I recently picked up the latest issues of Computer Music and Future Music, and I want to use the DS-404 with the various samples.
unfortunately, I am completely clueless when it comes to mapping. If I read CM's tutorial correctly, you should go by the note number in the file name, but in the case of the Juno-60 samples, they only cover one octave.
If anyone's seen either issue of these magazines, or has worked with DS-404, please help me out with this. I don't currently need--or could handle--all the power of something like Halion or Kontakt, but it's frustrating that this free program is stumping me.
Noob Needs help w/DS-404
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- KVRAF
- 2017 posts since 21 Mar, 2002 from Hutchinson, Kansas
I'm not sure what is tripping you up. You say that your samples only cover one octave? Or is there one sample per octave? Either way, you'll need to map the same sample across various notes of the keyboard. This is done on the "map" page in the DS-404. There is a keyboard graphic in the display, and the currently selected sample is shown in yellow below. You can click and drag in the keyboard display to determine which notes and which velocities that sample will cover. This "zone" is represented by a yellow box in the display, beneath the keys.
If you have, say a sample of every "C" key, then you'll make sure that each sample has the root note set to the proper "C" note. This is done in the sample Edit page, under "Tune".
You'll then go to the Map page and select a sample, then draw it into the right key range...until your small selection of samples cover all the playable keys. Most sample sets don't have a sample for each and every key, since one sample might be pitched across a few notes without compromising the sound quality too much.
If you have, say a sample of every "C" key, then you'll make sure that each sample has the root note set to the proper "C" note. This is done in the sample Edit page, under "Tune".
You'll then go to the Map page and select a sample, then draw it into the right key range...until your small selection of samples cover all the playable keys. Most sample sets don't have a sample for each and every key, since one sample might be pitched across a few notes without compromising the sound quality too much.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 13 posts since 2 Apr, 2004
I'm not sure, since I'm not actually in front of the computer right now, but I think they have a sample of all the white keys for one octave (C1), but that's it. I'm hoping they don't intend for me to spread these across three or four octaves.