Emulator Composite.book - Creative

11 - From Sample to Preset
SynthSwipe
• If no inputs are listed, make sure E-MU ASIO is selected in the Preferences
dialog, and that the current PatchMix DSP Session contains at least one ASIO
Send.
7. Set your input levels using PatchMix DSP. While playing
your instrument, watch your meters. Adjust the input level
using PatchMix DSP. The signal peaks should illuminate the
yellow area of the meter. The red bar at the very top of the
meter indicates clipping and will stay on after clipping is
detected. Left-click on either red bar to clear the clip
indicator.
8. In the MIDI Parameters section, choose your MIDI output
port and channel. The port should be whatever port you’re
using to connect your computer to your MIDI input on
your instrument. The channel must be whatever channel
your instrument is currently using.
To set the Swipe Parameters
9. Set the Swipe parameters. The following table explains what each parameter means:
Notes
Velocities
Durations
Low and High - set the range of notes that SynthSwipe will sample. To
keep memory and disk usage low, only sample the range that you
actually need.
Interval - sets the distance in semi tones between sampled notes.
For example, setting the low note at C2 and the interval at 7 will
sample C’s and G’s only (G is seven semi tones higher than C).
Low and High - set the lowest and highest velocities SynthSwipe will
record for each note.
Count - sets the number of different velocities each note will be played.
Note: If you set the count at 1, the Low setting is grayed out and the
High setting determines the velocity for each sample.
For example, if you set the low at 20, the high at 120, and the count at
3, SynthSwipe would sample each note at a velocity of 20, 70, and
120.
Key Down - sets how long (in seconds) each note is played.
SynthSwipe defines a region of the same length.
Key Up - sets how long (in seconds) an additional key up region will be
recorded after the key down. This is useful if the instrument you are
sampling has a tail that sounds after you release the key. SynthSwipe
defines a separate region for key up and automatically utilizes this
region when you add your newly recorded samples to a bank.
Pause - sets how long (in seconds) SynthSwipe waits between the end
of the Key Down/Up and the beginning of the next Key Down.
Key Scale Durations - decreases the key up time as the pitch of the
note increases. This is useful for creating a realistic effect when sampling
an instrument that behaves this way, such as an electric piano.
A piano’s higher notes have shorter sustain times than the lower notes.
If you’re sampling a piano, checking this box makes the sampled
instrument sound more realistic.
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