In sample mode, oscillator 2 uses an audio file as a sound source.
Sample Name display: Use to load and unload samples or to display the loaded sample in the Finder. Click the arrow in the upper-left corner of the waveform display to open.
Max/Min sliders: Move to set the start point of the sample—depending on the dynamics (incoming velocity level) of the performance.
Min: Determines the start point of the sample at the minimum velocity level (velocity = 1).
Max: Determines the start point of the sample at the maximum velocity level (velocity = 127).
Note: If Min and Max are set to the same value, velocity has no effect on the sample start point.
Playback Direction button: Change the playback direction of the sample (forward or backward).
Sample Layer sliders: Ultrabeat samples and sounds imported from EXS instruments often have different layers that are dynamically switched by incoming MIDI note velocities. The precise sample layer that incoming velocity values switch to is determined by the green Layer slider (Min) or the blue Layer slider (Max).
The Min slider determines which sample layer is triggered at a MIDI note velocity = 1.
The Max slider determines which sample layer is triggered at a MIDI note velocity = 127.
Note: If you have loaded a single sample that does not have multiple layers, the Vel Layer slider has no effect.
Ultrabeat factory settings include a selection of multilayer drum and percussion samples. You can also load your own samples in AIFF, WAV, CAF, or SDII stereo interleaved format.
Note: The velocity layering function is not available for user-loaded samples.
Choose Load Sample from the pop-up menu in the upper-left corner of the waveform display.
In the Load Sample window, browse to the audio file you want to use, and do one of the following:
To load the chosen file into oscillator 2, click Open.
To retain the current state, click Cancel.
You can audition samples before importing them into Ultrabeat.
Do one of the following:
To preview audio files (AIFF, WAV, SD2, CAF, UBS) before loading, click the Play button. Click the button again to stop playback.
Clicking the Play button loops playback of the currently selected sample file. The sample is played with no manipulation: all filters, EQ, envelopes, and other synthesizer parameters are ignored.
To audition multiple files, click Play once, then step through the files by pressing the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys or by clicking each filename.
Note: Independent auditioning of all layers is not possible. In multilayer UBS files, the audition function plays the sample at a fixed velocity of 75%. Only the layer addressed by this velocity value is played.
To temporarily replace the sample files of the currently selected drum sound, click the “Preview Sample in Ultrabeat Voice” checkbox.
The drum sound can be triggered as usual (played notes, MIDI region events, or Ultrabeat sequencer events) while the Load Sample window is open and different files are being selected. The selected sample can be heard as part of the current drum sound, inclusive of all synthesizer processing.
Important: Any effects inserted into the Ultrabeat instrument channel strip are heard when you preview samples.