Emax

Is there a way to change the default sample placement setting 
for taking samples quickly in succession  , such as, for making a drum kit ..
so that samples are placed automatically one right after another , one on each key ..
instead of having to change the 'default' every single time


Is there any way to set so that sampling stops after sound is over (after sound falls below the set threshold , just as how sampling is armed to begin when the threshold is past..)

thnks


>
>> ( this gives me a funny idea of gas/deisel motor powered music equipment
>> {that you have to start up with a pull-cord like a lawnmower} )  

..with a muffler



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> Is there a way to change the default sample placement setting 
> for taking samples quickly in succession  , such as, for making a drum kit
> .. so that samples are placed automatically one right after another , one
> on each key .. instead of having to change the 'default' every single time

yes, once you've got the sample hit 0 (zero) and it will move to the next 
zone, however unlike the newer samples where you can define the 
zones as 1 note, octave, every 3 notes etc. The Emax only uses the 
default zone which is every 5 keys I believe.

> Is there any way to set so that sampling stops after sound is over (after
> sound falls below the set threshold , just as how sampling is armed to
> begin when the threshold is past..)

Nope, even newer samples simply auto-truncate as opposed to ending 
based on a level.



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On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:42:42    John Joseph Silveria II wrote:
>From: "John Joseph Silveria II" <emaxjs@...>
>
>> Is there a way to change the default sample placement setting 
>> for taking samples quickly in succession  , such as, for making a drum kit
>> .. so that samples are placed automatically one right after another , one
>> on each key .. instead of having to change the 'default' every single time
>
>yes, once you've got the sample hit 0 (zero) and it will move to the next 
>zone, however unlike the newer samples where you can define the 
>zones as 1 note, octave, every 3 notes etc. The Emax only uses the 
>default zone which is every 5 keys I believe.
>



thats what I wish I could change (or that it wouldnt keep reverting back to that default setting every single time I change it..)



>> Is there any way to set so that sampling stops after sound is over (after
>> sound falls below the set threshold , just as how sampling is armed to
>> begin when the threshold is past..)
>


>Nope, even newer samples simply auto-truncate as opposed to ending 
>based on a level.
>



why is that  ..  whats the difference ?





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> >Nope, even newer samples simply auto-truncate as opposed to ending 
> >based on a level.
> >
> why is that  ..  whats the difference ?

You got me. I'm sure it's something they could do, but it seems kind of 
frivilous when you've got a machine that you can't set the maximum 
time to sample and then have it clean up the end anyways.


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about the previous message -
i thought truncation and ending based on level
are one and the same thing  




Now Im really wondering about the feasibility of adding things such as these to the EmaxII (and other similar devices in general..) by software upgrade/hacking : 

~ start/stop force sampling by footswitch
~ post sample threshold cutoff/envelope option (so it stops recording after the sound is over when recording ..)
~ change of default sample placement ratio settings ...   
~ portamento capability 

~ (and even , more advanced , if possible - threshold  multi sampling     - for taking a bunch of samples in a row and having them be automatically placed as separate samples (based on the simple setable placement ratio), divided by the below-threshold spaces/silence between)


{OS hack/upgrade example idea ...      when in Sample mode have footswitch 1  =  #7  button press (force sampling) , and footswitch 2  =  #8  button press (end sampling)  }
{ it already can recognize thresholds, and trigger sampling by it ... so why not  post sample..??     )
{default re-write or just have it remember your last sample placement parameters and continue on from there to next (instead of resetting to the single default ratio every freaken time) }



maybe Im just dumb or something , but 
I am baffled and frustrated that a sampler (and so many other devices, including very recent ones Ive used ) with so many other seemingly complex features and tedious editing capabilitys and additions does not have these simple (much more) vital and timesaving/(intuition/inspiration preserving[fostering/supporting]) realtime features   (or at least the flexability so that the user could make the features)          damn damn damn   I say ...   ;p

Did they not think of it ??  how could they have not thought of it?
its this kind of thing that starts making me really think that all reality is my own karmic nightmare or something
its bizzarre like that  like a dream (which seem to abound in ridiculous things of this nature) , like some kind of a joke,  for real..   :)

maybe I shouldnt have wrote that..





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On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 17:38:30    John Joseph Silveria II wrote:
>From: "John Joseph Silveria II" <emaxjs@...>
>
>> >Nope, even newer samples simply auto-truncate as opposed to ending 
>> >based on a level.
>> >
>> why is that  ..  whats the difference ?
>
>You got me. I'm sure it's something they could do, but it seems kind of 
>frivilous when you've got a machine that you can't set the maximum 
>time to sample and then have it clean up the end anyways.
>
>
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>
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