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Replacing and Editing Samples in the Sample Map Editor

6.3Replacing and Editing Samples in the Sample Map Editor

Now we will use the Sample Map Editor to replace Samples. We will open the Sample Map, use SEL BY KEY so our MIDI keyboard can play Samples in the Map, and also use our mouse to audition Samples.

6.3.1Opening the Map and Playing the Samples

1.Double-click on the Sample waveform. The Sample Map Editor will open up. Alterna­ tively you can also press the Sample Map button in the Sidebar or use the keyboard shortcut [F9].

2.Turn on the Select Sample by Key feature by pressing the Key button in the top-right of the Sample Map. You can now select Samples with your MIDI keyboard.

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3.Click on the Sample Prehear button to hear the samples in their original form.

Fig. 6.3 The Sample Prehear button

Let’s replace some samples with some of our own ones. Let’s replace the snare sample on MIDI Note 48. First of all we need to select it by pressing C2 on our keyboard.

6.3.2Using Replace in the Edit Sample List

▪Open the Edit drop-down menu in the top-left of the Sample Map Editor and choose the Replace menu entry.

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Fig. 6.4 The Replace menu entry replaces the selected sample

This should open the folder that we selected when we chose the pathways to our audio files in the REAKTOR Preferences. In my example I have replaced the Snare placed on the slot corresponding to MIDI Note 48.

6.3.3Sample Key-Split and Root Note

Let’s have a closer look at the sample.

Fig. 6.5 Clap CloseTheBook.wav as seen in the Sample Map Editor

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L and R both have values of 48. That means the Key-split of this sample on the keyboard is just one note, that of MIDI 48, which is fine for a drum sound. Root is also 48. This means that the sample will play back at its original pitch, when allocated to the MIDI Note 48.

We have just replaced a sample, now we are going to add a new sample to the map.

6.3.4Using Add from the Edit Sample List

1.We need to scroll down to the last sample in the list, which is on MIDI Note 77 and bears the name Sound 9.

2.Click on the Edit drop-down menu and choose the menu entry Add.

Fig. 6.6 Adding a new sample to the Sample Map using the Add menu entry

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