SAMPLE
S3200XL Operator’s Manual - Version 1.00 Page 121
Here you may select the input source. The options are ANALOG (the rear
panel jack inputs) or DIGITAL (the digital audio input). When DIGITAL is
selected, you may select ELEC (electrical - i.e. the jack sockets on the digital
I/O) or OPTI (the optical input on the digital I/O). Although displayed when
ANALOG is selected, the ELEC/OPTI field has no function.
This field allows you to select how recording will be initiated. The choices are:
INPUT LEVEL - this selects that recording will begin once a threshold level has
been exceeded. This is the default setting and one that is used by most
people. The threshold is set in the REC page.
MIDI NOTE - this selects that recording will begin when any MIDI note is
received. This is very useful when sampling a sound from a synth because the
note-on that makes the sound can also be used to start the recording.
FOOTSWITCH - with a suitable footswitch connected to the FOOTSWITCH
input, this selects that the action of the footswitch closing will start recording.
This may be useful for ‘hands free’ sampling. For example, let us imagine you
are sampling a heavy metal guitar though a rather noisy amp and you are doing
the playing yourself. Threshold based recording is no use because the
background hum would set the sampler off. In this case, the footswitch may
help.
Here you can select how you will monitor the signal you are sampling. There
are two options: ON will select that as soon as you enter the REC page, the
signal you are sampling will be heard ‘through’ the S3200XL. At the end of
recording, it will automatically switch this ‘through’ signal out so you can hear
your new sample. The other option, OFF, switches the through signal off
completely (although this may be overridden in the REC page if you wish).
This is used when monitoring the signal you are sampling through a mixer.
NOTE: If you are sampling from a mixer it is possible to get ‘feedback’ if the S3200XL is also
connected to that mixer, set to ON and its channels are open..
This is not accessible but merely shows the amount of free memory. The
percentage of free memory is also displayed. The ‘F’ is in parentheses
because this field is shown in other pages of the SAMPLE mode as an
abbreviation.
This sets the bandwidth for the recording you are about to make and you have
two choices - 20kHz and 10kHz. Don’t be put off by the 10kHz option because
you can make very respectable recordings at this sample rate. It is not possible
to sample at any other rates but, if you wish, you may sample at 44.1kHz (i.e.
20kHz) and then re-sample it later to, say, 15kHz to save on memory space.
This sets the base pitch for the sound you are about to sample. At this point,
you don’t have to worry too much about this because you can set this
parameter in the REC page and you can re-tune your sample in the SAMPLE
EDIT mode later if necessary.
Here you may set the length of the sample you are about to make. The range
is limited only by available memory space and whether the sample is stereo or
mono. Again, you needn’t worry about setting this field now as you can set it
later in REC if you prefer. As you set this field, the fields below show you how
much memory the new sample will take.
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