User manual CAKEWALK VSAMPLER 3 TOUR FEATURE OVERVIEW

[. . . ] 1 VSampler 3 Tour Feature Overview 2 © 1998-2003 Speedsoft Audio Tools GmbH, Döbeln, Germany All rights reserved. Revision: 23. 12. 2003 All product names mentioned in this document remain the property and/or trademark of their respective owners. Mentioning product names of 3rd parties is for information purposes only. Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, DirectX, DirectSound, WDM © Microsoft Corporation Cubase, Cubase SX, Steinberg, VST, ASIO, HALion, LM4 © Steinberg Media Technologies AG Cakewalk, Sonar, DXi © Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. [. . . ] The integrated Beat Detector automatically sets the markers for the individual slices with adjustable sensitivity. These beat markers can be manually moved/deleted/added. comfortable Sample-Editor with Autolooper and Beatslicer 14 6 Synthesizer VSamplers integrated synthesizer features could make some pureblooded synths envious. For sound shaping there are two parallel usable filters with freely adjustable velocity dynamics. The ten different filter types provide cutoff slopes from 6 dB to 24 dB and the types lowpass, highpass and bandpass. The target range of the filter envelopes affecting cutoff frequency and resonance can be adjusted with upper and lower limit to precisely attain the desired effect. 32-stage filter-envelope with autozoom The various envelope types don't give an edge to just the filter. In addition to the volume- and filter-envelopes with their (up to) 32 freely editable points, curve shape and loop, for each sample you have simultaneously(!) at your disposal: · · · 4 free envelopes, each with up to 32 freely editable points, curve shape and loop 4 LFOs with various waveforms and delay/attack/release parameters 4 step sequencers with freely adjustable number of steps (max. 192), free patterns including "load from WAV" option, which transforms the volume progression of a WAV file into a pattern 15 Each LFO and step sequencer also can alternatively operate at instrument level. The "load from WAV" function turns the step sequencer into an "envelopefollower". This can result for example in marvelously scintillating pad sounds by e. g. having the filter pulsate in the rhythm of a drumloop. 4 free envelopes + 4 free step sequencers Each controller knob has its own little "Analogizer" attached. This mini-fader allows to add a pinch of analog-like swaying to recreate the vital ever-changing sound of analog synthesizers. All envelopes, LFO's and step sequencers can be synchronized to the song tempo. The included presets for effects, envelopes and modulation will get you off to a good start. 16 4 free LFO's 17 7 Effects VSampler instruments can be further refined by the included effects (Reverb, Delay, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Soft Limiter, Compressor, Distortion, 3-bandEQ) or any VST-Plugin. Multiple effects can be assigned independently: 3 per sample, 3 per sample-group, 3 per instrument and 3 per output channel. The sample can end up passing through up to 12 effects. The following new functions are available in VSampler 3. 1 (and up): · plays instruments of any size without being limited to RAM-size · import formats Kontakt, Battery and E-MU III / IV CD · group-effects and individual outputs for samples of e. g. a drumkit Those functions are not available in OEM-versions of VSampler 3. 0, which are licensed and distributed by 3rd parties as part of their own products. At the moment this applies to , , VSampler 3. 0 DXi" of the Cakewalk product , , Sonar 3 Producer". The upgrade to the full version is available at www. maz-sound. com for 39 (around $47). As opposed to other samplers, VSampler seamlessly integrates the effects into the voice architecture and does not differentiate between internal effects and (external) VST-Plugins. The result is a unique combination of effects and modulation: the parameters of all effects, envelopes and filters are controlled in a mutual modulation matrix (see the following section). 18 joined forces: integrated effects + VST plugins Just a few examples of use: · · · · VSampler envelope controls the cutoff frequency of a VST-filterplugin as if it was one of the integrated filters VSampler LFO wavers through the decades of a vinyl-plugin Aftertouch activates your favorite distortion effect VSampler step-sequenzer lets the room size of a reverb pulsate rhythmically VSampler 3 joins forces and fuses its own strengths with those of the plugins to endless creative freedom2. It creates unique instruments with amazing dynamics, that can be played with heretofore unknown expressiveness. 2 of course the selection of the modulated effect-parameters is the responsibility of the user, not every parameter of every plugin can be realtime-modulated with a sensible result 19 8 Modulation VSampler provides extensive opportunities to endow instruments with an impressive vitality, and to animate parameters in realtime. All modulations are centrally displayed and managed: at the modulation matrix. For each of the 12 modulation slots you can select which Source controls what Target at what Factor (strength). Several sources can affect the same target in order to create particularly interesting modulation passages. [. . . ] It's as easy to assign a sample to a key: just drag it onto the onscreen-keyboard. When dragging several samples you will be asked if they should be placed next to each other on the available keys, or on top of each other to be triggered per velocity level. In the Instruments Pool you can copy, move or merge instruments using drag & drop. The "Shift" and "Ctrl" keys decide between move ("Shift") and copy ("Ctrl") without asking. [. . . ]