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Tweaking the sampler instruments using Belcanto - 30th September 2010

Video Part 1

  • Introduction
  • 4 sampler instruments on Alpha set up 1
  • Architecture of sampler instruments - which Agents are used and how they are connected

Video Part 2

  • Changing the pitch bend range
  • Changing the global pitch bend
  • Pitch bend curves
  • Velocity sensitivity
  • Envelopes

Video Part 3

  • Envelopes continued
  • Velocity curve in sampler oscillator
  • Q & A's

Belcanto used in this seminar

This explains how to change the pitch bend range on the keys;

The following commands are for the piano on Sampler 1

First open the Eigen commander

Then type the following Belcanto commands

2135 11 147 5
sampler 1 scaler hey

error 2317 3121 23 11 12 67
Error bend range to 1 2 set

This sets the pitch bend range to 12 semitones.

To change pitch bend on the strip controller- [global bend range]

2135 11 147 5
sampler 1 scaler hey
4584 2317 3121 23 17 12 67
global bend range to 7 2 set

Here 72 is the maximum value

To change the pitch bend curve say;

2135 11 147 5
sampler 1 scaler hey

1512 23 14 67
curve to 4 set

The Envelope

Here are directions to alter the velocity curve

2135 11 8715 5
sampler 1 ahdsr hey

1417 1512 23 11 22 67
velocity curve to 1 0 set

This can be any value between 0 and 10

To change the attack on an instrument you must first disconnect the ahdsr's attack input from the sampler oscillator's attack output.

345 5
plumber hey

2135 11 8715 1411 116 6 61
sampler 1 ahdsr attack input un connect

2135 11 8715 5
sampler 1 ahdsr hey

1411 23 22 33 15 67
attack to 0 . 5 set

Here 0.5 = 0.5 seconds. It can be any time

To manually adjust the release

345 5
plumber hey

2135 11 8715 1414 116 6 61
sampler 1 ahdsr release input un connect

2135 11 8715 5
sampler 1 ahdsr hey

1414 23 22 33 15 67
release to 0 . 5 set

To turn velocity sensitivity off

2135 11 8715 5
sampler 1 ahdsr hey

1417 1423 6 67
velocity sensitivity un set

Sampler oscillator velocity curve

Here the curve is deciding which samples or velocity layers are being chosen within multi-sampled sounds.

2135 11 2135 1133 5
sampler 1 sampler oscillator hey

1417 1512 23 22 33 14 67
velocity curve to 0 . 4 set

This can be any value between 0 and 10

To change the sustain

345 5
plumber hey

2135 11 8715 1413 116 6 61
sampler 1 ahdsr sustain input un connect

2135 11 8715 5
sampler 1 ahdsr hey

1413 23 ? 67
sustain to X set

x can be between 0 and 1

Click here for accompanying diagrams