Tutorial C2 WAVE SMPL1_01 Start/Loop=00 00 99% j i p Sample Start Loop start Loop end Since you sampled using the threshold trigger, the sample and loop start settings should already be set properly for what we’re about to do. 6. Turn the Parameter knob so that the loop end field is underlined, which means it’s selected for editing. 7. Press and hold down the lowest pad, and turn the Value knob to find a setting for loop end that causes the wave to return smoothly to its beginning after the four bass notes. The auto-zero cross feature offers you locations within the wave that are likely to result in satisfactory loops. You’ve just made your first ASR-X loop. 8.
Make note of your loop end setting—you’ll need it again in a moment (write it down, if you’ve got paper handy). 9. Press the middle pad, and if necessary, turn the Parameter knob until the PlayMode parameter is displayed: The pad whose sound you’re editing The sound being edited m m F#2 WAVE SMPL1_02 PlayMode=OnceForward Notice how the display is now showing that we’re working with a new pad, and a new sound: SMPL1_02. 10. Turn the Value knob to set PlayMode for this pad’s sound to LoopForward as well. 11. Turn the Parameter knob so that the Start/Loop settings are displayed, and the loop end value is underlined. 12. Set loop end to the same setting you used with SMPL1_01. 13.
Turn the Parameter knob counter-clockwise to underline the sample start field. 14. Set sample start to half the setting of loop end. 15. Hit and hold down the middle pad—the wave now starts playing halfway through, when the bass comes in, and then starts over again from the beginning. You’ve turned the beat around by setting sample start later than the loop start. 16. Hit and hold the lowest pad—it’s still playing the whole wave. You can do this because each pad is playing its own sound, and we’ve been editing those sounds, not the wave itself. Let’s do one more. 17. Press the highest pad and set its PlayMode parameter to OnceForward. 18.
Turn the Parameter knob to display the Start/Loop parameter. 19. By adjusting the sample start and loop end settings, grab a single bass/bass drum hit. 20. When you’re done, you can play all three pads to hear three different edits of your sampled waves. Don’t forget: you’ve also got all of the other pads in DanceKit_01 to jam with. If you want, you can record your jam into the sequencer and resample the whole thing all over again. And on and on.... A Few Final Wave Editing Thoughts The Pad buttons offer a great selection of tools for processing your waves, including bit reduction for that ratty sound, and a special warp volume scaling feature.
Under the Pad Edit button, you’ll find an amazing collection of parameters—including resonant filters—that will let you shape your waves into most anything you can imagine. The pads and all of the things you can do to the sounds they play are described in detail in Chapter 3 of the ASR-X Reference Manual. ENSONIQ ASR-X User’s Guide 17