Это отличное решение для получения максимального звучания и качества из семплов.
Разные типы огибающих, параметры, эффекты, привязка разных семплов к разным нотам и подобное.
Рисунок (слева-направо, сверху-вниз)
Слева огибающие Громкости/Паннинга/Питча. Справа - огибающие фильтров. Клавиатруа внизу - для присвоения семплам используемые ноты.
On/Off
(Volume/Panning/Pitch) - выбор и включение/отключение огибающих. Envelope
type - выбор между линейным и сглаженым типом огибающих, сглаженые кривые точнее. Length
- время звучание огибающей (в тиках - 6 тиков в одной линии паттерн) Envelope
display - прорисовка огибающих левой или правой кнопкой мыши. Левая рисует линии, правая - точка. Presets
- выбор встроенных шаблонов огибающих или создание новых ("левая мышь" - использовать готовый шаблон, "правая мышь" - сохранить новый) Init/Flip/Mirror
- использовать огибающие оп умолчанию или зеркально отобразить их горизонтально (Flip) или вертикально (Mirror) Loop
- выбор типа зацикливания огибающей, назначение точек начала и конца. Sustain
- назначение точки повторения огибающей, это будет продолжаться до вызова команды note off. FadeOut
- плавное снижение звучания до полной тишины, если используется зацикливание огибающей и включен этот параметр. Чем больше значение, тем быстрее и резче звучание смолкнет. LFO/Dephase/Freq/Amp
- параметры LFO - тип (базовые типы волн) и управление параметрами Dephase/Freq/Amp. Работа с ними Дает примерно тот же самый результат, что и огибающие инструментов, но не требует рисования!
Filter
envelope (огибающие фильтра)
Большинство параметров повторяет огибающие инструментов, но есть несколько своих особенностей:
Cutoff/Reso/Filter
type - Select Cutoff, Resonance envelope and type of filter applied
to filter envelope. AutoAmp
- Simple envelope follower that controls the cutoff / resonance amounts
dynamically Attack
- Sets how fast the envelope reacts on higher peak values from the
audio signal Release
- Sets how fast the envelope will fall down when the peak of the
audio signal is less than the envelopes amount Amount
- Define the intensity with which the envelope controls the cutoff
/ resonance amount. 127 means full control over the cutoff / resonance
Split sample keyboard
If you have more than one sample in an instrument it is here that you can
define which keys they will be assigned to. Multi sampled instruments sound
more natural and you can also create drum kits with this keyboard.
Selected
split's base note - Which keyboard key will be assigned to sample
as base (pressing that key will play sample without resampling, at its original
pitch). Transpose
all splits - Changes the base note for all splits. Set
all to current split - Fills the keyboard with the current split
number (erases other numbers). Generate
drum kit map - Spreads splits across keyboard keys so that one key
receives one split number. This way you can generate drum kits (instruments
with many drum samples, different drum on each different key). The advantage
of setting up drum kits in this way is that you need only one instrument
for a whole set of drums.
To position samples across keyboard keys, select the first sample split
and draw with mouse on keyboard where you want it to be located (it will
draw 0's). Then select the second sample and draw it where you want this
one (it will draw 1's). After you've drawn key splits for all samples test
it by playing on your real keyboard (or PC virtual piano keyboard).
Using the Instrument Editor
A sample without envelopes is just a sample. A sample with envelopes and
key splits is an instrument.
Volume envelope - If you take a basic string
loop, it will just loop without any exciting changes. Now if you add (at
least) a volume envelope you can make it fade-in on start and fade out on
end (while sample loop is played constantly). Other instruments, basses
for example, could have short fade in and longer fade out times using a
volume envelope. With leads, you may want to hold a certain volume for a
pitch change - in this case use Loop and/or Sustain points to hold envelope
playback at certain points. Your lead will follow the volume envelope until
loop or sustain points are reached and then either loop or pause playback
of the envelope. After note off, it will either continue with envelope playback
(if you selected sustain) or fade out (loop) with FadeOut value.
Panning envelope
- You can also do stereo pans across 2 speakers. Effect will be mostly audible
on headphones but also on speakers it will give the sound more space. You
can also do left-right "swish's" or such effects with pan envelopes.
Pitch envelope - is used to give sound
interesting pitch slide. It may start at octave up and slide quickly to
lower octave as an example. To make a simple vibrato effect you can use
Loop points and draw a sinus envelope, but for this purpose it is much easier
with an LFO where you don't even need a pitch envelope (or you can use it
for other purposes). Filter envelope - The filter envelope
is very effective on 303 slides or strings. Use it also to create interesting
leads - it may, for example, change your lead from sounding dull to sounding
sharp.
LFO's - Can be used to replace
certain envelope effects. In certain cases you can do the whole thing only
by using volume/pan/pitch LFO even without turning the graphical envelope
on. LFO modulates sound but to hear the effect LFO gives it is best to start
one and play with LFO waveforms, amplitude and frequency. You can also use
an LFO together with an envelope for some special effects.
Split
keyboard - Here is an example how to create multi sampled piano -
assuming you have one sample for each C-key in each octave, load all of
these as separate samples. Now select the first one and draw where you want
to put it on the keyboard. Do the same for the second but one octave up.
Do it for all samples you have. Setup a base note for each of them correctly!
When you play this instrument now it will automatically jump to another
sample when one sample's boundary has been reached. This results in a very
natural sounding piano.
Envelopes
are very powerful tools which are simple to learn but for a better understanding
of them and how you can use them effectively you need to hear some examples.
Therefore we prepared a few. For examples of using Instrument Envelopes
load and play Tutorial?.rns included in songs folder.
Then try turning off envelope and hear the difference. Play with them or
learn them from other songs too.
