[LAU] Using (psindustrializer) samples in Specimen

[Ken Restivo]

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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 06:15:23PM +0100, Martin Ahnel?v wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 6. November 2007 schrieb lanas:
> > > Folks,
> > > 
> > >   Loading a .wav file in Specimen, either produced by psindustrializer
> > > or downloaded from Freesounds results in it being triggered by a single
> > > C note of an external MIDI keyboard.  Is it possible to spread a
> > > sample across at least one octave ?  I reckon that spreading can
> > > affect sound quality negatively but in the case of industrial sounds
> > > this can be considered an additional effect.  It would be just great to
> > > use a sample over several notes, like in Linux Sampler for instance.
> > > Is there a way to do that with Specimen ?
> > 
> > That's a basic function for a software sampler i'd say. See the "ruler" area 
> > above the virtual keyboard, where a small yellow square marks the original 
> > key? left of this square, use left mousebutton to define the lower limit of 
> > your mapping zone, right of it do the same for upper limit with right 
> > mousebutton. It seems it's not possible to use a keyboard range completely 
> > outside the original key...
> 
> On a related topic... Is it possible to use several samples in one
> "channel"? Like, if you want to put a whole drumkit in there, or maybe a
> guitar.sample for every octave, thus lowering the number of tracks you
> need in the sequencer?
> 

Center-click on the ruler above a key to "move" the sample to be centered upon that key.

Is this stuff not in the Specimen docs?

- -ken
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