Sampling directly to slices

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This wish proposes a way to sample directly to a sliced instrument

What is the problem?

The Sample Recorder currently only allows to record a simple sample. This functionality could be expanded to allow directly sampling to slices.

What should this feature achieve?

Probably the easiest path to such a feature would be to have:

  • a way to define how many slices you want to create.
  • add a recording input threshold so recording only happen above the threshold
  • once below the threshold it could move to the next slice and record again once the threshold is met.

Other proposal:

You got an external synthesizer or drummachine, which you like to sample onto your padgrids for this instrument. You open [Sample Recorder], press the first pad on the padgrid and arm it for incoming audio. You hold down the desired note on your external device and stop the recording, followed by the cropping page. Now this slice is saved to pad 1. You now press the pad 2 on the padgrid and arm it for incoming audio…etc…

  • This is how it would work, if we imagined, that the Tracker was a SP404SX.
  • Technically, it would be like adding slices behind slices, if we saw it from the Tracker Playback terminology.

Are there any workarounds?

Go to [Sample Recorder] and press record…sample first note…wait…sample next note…wait…sample third note…wait…etc…at the end you will have 1 long sample with more sampled notes included. Place this sample into a instrument, go to beatslice or slices and use “auto-slice” to make the padgrid assignment.

Any links to related discussions?

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Any references to other products?

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Love this! Thanks for the wish @gravedraq :slight_smile:

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Just so i got this right. What you are proposing is a recording threshold until something is played? In rolling manner so to speak to create a sliced instrument.

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The idea above was a raw idea that was cooking in my head, which I needed to get out with, but yes, you could also extend it to additional ideas for a better features or overview to cover how other traditional samplers work too.

Example with this raw run-down: [to cover more aspects, inspired by E-mu Sp1200]

  1. Define the Gridpad [If there is already a sample on the gridpad, then it will be overwritten by the new sample, maybe a warning notification should be added?]
  2. Adjust the desired input gain. [End-user should here decide, if the need to adjust the input of the Tracker or the output of their instrument]
  3. Set sample length [here you define in advance how long the sample should be]
  4. Arm-Sampling + Threshold. [Threshold Is used to trigger the sampling-start from the incoming audio signal]
  5. Force-Sampling – Manual trigger to force device into sampling, could example be with a small count down.

From the playback view, you will see a sliced instrument being build brick-by-brick.

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I’ve taken the liberty to add some of my own thoughts to this wish and reworded things slightly. Hope that’s ok :blush:

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@here Thanks for your wish. It’s now ready for voting :slight_smile: