir i ain imm mi Temm imi ed is This area is used to add audio files to your project and assign sections within the audio file to be used as samples Several scenarios to automatically analyze and assign samples are available in the Nord Sample Editor You can either add a group of audio files where each file contains a single note and has a name identifying the note by name or number or you can add a single file containing several notes one after the other Audio Files This section contains the list of audio files that are included in the cur rent Project The list will be empty when you create a new Project if you open a previously saved Project there may be files in the list It is in this list that you select the referenced audio file you wish to use to create samples and assign these samples to Zones When a file is selected a graphical representation of its waveform will appear in the waveform graph if the Enabled box is checked Only audio files or parts of the audio files that have been assigned as samples in the Project are included when a Sample Instrument is generated Name The files in the list may be sorted alphabetically in an ascending or de scending manner by selecting Name and changing direction by clicking on the arrow Add Bu
11. Begin This will indicate where the selection you have made in the graph begins Use the increment decrement buttons to adjust the beginning of the selection 12 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL Range End This will indicate where the selection you have made in the graph ends Use the increment decrement buttons to adjust the end of the selection Enabled box This enables or disables the assignment of the sample in focus It will default to the checked state when you click the Assign button Un check it to temporarily disable an assignment to the sample in focus The sample and the settings will be kept in the Project just check the box again to put it right back in business Assign button This activates the assignment of the selected audio file using the settings you have entered for the parameters for the Manual Sample Assign function Deassign This deactivates the assignment of the sample that is in focus Deassign All Clicking on this button will permanently de assign the mapping of the focused sample and also all the other samples that originates from the same audio file Use this function with care to quickly start with a clean slate with a previously mapped audio file Sample Loop Stop Tab Audio File Assign Sample Loop Stop Sample Start Sample Alt Start Instrument Samp Pres 4 Desktop NW_demoi way E 0 8 g 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 1 D
12. Gees 5 de ee eA 14 Sample DZ ONG sas wich anh ne med ee bie ha ee wee ee a 15 Transpose nids ce es end torse viser 15 AIG AE SR take bakatucaccawe te ped 15 Play Mode nananana haar hc BPE Widok cy whe ere Moar don Bre wheres 15 Samp Preset Tab 6 ci csi a ci pyedeeesawienen dd bases 15 Velocity Controlled Dynamics 15 Keyboard Controlled Amplifier Envelope 16 Dee VS RS ER 16 Manager Tab 16 Manager Toolbar 4e s se Wan ea eae Sd ee wR Rae Som 16 RIGHCICK SE LS ak th ta read dde care aes Mara Raa A 16 List headlineS 16 Footer Memory Indicator ii sisi e6eee enndd Secs bavdaes 17 rile Types and Na aMES csa ss beaks di bide doses ee ve 17 What is the Nord Sample Editor The Nord Sample Editor is the application that allows you to edit cre ate and load collections of samples to and from the sample memory area of a Sample Library compatible Nord instrument The Nord Sample Editor will assist you in your editing efforts it contains powerful tools for various actions that can be applied to a sample These tools will for instance help you in setting a start point of a sample creating a loop and other tasks that are essential in making the samples ready for use in the Nord Sample Editor The Editor also has functions for automatic mapping of samples across the keyboard and much more Non dest
13. a file to a specific free location in the middle of the list If this is unchecked only the occupied locations will be shown Refresh F5 This function refreshes the content of the current window in the Nord Sample Editor Clean Deleted Space This function will clean up the space where any deleted Sample Instruments have been before they were removed If nothing has been deleted this button will be blanked out Format This is a radical function it will format the entire Sample memory in the Nord unit and prepare it for some brand new content You will be asked to confirm this action Help Menu About Brings up the About box with information regard ing the version of the Nord Sample Editor You will About also see a list of compatible instruments and OS versions Tab Reference Each of the tabs opens up a set of functions that will assist you in map ping the samples setting the start point of samples loop the samples and to manage the Sample Instruments in the Flash memory in the Nord unit You can select the different tabs one after each other by typing Ctrl Tab on the computer keyboard Common area The common area will be present at the top of all the tabs except for the Manager tab It contains functions that are used to view the mapping to change the focus of the samples to generate a Sample Instrument and to start and stop playback isis oe Eux F iz F 1 i Le s t
14. ae lore maa a aatia Bede wet e EE hm ee ei ee me Be 6 LOOPING 4 t4 duet awa Kae ete ede haa de A ina er 6 Generate a Sample Instrument 7 Menu Reference 8 gait SAS ee re eer ee re ee ee ee ee 8 Edit MENU case tare Panacea hea hate dir coralie 8 Instrument MENU lt 6 c2 dc kee se x eGo bak atte hoe ee oe see ek we Ss 8 Settings LEO oc kin akagh dee tinina nEn I dads and REENE 8 Manager Men seska ssr deit en ae Wend es Paes an Pee bes 8 Melo MON nai se ee ee bee Gon bole an aus 9 Tab Reference 9 COMMON AGA 22223 1 dre LA DTA nr Gee eed RAS 9 Audio File Assign Tab 10 Single Sample Per File Assign 10 Multi Sample Per File Assign 11 Manual Sample AsSS IgN ic si naaa 11 Sample Loop Stop Tab 11 Kejegkss oer ee Te ee ee EE ke ee eer ee eee 12 SHON COOP ER Ard oom a eee aaia Ad aa bec ease 13 NO LGOG sin Seek ae de ve bao ike ERS nm eut rites 13 POO ON All Se Se des rar see reed 13 Sample Start Tab 13 Sample Alt Start Tab 13 Instrument Tab 14 Sample Gain grid cacn cx Gna d hte kd wad ae eed bee ee ee as 14 Keyboard Gain Oran 2220 uentaeedgaeudae eee DEPUTEE eae 14 DEING RS e ae Ese See ieee oe Ate
15. are arr If the entire duration of the audio file will not fit in the waveform graph you can scroll the content of the graph by using the scroll bar below the graph display Waveform Graph Colors Colors are used to define areas and elements in the graph The actual waveform data is drawn in red An undefined area is illustrated by a gray background a selected but unassigned area will have a dark blue background If you right click on a selected area you can assign this selection as a sample with the Root Key setting from the Manual Sample Assign area When one or several parts of a audio file has been assigned as one or several samples this will be indicated in the waveform with alternat ing lighter and darker colors in the same fashion as the zones are indicated in the Keyboard Grid If the sample is in focus this will be illustrated with a yellow color Zoom buttons and slider Zoom in on the waveform using the zoom buttons and the zoom slider C50 JC20 010 05J02J021 0 5 00 2 0 1 50m 20m lon ls The buttons below the graph labeled All 50 20 etc are the zoom buttons for the X axis the duration of the audio expressed in seconds If you select All the entire duration will fit in the graph if you e g select 2 2 seconds of the audio will fit in the graph Clicking on the 50m 20m or 10m buttons will show 50 20 and 10 milliseconds sections of the audio file The zoom factor for the Y axis the amplitude
16. be down or uploaded to and from a Nord Sample compatible unit To edit any con tent or setting in a Sample Instrument you must go back to the original Nord Sample Editor Project file nwiproj do the edits there and then re generate the Sample Instrument 18 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL INDEX A Add Button 10 Add Files 8 Add Folder 8 Apply Loop 14 Assign button 11 12 Audio Files 10 Audio Settings 9 Auto Map 15 C Cancel button 10 Cent 15 Circle 10 Close Project 8 Common area 9 Ctrl O X o o o SO 2 Ono D Deassign 12 Deassign All 12 Delete 17 Detune 15 Dot 9 E Enabled box 10 Exit 8 F Fade Out 13 File format 8 File Menu 8 Footer area 10 G Generate 9 Global Detune 15 Global Gain 15 Instrument Menu 9 Interval 11 15 K Keyboard Gain graph 15 Keyboard Grid 9 L Length 13 Loop Length based on 13 Loop Length Variation 14 Loop Options 13 Loop Start 13 Loop Stop Tab 12 Lower Progress bar 10 Manual Sample Assign 11 Map 16 Memory Indicator 17 Middle C 9 Multiple files 8 Name 11 17 New Project 8 No Loop 13 Normalize All 14 Number 11 nwiproj 17 0 Octave gain 15 Open Project 8 P Pitch Estimate 13 Play Mode 16 Progress bars 10 R Range Begin 11 Range End 12 Reference 8 Remap button 11 Remove Button 10 Reset All 14 15 Right click 17 Root Key 11 S Sample Detune 15 Gain 15 Gain grid 14 Zone
17. capacity and to keep track on how much room you have left there is an indicator in the Nord Sample Editor that will helo you to manage the available space Installation Installation of the USB driver Before the Nord Sample Editor can communicate with a Windows PC you need to install a Clavia USB driver for the Windows operating system Mac users may skip this paragraph To install the USB driver follow these instructions Insert the Nord DVD installation DVD into the DVD ROM drive or get the driver from the Nord Wave download area at www nordkeyboards com Connect the USB cable between the Nord Sample Editor and the computer and power up the unit The Found New Hardware wizard should appear accompanied by its reassuring alert sound Let the wizard search the installation DVD for the USB driver and install it or point the wizard to the folder where the driver is Installation Windows PC Insert the Nord DVD into the DVD ROM drive Run the Install Nord Sample Editor v2 xx exe and follow the instructions in the setup program The Nord Sample Editor will be installed in the Program Files folder on the hard disk During the installation you will have the option to select an alternative location for the application Confirm every window in the installation procedure by clicking on the Next button The installation may be aborted at any time by clicking on Cancel When the installation is complete click the Clo
18. cording to the standard 12 tone interval when you play the keys it has been assigned to or to play back at its original pitch regardless of what key you play Day Hida E Piiched If you e g have some drum samples that span Uii e several keys they could be set to Unpitched if you want them to play at the same original pitch Samp Preset Tab Se hee Me PPS Hi 1 si a This tab allows you to set some functions to be applied to the Sample Instrument Some of these functions will also determine the automati cally activated settings of the Samp Env functions for the Sample Instrument Velocity Controlled Dynamics The functions in this area determines how a Sample Instrument should respond to velocity This functionality is achieved by using the Morph Amplitude This allows you to determine if the amplitude of the Sample Instrument should respond to keyboard velocity Range None Low High Filter This allows you to determine if a keyboard velocity controlled low pass filter should be applied to the Sample Instrument This allows you to make the sound brighter when you play with a higher velocity Range None 600Hz 150Hz Attack Time This controls if a velocity controlled attack time should be applied to the Sample Instrument Higher velocities will shorten the attack time Range None Short Long Vel Dyn Enabled Check this box if you wish to have the velocity sensitivity turned on in the Nord Elect
19. e ren Threshold 458 Start Note Set this to the match the pitch of the first recorded note in the audio file Range FO C8 Interval Set this to match the intervals between the recorded notes in the audio file Range 48 48 semitones Threshold The threshold setting is used to distinguish or separate the individual notes from one and another in the audio file Range 80 0 dB Remap button Select this to map the audio file again Assign button This activates the assignment of the selected audio file using the set tings you have entered for the parameters for the Multi Sample Assign function Manual Sample Assign This function can create and assign a sample from a selec tion in the current audio file Click and drag in the waveform graph to select a part of or the entire current audio file Manual Sample Assign Root Key Range Begin Range End eese 5243s S eos nabled Deassign All Root Key This is the note where the sample will play back at its original pitch or speed if the sample is non pitched or a performance loop If you make consecutive selections the setting will increase in steps of one semi tone for each time you have assigned a sample You can also use this setting to adjust the Root Key of a mapped sample Put the sample in focus and adjust the value to the next avail able key Range FO C8 amp Itis not possible to assign two samples to the same key Range
20. e is assigned by the Nord Sample Editor a Start point will be automatically set This will be indicated in the Start tab by the marker Start Enter the start position in the sample expressed in seconds in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or by using the slider You can also set a start point by clicking in the waveform Use the zoom controls if you need to back out of the view or get closer to the actual waveform representation Sample Alt Start Tab This tab allows you to set the alternate start marker of the sample in the same fashion as the normal sample start This alternate start point will be activated when you select the Skip Samp Attack function on the Nord Wave panel The alternate sample start functionality is not available in a Nord Electro 3 Instrument Tab E IF ee ee eee Gee CR LE EL eee ae ey ie DE FE s hate mai EE i H l JT E alain se wain a aa asia Pranas Banks lha mere Les eer ene Il jui HR RENE k fe 4 This is where you can change individual settings to all the samples that are mapped in the current Project You can adjust the amplitude with the gain controls tune the samples and apply a couple of powerful functions that will assist you with the final mapping of the samples The familiar Keyboard Grid is here to assist you with a clear overview of how the samples are mapped across the keyboard range Sample Gain grid All the individual sample
21. elector and allows you to open a Project file from a storage device on the computer If another Project is already open you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes before it is closed Save Project Ctri S This command will save the current Project to a storage device on the computer A Project file has the extension nwiproj Save Project As This command will prompt you for a file name and destination folder before saving the Project to a storage device on the computer This is useful for renaming a Project file before saving it leaving any original Project intact on the storage device Close Project Ctrl W Closes the current Project You will be prompted to save any unsaved changes before it is closed Add Files Ctrl F Brings up the Add Files dialog where you select the audio files to be added to your project Multiple files can be selected The same func tionality is available in the Audio File Assign tab by pressing the Add button The added audio files will appear in the Audio File Assign tab in the Audio Files list A Audio data is not copied to the actual Project when you add a file a Project has only references to the audio files Any changes you make to an original audio file on the hard drive will affect your project Add Folder Ctrl D Brings up the Add Folder dialog where you can browse to and select an entire folder to be added to your project All supported audio files within that folder wi
22. es or by using the incre ment decrement buttons F e Dih furas ete aaj ii kuk hhmm alaa e ri Dah AE Soe Dee tape y TER 7 F pe p r RC el FE rm merj n 4 JE a a a a ret Ghia Cie Le H t LE ard Ta tret i 7 j s tai Badiy 2 ieee ter PSE rable gt ess deere ser amp Move the sample focus by using the horizontal arrow keys on the computer keyboard Click on the Sample Start tab This is where you can adjust the starting point of the sample This is useful if you have audio files that contain unwanted material before the actual sound begins The Nord Sample Editor will automatically place a starting point when a sample is assigned to a zone This marker can easily be changed if you prefer to have manual control of this function You can manually set the start point by entering a value in the Start input box using the slider or by simply clicking in the waveform graph Sangle L gion es Start panpa AR Stat Dr trurert Samp Precet Manager ik p li OOOO gt TI lt When the Sample Start tab is opened the Editor will zoom in closer in the waveform graph to make it easier to distinguish noise from the actual sound You can change the zoom settings by us ing the buttons below the waveform graph for the honzontal axis and the slider or the buttons to the right for the vertical axis Looping Loops are very useful in order t
23. ese two loop markers will be separated by the actual loop section which is indicated as the blue area in the waveform graph The long Loop option will also include a crossfade to ensure that the loop will sound as smooth as possible The two segments of the cross fade are indicated as the light grey area immediately before the loop start marker and the darker area before the loop end marker Hit the space bar on the computer keyboard to start the playback and adjust the settings for the crossfade or move the loop mark ers by clicking in the waveform graph What You Do Is What You Hear any change you make will be monitored in real time during playback The Short Loop option will create a loop from one single period in the sample This option can be successful on sounds where the harmonic content changes a lot It can also be very efficient in reducing the size of a sample If you have concerns about making as many samples fit in the Nord unit as possible this should be explored The Short Loop option uses either a pitch estimate or the Root Key as the reference for its length since the length will have consequences on the pitch of the sound when it is looping If you can find a smooth short loop early in a sample the envelope generators in the Nord unit can be used to emulate a natural decay and you can save lots of space in the Flash memory The No Loop option may seem self explanatory but the important thing here is to remember
24. hanges you do will be immediately heard if you are playing back the sample and also presented in the waveform graph To disable the crossfade set the crossfade length to O Xfade Curve There are three available curves for the crossfade Log1 Log2 and Linear These are used to compensate for any amplitude changes that might occur in a crossfade as a result of cancellations when harmonics are out of phase with each other Short Loop When using the Short Loop option the loop length is set to a single waveform period As the length of a single period is relative to the pitch of the sample you can use an algorithm that analyzes the pitch of the sample or use a length correlating to the pitch of the sample s Root Key Loop Length based on ahit L o These are the two alternatives on how to deter Loop length sada mine what constitutes as a single period in the based on sample If a short loop produces a different pitch than the actual sample you may need to try the Root Key option The Pitch Estimate is the default but there may be occasions when this is unsuitable If a sample has strong harmonics that are stronger than the fundamental the Root Key option may be better suited Xfade The short loop also has provisions for using a crossfade with a selec tion of fixed lengths 25 or 10 of the loop length Set this to Off if no crossfade should be used No Loop This provides you with the option to set a marker whe
25. in the wav format but this particular file will demonstrate a very powerful feature of the Nord Sample Editor Open a new Project from the File menu Only one Project can be open in the Editor you will be prompted to save any changes before any Project that has been edited is closed amp A quick way to open a new Project is to hit Ctrl N on the comput er keyboard Ctrl S will save the current Project The name you give to a Project will also be the name of the Sample Instrument that is downloaded to the Nord unit s Select the Audio File Assign tab Derr Ss Btls amp 4 Click on the Add button below the Audio Files area or type Ctrl F Browse to the location of the NW_demo1 wav file and click Open ters dupe ae Pe fi ALI Buh anpe fe e La Hanmi Cac Bear Bla raoi key Tatie jioa Bees Eee Be br Peon les nn 3 m lin 2 Piima Le Cdi CO Aiur fe Fi Threshold ue The two progress bars at the lower left corner of the Project window will indicate that the file s are added to the Project The amount of time it takes to add one or several files will vary depending on the file size s and your computer You can select and add several samples at once as long as they are in the same location on your hard drive To add all the audio files from an entire folder use the Add Folder Ctri D command from the File menu When a file has been added you will see a representation of its content as a waveform graph in the
26. is done with the selectors and or the slider at the lower right corner The level of 1 0 represents the full amplitude O dBFS relative to the bit depth of the audio file Single Sample Per File Assign This function allows you to easily map samples to a Zone where the Root Key of the sample is based on a cer tain string of characters in the audio file s filename Single Sample Per File Assign Map root key From File name Name fie C4 Number i e 39 Name This function use a naming convention where the pitch or note name is indicated in the actual file name A file that has the name celloC 4 wav will be mapped with the Root Key on C sharp in the middle octave when the Octave Shift on the Nord unit is set to 0 The function can interpret the Root Key a sharp sign and the octave Number Uses a number in the file name and interprets this as a Root Key num ber The middle C C4 on the Nord unit keyboard when the Octave Shift is set to O is key number 60 Select one or several audio files in the Audio File list and click on Assign to assign the samples to Zones You can use the Ctrl key or right click to select nonconsecutive files in the list Multi Sample Per File Assign This function can create sev eral samples and assign these to zones from a single audio file with recordings of several individual notes one after the other Multi Sample Per File Assign Start Key Interval ce
27. ish to assign to a zone NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL The waveform graph will show a representation of the audio file 4 Click and drag to select the entire waveform in the graph and look at the Manual Sample Assign area in the lower part of the window Manual Sample Assign Root Key Range Begin Range End G 5 52 435 S oics at lee aeciqr Deassign All Enter the Root Key the key where the sample will play back at its original pitch and click Assign 6 Select the next file and click and drag in the waveform graph to select the entire audio snippet Enter the Root Key for the next sample zone amp The first zone that you create will span a range of two octaves above the Root Key The range of a zone is determined by two parameters the Root Key and the Upper Key for each sample The range is also depending on any other sample that may be assigned further down on the keyboard A zone s lower key will reach all the way down to any previous sample s Upper Key or the FO key if it is the first sample assigned A sample will always reach down to the previous sample s Upper Key Azone in a range cannot be empty i e without an assigned sample If you want to have some keys that are silent somewhere in a Sample Instrument just make a selection in the waveform graph of an area that is silent or Add an audio file that is short and contains no audio data Then map this silent sample to a range of
28. ith the light blue area that is before the loop start to the left of the blue area The crossfade s end section is the darkest area immediately to the left of the loop end marker As these settings are changed by you the indication in the graph will change as well You can set the position of the loop start marker by clicking anywhere in the graph If you right click to the right of the loop start marker you can set a new loop end marker and change the actual loop length View Trim The graph in the Sample Loop Stop tab can be augmented with a more detailed display of the waveform at the loop start and the loop end markers This is activated by checking the View Trim box at the lower left corner of the Editor window a LT AED ZT JO IE The red waveform shows the audio immediately before and at the loop end marker The green waveform is the audio at and immediately after the loop start marker If these two waveforms meet at the same level chances are good that this will indicate a loop without any clicks in it If a crossfade is used the two waveforms will be Superimposed on top of each other like the illustration above This provides a nice visual confirmation of what happens if you fine tune the length amp Start with the crossfade set to a small value and see how these two waveforms are presented When the two colored peaks and valleys are in phase with each other chances are good that you have a pretty good loop An
29. ked clicking on the Generate button will generate a Sample Instrument from the current Project and automatically download this to the Nord unit Player This contains two standard transport buttons for starting and stopping the playback of the sample in focus You can also set the output level of the audio card in your computer with the slider Pressing the space bar on the computer keyboard will also start and stop the playback The Footer The footer area is located at the bottom of the Nord Sample Editor window ee File celos_A2 wav opened successfully The footer contains mostly informational stuff and a Cancel button that can be used to abort some of the ongoing processes Progress bars When you start a task in the Nord Sample Editor the execution may take a few moments depending on what it is you want to do One major task may consist of several smaller tasks and the progress of these is displayed with the Progress bars Cancel button Use this button to cancel any ongoing task that the Nord Sample Edi tor is in the process of performing Upper Progress bar The upper Progress bar will show the progress of the current task be ing performed the name of which is displayed in the message area to the immediate right of the Progress bar Lower Progress bar The lower Progress bar will show the progress of an ongoing task In the lower right corner is an indication that tells you if a Nord unit is connected
30. keys Single Sample Per File Assign If you have audio files on your hard drive where the file name contains an identifier or marker of the file s pitch the Single Sample Per File As sign function can automatically map these samples Use the Add function to add some audio files to the Project The Single Sample Per File Assign function can use identifiers that refer to a pitch name if the file name is e g cello_C 4 wav or note number like e g cello_39 wav Select all the files in the File List that has these indicators and click on Assign Audio Files DS a ted 55 D273 Way CS EuryBass F 3 way I I l Li I l HSS eee OOM PMO M ROO OOO BOR ooo L Li l l Li l tododo onno Single Sample Per File Assign Multi Sample Per File 4ssig Start key Interval p 10m 2 Threshold Map rook key From File name Name fie C di O Number fie 39 The samples will be mapped to zones according to the markers in the file names Editing Let s continue to edit a sample in order to prepare it a bit more before we download the Sample Instrument to the Nord Sample Editor Make sure that you have at least one sample in the Project and that this sample is assigned to a zone and in focus Click on the Instrument tab This is where you can adjust the gain and fine tune the pitch of the entire Sample Instrument or any individual samples You adjust these functions by entering values in the input box
31. ll be added The added audio files will appear in the Audio File Assign tab in the Audio Files list The Nord Sample Editor can use audio files in the wav format up to a 24 bit 44 1 kHz resolution Exit Ctrl Q Closes the Nord Sample Editor You will be prompted to save any unsaved changes to an open Project Edit Menu Select All Ctrl A This command will select all available items e g all the audio files or all the Sample Instruments daidi Instrument Settim Select All CTRL 4 Instrument Menu Generate And Download Ctrl G Creates a Sample Instrument from the current Project and stores it on the hard drive as an nsmp file The Sample Instrument will also be downloaded to the first available location in a connected Nord unit vou Settings Manager Help Generate 4nd Download CTRL 6 _TRL Generate Only This process automatically encodes the samples with Clavia s propri etary lossless compression algorithm in order to reduce the sizes of the samples Samples will also be cropped before the sample start points and after the loop end marker The duration of this process may take several minutes depending on the amount of samples being used You can use this file to share your Sample Instrument with other Nord Wave or Nord Electro 3 users Generate Only Ctrl Y Creates a Sample Instrument from the current Project and stores it on the hard drive as an nsmp file This process automatically encodes
32. memory without any warnings or confirma tion dialogs Manager Toolbar The icons on the Tool bar gives you instant access to three functions Organize When this option is active the list will show all the available locations in the memory and not only the occupied ones This will for instance make it easier to drag a file to a specific free location in the middle of the list If this is unchecked only the occupied locations will be shown Sound Up This will upload a selected Sample Instrument to the computer hard drive It will be saved as a nsmp file Sound Down This allows you to choose a file on the hard drive to be downloaded to the next available free location in the Nord unit Delete This will delete the selected Sample Instrument from the Nord unit s memory Sample list The Flash memory s size depends on the Nord unit and it is allocated dynamically You can have one Sample Instrument that contains one sample that is using up all the memory capacity or you can have 50 Sample Instruments with several samples each as long as the com bined sizes of these are kept within the memory s limit When you generate a Sample Instrument from a Project in the Nord Sample Editor and download this to the Nord unit this Sample Instru ment will be saved at the first available location in the Flash memory If the locations are occupied one after the other in a consecutive man ner it will then appear at the end of
33. mize certain loop artifacts a crossfade function can be used This uses audio that is before the loop start marker and mixes this with audio that is before the loop end marker when the loop is playing back A crossfade has usually several parameters to set the length of the crossfade and to adjust the taper of how these two sound bites will blend into each other during playback This can help to smooth things out and create a better sounding loop A Any audio data after the loop end point will be automatically discarded by the Nord Sample Editor when you create the Sample Instrument from the Project Waveform graph colors The waveform graph presents the loop by showing certain areas in different colors The position of the loop start marker is at the left edge of the blue area The position of the loop end marker is at the right end of the darker blue area Audio File 4ssign Sample Loop Stop Sample Start Sample Alt Start Instrument Samp Presi Desktop NW _demol way Loop Start 0 6 A il Begin 0 6 section 1 0 O 4 Oe 0 0 MNN 0 2 XFade End __E 0 4 DE A 100 200 300 400 a Long Loop Loop Start Length Phase Adjust Fade Curve de Long Loop Short Loop ORALE LEE Coarse 4 gt Jlog2 O Na Loop v m gt Ga op O ise Graph Fine 4 Fade Linear view trim 2 40ms FCORECEDETEEEE EEE ET EEEEETETTE S A crossfade s first section is indicated w
34. ner of the Editor window and the Manager tab will open automatically A list with all the current Samples in the unit s Flash memory will appear in the Nord Sample Editor window Fie Edit Instrument Settings Manager Help Audio File Assign Sample Loop Stop Sample Start Sample A F oroe Sound Lp DE Sound Down Size 5 4 ME Loc x Mame 10 OrchStrings Sust NoVib ste KHy4 2 OrchStrings Marc Vib ste KHyS 4 5 ME 3 Chambstringssust_ vib ste KHv4 4 6 ME l Il m In order for the Nord Sample Editor to be able to playback samples you need to select a driver for your audio card This is done in the Settings Audio menu Ona XP or Vista system select an available Direct X driver In order to be compatible with as many XP and Vista computer sys tems as possible the Nord Sample Editor uses Direct X drivers Download Sample Instruments You can find new Sample Instruments at the www nordkeyboards com website These can be downloaded from the website free of charge Here s how to download a Sample Instrument from the computer hard drive to the Nord unit Browse to www nordkeyboards com and go to the Nord Sample Library area Select the Sample Instrument archives that you wish to get and save the file or folder to a location on your hard drive and unzip it The file extension of the file will be nsmp for Sample Instruments Read more about the file types the Editor uses on page 17 In the Nord Sample Editor
35. nora Sample editor User Manual Nord Sample Editor Version 2 x Copyright Clavia DMI AB 2010 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL Noro Sample Editor User Manual Table of Contents What is the Nord Sample Editor 2 Non destructive editing rs Le ee time dass boca mewend 2 System Requirements sc og rss e Sth GEE wide d a etes ent i i s 2 Getting Started 2 Project sample MeMOry lt aucsueteduesdass 442 S00 kG eesea 2 WYDIWY H i ren Athen en A ee E eee ee NER 2 Working OTING e 2 6 dnd eked bie ky haem de a dh Red Ea 2 Sample ZONE o eects wa hh Wee ad ee Oe Rw aR OR 2 Sample INSIMUMENE sautant ral eRe Ae 2 Sample editing loop markers crossfade 3 Generate upload download 3 Installation 2 2 eee 3 Installation of the USB driver 4 2 a ape dates aa mate Bandas 3 Installation Windows Ps sk ann aaaea a 3 Installation Mac OSX 424 si li eusenesrasacmsta reseseseas 3 The Quick Tour 3 First ACU Sao Be os eh aR os Ae Pa Gee ds aca Sha A aa mad eae Ts a 3 Download Sample Instruments 4 Upload Sample Instruments 4144 cacdckeeaw ced chee bee Raheda 4 Create a new Sample Instrument 4 Adding Audio files with individual samples 5 Single Sample Per File Assign 5 EQWNO cai garsui
36. o make a sample play back or sound beyond its own length Loops will also reduce a sample s size since everything after the loop end marker will be discarded when you down load a Sample Instrument to the Nord Sample Editor Let s take a closer look at a loop A loop is automatically generated when a sample is assigned to a zone To view or edit the loop settings just click on the Sample Loop Stop tab The loop is indicated in the waveform graph as a col ored area ibj Pet ia ECTS Sas et de Be Set na Seen Minis Le aes Loo Shari Earth Fous Aii OF peck CLS LD tre bit ia Ca UE Leg art Loc 5 TE Ne Lan 7 ae SE pre ts enti a a a Fie Lee 5 LRE Yia Goer To set a new beginning of the loop the loop Start marker just click on the waveform graph To set the length of the loop just right click anywhere to the right of the indication of the loop start You can also enter values for these parameters in the input boxes or use the sliders There are three loop options available Long Loop Short Loop and No Loop ni Lin Br Los He Lig Pilar Loop bam Aa Length Php Akai de Cue Leoplangh Padi ang CS Sort hee LE Lite 8 4 ma E CHE Loa a M J 5 pe a wat Pras T ale tr Fes Oa Plisi Lian I in The Long Loop option is useful for various instrument samples and sounds which contain non periodic variations When you select this option a loop start marker and a loop end marker are created Th
37. oot Root Key Upper Key 5 Enabled Key for the focused sample There can only be one sample assigned to each Root Key the value will automati cally skip to the next available note Range FO to C8 Upper Key Sets a new Upper Key for the focused sample The available range may be limited by samples that occupy a Root Key higher up on the keyboard The Upper Key can not be a key that is located lower than the Root Key on the keyboard Range FO to C8 Enabled This allows you to disable and re enable the focused sample Transpose Use the buttons to transpose the entire Sample Instrument in semi tone steps Auto Map This function can be used to quickly enable and disable samples at certain intervals in order to reduce the amount of memory used by the Sample Instrument This is a great way to quickly experiment with the Sample Instrument without having to delete and or re assign samples 16 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL Interval Auto Map Set the interval or range between the ter x samples that will be kept enabled The end result will depend on how the original ranges are mapped Samples will not be moved from one key to another any gaps across the keyboard range will be filled by any adjacent samples A setting of O will disable all the samples Range 0 to 48 semi tones Map Map the samples according to the Interval setting Play Mode This allows you to choose if a sample should be pitched ac
38. op markers etc are organized in Projects All Project related settings is done on your computer and you can preview edits via the computer audio card A Project links to the actual audio files on the hard drive if you e g delete or edit an audio file that is included in a Project that Project will be affected You can save Project files on the hard drive just like any other com puter file When you are satisfied with a Project you can generate a Sample Instrument which can be downloaded to the Flash memory in the Nord Sample Editor WYDIWYH What You Do Is What You Hear Every function in the Nord Sample Editor can be applied to a sample in real time If the sample is playing back through the computer audio card you can e g listen to how the loop changes if you move the loop markers or if you adjust the cross fade settings or the start point of the sample Working offline Project or sample editing does not require a connected Nord unit you can create and edit Projects using only the computer and then connect to the unit at some other time in order to download the result of the Project to the Nord Sample Editor Sample Zone When an audio file is added to a Project it can be used as the source for one or several samples A sample can be assigned to a range on the keyboard this range is called a Zone The sample parameters that determine the range of its zone is the Root Key and the Upper Key Sample Instrument A set
39. re the sample will end You can also set a fade out time Stop No Loop You can enter the position of where the sample Stop will end expressed in seconds in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or by using Fade Out the slider You can also click in the graph to set the sample end marker when this loop option is selected Fade Out Enter the Fade Out time expressed in seconds in the value box con firming this by pressing enter or by using the slider This is the time in seconds leading up to the sample end during which the amplitude will gradually fade out Apply on All The loop settings that you have made can be applied to all other samples in the project In order to compensate for any artifacts that might occur when you e g play a chord as a result of several loops with identical settings you have the option to apply a variation to the loop length 14 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL Loop Length Variation Set the variation to the loop length to all the individual samples loops expressed as a percentage Enter the value in the box confirm this by pressing enter or use the slider Apply Loop Click this button to apply the variation setting to all of the loops in the current project Sample Start Tab Pe sn Sin Slim TRE Es When the Sample Start tab is opened the waveform graph will zoom in to give you a better view of what is happening at the very beginning of the sample As soon as a sampl
40. ro 3 as the default setting when the Sample Instrument is selected This function is not available in a Nord Wave Keyboard Controlled Amplifier Envelope Decay Time This can apply an amplitude decay to a sound in order to e g have a amplitude decay on a looped sound Range None Short Long Release Time This sets the release time that will be set when the sample is selected Range Short Medium 1 Medium 2 Long Octave Shift This sets the octave shift that will be set when the sample is selected Manager Tab Fe Ee hantet Settee Mpi Hep a fukn Pipli Sampo Lesp fGen Some Shel Siem A Sat Bede Seg Pret FO ae aed LE T Fa rganne gi Seer Lis ME cr Tab dl 2 4 Pirin Le a ns Sips Ver Cate ina hire Su Moi ste tH E a M amp 1j 19 06 42 2 Oro Mid VE obs ed 40 A D 17100 LA 4 Cher Vb we HA 4 5 FR 5 1287708 ee ee ers This is where you find the function of the Nord Sample Editor to man age the content of the Sample Instrument memory If no Nord unit is connected to the computer the memory locations will be grayed out A The actions that take place in the Manager tab will affect the memories in the unit The Nord Sample Editor is online with the Nord unit at all times so any changes that you perform in the Editor will immediately be echoed in the Nord Wave or Electro 3 If you e g delete a Sample Instrument from the list in the Nord Sample Editor that same Sample Instrument will also be deleted from the Nord unit s
41. ructive editing Any editing that takes place in the Nord Sample Editor software is completely non destructive The audio files on your hard disk will not be altered in any way even though the Nord Sample Editor will e g truncate samples before they are downloaded to the Nord instrument If you edit any audio file that is used by the Nord Sample Editor with some other application that edit will also affect that particular file in the Nord Sample Editor System Requirements Windows PC The Nord Sample Editor requires a computer with Windows XP or Vista Additionally you need one free USB port plus a DVD ROM drive if you want to install the software from the DVD Mac The Nord Sample Editor requires a Mac with one USB port a DVD ROM untt to install the software and OSX 10 4 or later Nord You will also need a Sample Library compatible Nord instrument to be able to download the samples The Nord units that are compatible with the Sample Editor and the Nord Sample Library are Nord Wave with OS v2 x and later and the Nord Electro 3 with OS 1 x or later Getting Started Let s begin with a brief description of the terminology used in this chapter followed by a typical workflow scenario to give you an overview of the functions of the Nord Sample Editor Project sample memory All the parts that are needed to assemble a sample waveform in the Nord Sample Editor references to audio files samples mappings start stop and lo
42. ry Indicator This will give you a numerical and a visual indication of how the Flash memory space is being used Red indicates the spaced used by the samples green is the space that is free to use for new Sample Instru ments Samp Lib partition 64 7 MB used 3 1 MB available CELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLI Nord Electro 3 connected File Types and Names Files associated with the Nord Sample Editor and the Nord units use the following extensions nwiproj Nord Sample Editor Project file This is a file containing the Project settings Audio files are not included in this file any changes to the original audio files will affect you project This file type will be created when you save a Project These files will be needed if you want to change any settings in a particular Sample Instrument at a later stage so save often and keep copies in a safe location nsmp Nord Sample Instrument file This is a file containing the cropped and encoded audio and the Project settings for one Sample Instrument This file type will be created and saved to the hard drive when you generate a Sample Instrument from the Instrument menu or with the Generate button in the Editor window You can also create nsmp files when you upload Sample Instruments from the Nord unit in the Manager tab in the Editor Use this file type to share Sampled Instruments with other Nord users The nsmp file can not be opened or edited it can only
43. s will be presented here as zones or slices that correspond to the map settings that are presented in the Keyboard Grid The sample in focus will be indicated in yellow the other samples in a alternating pattern of blue and gray to provide you with an easy to use overview The zones can be changed by clicking and dragging on the zone boundaries in the grid grab the upper limit of a zone and move it to a new key One zone s Upper Key cannot be pushed on top of or above another zone s Root Key The amplitude of any individual sample is indicated with the black hori zontal marker in each slice With the controls below this grid you can adjust the global gain of the entire Sample Instrument or an individual gain for every sample This can be used to increase or attenuate the overall loudness of the Sample Instrument Reset All Click on this to reset all the samples to their original amplitude as they were when they were added to the Project Normalize All This allows you to set all the samples to the O dB amplitude in the grid This represents the maximum amplitude in the audio file in relation to the bit depth of the audio There is however headroom available in the Nord Sample Editor and the Nord units that allows you to increase the amplitude beyond this level if you need ss Feset Al irma A GishalGan 3308 cence Gun 9008 Global Gain This can set a global increase or attenuation of
44. se button to return to the Windows desktop 4 NORD SAMPLE EDITOR USER MANUAL Installation Mac OSX Insert the Nord DVD into the DVD ROM drive Open the image file dmg that is located in the Nord Sample Edi tor folder on the DVD and drag the Nord Sample Editor v2 xx app to the Applications folder When new versions of the Nord Sample Editor are released they will be available as a free download at www nordkeyboards com The Quick Tour Let us go through a few things we know you are curious about and get acquainted with the Nord Sample Editor at the same time LE Lil a sm bp T see mi Brb lien arm eqr Um r mr en PT eE men p EL Tikes a mue ma T o a ns a p a 71 m t LEI E ir a MGLE Le bnini elle M At E TT ia pp PECERPP PETER PEER riere ppl ater dune Lire P anm ai Land ehs la 2S Nord Sample Editor Audio File Assign tab with an audio file with assigned samples First Light Make sure that the Nord unit is powered up and connected to the computer to a USB port Launch the Nord Sample Editor from the Program Files folder or the Start Menu PC or from the Applications folder Mac OSX During the start up procedure the Editor will automatically try and establish contact with the Nord unit If a Nord unit is not connected you can still work on a Project with sample editing mapping and other functions When the Editor finds a unit this will be indicated at the lower right cor
45. so assigned to the corresponding range that surrounds the dot marked key indicated in grey or blue If you right click on a dotted key you can disable a sample temporarily from the Project which will be indicated with a circle O You can also de assign the sample this means that it will be removed from the Project vy Q 9 Disabling a sample from a zone is a great way to determine how many samples you need in order to cover a particular range of a multi sampled instrument or sound Any settings that have been made to a sample will be kept even if it is disabled When you re enable a sample these settings will be restored You can use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to quickly move the focus from one sample to another Save the Project by selecting Save in the File menu or type Ctrl S on the computer keyboard Adding Audio files with individual samples You may want to add audio files that only contain one sample each Here is how you assign individual samples to Zones o Open a new Project select the Audio Files Assign tab and click the Add button The Nord Sample Editor can use stereo or mono audio files as sample sources with up to 44 1 kHz sample rate 24 bits resolu tion Navigate to a folder that contain the audio files you wish to use select the files and click Open to add them to the Project The files will be listed one by one in the Audio Files area Select the first file that you w
46. tart Sample PA Organize Sound Up Sound Down Mame Grchstrings Sust_Novib_ste KHwd OrchStrings Marc wib _ste KHY5 ChambStringsSust wib _ste KHy4 ChambStringsMarc_Vib _ste KHYS Loc 1 3 4 4 1 ME amp All of the tabs except the Manager tab have an Instrument area up to the right in the Editor window If Download is checked the Sample Instrument will automatically be downloaded to the Nord unit when it is generated You can also double click on a sample in the list in order to select it in the Nord unit This concludes our guided tour we hope you have enjoyed the show so far The rest of this chapter contains the Editor Refer ence section where all the functions in the Nord Sample Editor will be explained in detail Menu Reference File Menu In the Nord Sample Editor the usual Sie Edit Instrument Settings Windows XP and Mac OSX keyboard New Project CTRL N commands are available The drop Open Project CTRL O down menus can be accessed by Save Project CTRL S pressing the Alt key and the under Save Project As lined letter in the menu bar Close Project CTRL Most of the commands can also be pagel HIRET accessed by pressing the Ctrl Com ne celal mand on the Mac key together with Exit CTRL O the letter shown next to the com mand name in the drop down menus New Project Ctrl N Creates a new empty Project window Open Project Ctrl 0 Brings up the file s
47. the amplitude of the entire Sample Instrument Any individual amplitude differences between the samples will not be altered Set the value expressed in dB s in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or with the increment decrement buttons Range 9 0 to 9 0 dB Sample Gain This allows you to change the amplitude on each individual sample The amplitude after a gain change will be indicated with the horizontal line in the Grid Set the value expressed in dB s in the value box con firming this by pressing enter or with the increment decrement buttons Range 9 0 to 9 0 dB Keyboard Gain graph This graph will reflect any changes that you make with the Keyboard Gain controls These settings will affect the entire Sample Instrument and can be used to apply various adjustments that will change the am plitude across the range of the keyboard If for example the lower range in the Sample Instrument is too loud you can apply an attenuation that begins at a chosen octave The sample in focus will be indicated as a yellow slice Reset All This will reset any settings that you have made using the octave gain controls Octave gain controls Allows you to apply a gain change to a range which will start at the preset keys C1 C2 C3 etc C4 represents the middle C on the Nord Sample Editor when the Octave Shift control is set to O Set the value expressed in dB s in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or
48. the display on the panel indicates that the Sample Instrument location that the current Program tried to use is not available in the Flash memory List headlines Loc location The Sample Instruments in the list are numbered these numbers corre spond to what you select with the Type selector in the Nord unit Name The Sample Instrument gets its name from the name of the Project that gave birth to it If a Project has not been saved being nameless that is and you generate a Sample Instrument it will get the default name Untitled If a Sample Instrument is uploaded to the computer hard drive the resulting nsmp file name will be same as the SI name Change the file name and the SI name is also changed when that file is downloaded to the Nord unit A Two Sample Instruments in the Nord unit cannot have the exact same name If you happen to generate two Sample Instruments without e g having saved the Projects then the second Sample Instrument called Untitled will overwrite the first one that had that same name If you try to drag an nsmp file from the hard drive to the list and it has the same name as a SI in the list that operation will not be allowed Size Indicates the size of the Sample Instrument This may be useful if you are short on memory and wants to know if a particular SI occupies a certain amount of space in the Flash memory Ver This indicates a version number of the nsmp file format Footer Memo
49. tton Brings up the Add Files dialog where you choose audio files to be added to your project Multiple files can be selected A Project uses references to the audio files on the hard drive and does not copy or load any actual audio data Any changes that you do to the original audio files will also affect the Project Remove Button To remove an audio file from the Project click on the Remove button This will also remove any samples from the Project that are associated with this audio file Enabled box To temporarily remove an audio file from the Project un check the Enabled box All samples from the audio file in the Project will be disabled All the Zones that have these samples assigned to them will be removed The neighboring zones will cover the ranges which the disabled samples used to occupy The settings of the disabled samples and zones will be retained when the box is checked the samples and zones will be restored Waveform graph This is a visual representation of the audio file that is selected in the file list This graph will appear in other tabs as well with minor alterations in order to assist you in the editing process If the audio file is in mono a single graph is drawn if the audio file is in stereo the left and right channel will be presented in two parallel graphs You can select a part of or an entire audio file by a standard click and drag procedure with the mouse krki Fha Far Val see ee
50. with the increment decrement buttons Ranges 9 0 to 9 0 dB Detune You can change the overall tuning of the samples either on a global scale or for any individual samples This provides you with the means to fix any problems with samples that are out of tune or to adjust an entire Sample Instrument The unit is in cents 100 cent is the range between two semitones Ceture rent Al Globe Detune a eent r Sempe Deine Oami si Reset All This will reset any changes that you have made using the Detune controls Global Detune Sets the overall tuning of the Sample Instrument Enter the value ex pressed in cents in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or with the increment decrement buttons Range 50 to 50 cents Sample Detune This allows you to detune the sample in focus in the Sample Instru ment Set the value expressed in cents in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or with the increment decrement buttons Each and every sample in the Project can be de tuned Range 50 to 50 cents Sample Zone These controls makes it very easy to change the focused sample s Root Key and Upper Key in order to edit the assignment The focused sample will be highlighted in yellow and you can quickly select focus by clicking on the keys in the Keyboard grid or by scrolling through the samples using the horizontal arrow keys on the computer keyboard Root Key Sample Zone Sets a new R
51. y changes you do can always be monitored in real time if you activate the playback Loop Options There are three available loop options Long Loop which is the default loop that is applied to a sample when it is assigned to a zone Short Loop which creates a loop with a single waveform period and finally the No Loop which gives you an opportunity to set an end marker to the sample Loop Start You can enter a loop start position expressed in seconds in the value box confirming this by pressing enter using the slider or fine tune the position with the increment decrement buttons Clicking in the graph will also position the loop start marker Long Loop This section contains the settings for the Long Loop parameters Length You can enter a loop length ex uate pressed in seconds in the value Length Phase ddj Pode Curve box confirming this by pressing lt Course 8 Qlaz enter using the slider or set the RE EE length with the increment decre 42 0nd E ment buttons in a coarse or a fine tune fashion Right clicking in the graph will position the loop end marker which together with the position of the loop start marker sets the loop length Make sure that you right click to the right of the loop start it is not pos sible to position the loop end before the loop start marker Xfade You can enter a crossfade length expressed in seconds in the value box confirming this by pressing enter or by using the slider Any c
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