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Tutorial
18 ENSONIQ ASR-X Pro UserÕs Guide
C2 WAVE SMPL1_01
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Sample Start Loop start Loop end
Since you sampled using the threshold trigger, the sample and loop start settings should already be
set properly for what weÕre about to do.
6. Turn the Parameter knob so that the loop end field is underlined, which means itÕs selected for
editing.
7. Press and hold down the lowest pad, and turn the Value knob to find a setting for loop end that
causes the wave to return smoothly to its beginning after the four bass notes. The auto-zero cross
feature offers you locations within the wave that are likely to result in satisfactory loops.
YouÕve just made your first ASR-X Pro loop.
8. Make note of your loop end settingÑyouÕll need it again in a moment (write it down, if youÕve got
paper handy).
9. Press the middle pad, and if necessary, turn the Parameter knob until the PlayMode parameter is
displayed:
The pad whose sound youÕre editing The sound being edited
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F#2 WAVE SMPL1_02
PlayMode=OnceForward
Notice how the display is now showing that weÕre working with a new pad, and a new sound:
SMPL1_02.
10. Turn the Value knob to set PlayMode for this padÕs sound to LoopForward as well.
11. Turn the Parameter knob so that the Start/Loop settings are displayed, and the loop end value is
underlined.
12. Set loop end to the same setting you used with SMPL1_01.
13. Turn the Parameter knob counter-clockwise to underline the sample start field.
14. Set sample start to half the setting of loop end.
15. Hit and hold down the middle padÑthe wave now starts playing halfway through, when the bass
comes in, and then starts over again from the beginning. YouÕve turned the beat around by setting
sample start later than the loop start.
16. Hit and hold the lowest padÑitÕs still playing the whole wave.
You can do this because each pad is playing its own sound, and weÕve been editing those sounds,
not the wave itself. LetÕs do one more.
17. Press the highest pad and set its PlayMode parameter to OnceForward.
18. Turn the Parameter knob to display the Start/Loop parameter.
19. By adjusting the sample start and loop end settings, grab a single bass/bass drum hit.
20. When youÕre done, you can play all three pads to hear three different edits of your sampled waves.
DonÕt forget: youÕve also got all of the other pads in DanceKit_01 to jam with. If you want, you can
record your jam into the sequencer and resample the whole thing all over again. And on and on....
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The Pad buttons offer a great selection of tools for processing your waves, including bit reduction for that
ratty sound, and a special warp volume scaling feature. Under the Pad Edit button, youÕll find an
amazing collection of parametersÑincluding resonant filtersÑthat will let you shape your waves into
most anything you can imagine. The pads and all of the things you can do to the sounds they play are
described in detail in Chapter 3 of the ASR-X Pro Reference Manual.