Suite 8 - Focal Press: Book companions

Figure 1.14 Sampler.
Suite 8
Oscillator View allows for creating customized “user” waveforms by manually
drawing them into the Waveform Editor using the mouse pointer. By doing this,
you can adjust the amplitude of an oscillator’s partials.
Figure 1.13 Operator: Oscillator Waveform Editor.
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On the right-hand side is the
LFO shell, an expansive Filter
shell with 14 preset filter types,
Pitch shell (Pitch Envelope),
and Global shell.
With Suite 8, you can select
dozens of Instrument Rack
presets featuring Operator,
designed by top-notch sound
designers. Load it up and
try it out. The full version of
Operator can be purchased
separately for those who do
not own Suite 8.
No digital audio workstation (DAW) is complete without a fully integrated software
sampler for sample playback and for building or hosting sample libraries.
This is exactly what Sampler is. Think of Sampler as essentially Simpler on
steroids. Lots of steroids! Sampler is a multisampling instrument capable of handling
large multisampled instruments. Unfortunately, Sampler is not included
with the purchase of Live 8; but the full version can be purchased separately for
those who do not own Suite 8. The good news, however, is that Simpler too
supports playback of multisampled instruments, as long as the instrument preset
was made in Sampler and then converted to a Simpler preset (right click or
Ctrl+click on Sampler’s title bar and select Sampler → Simpler). Sampler can also
import Kontakt (.nki – Native Instruments), EXS (.exs – Logic), SoundFont (.sf2),
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