Tuning Samples
Sometimes you might find that the samples you wish to use in a key map are
slightly out of tune with each other. This parameter allows you to tune each
sample in a map by +/– half a semitone.
❥Select the key zone(s) that contains the out of tune sample(s), and
use the Tune knob below the keyboard display.
❥If all samples originate from different sources, and all or most of
them are pitched slightly different (a not uncommon sampling sce-nario),
you could first tune them so that they all match each other,
and then, if necessary, use the Sample Pitch controls in the Osc
section to tune them globally to the “song” you wish to use the
samples in.
❥Note that if all the samples were slightly out of tune by the same
amount in relation to the song you intend to use the samples in, it
would be much simpler to use the Sample Pitch controls in the Osc
section directly.
Looping Samples
A sample, unlike the cycles of an oscillator for example, is a finite quantity.
There is a sample start and end. To get samples to play for as long as you
press down the keys on your keyboard, they need to be looped.
For this to work properly, you have to first set up two loop points which deter-mine
the part of the sample that will be looped, and make this a part of the
audio file. You cannot set loop points in the NN-19, this has to be done in a
sample editor.