Sampler
Sampler
Renoise has a strong focus on samples as instruments and at the heart of this is a powerful built-in Sampler to aid you in creating and sculpting brand new sounds. An instrument may contain any number of samples and these are always listed in the Sample List section on the left. The main central section of the Sampler is split into five different parts, each devoted to a different aspect of sample-based instrument construction.
Keyzones allow different samples to be triggered over a variety of notes and velocity ranges. The Waveform editor displays the samples so you can edit them with provided tools and see the results graphically. Adding Modulation and Effects to samples expands the possibilities of their sound beyond the original audio. Finally, with the Phrase Editor you can use an instrument's samples to compose any number of musical phrases that will be played on specific notes.
New sounds can be recorded directly into the Sampler from external sources, or created by hand with the simple Draw tool. Any changes made to samples using the Sample Editor are exclusive to the samples within that particular Renoise song. The source samples are never modified unless you explicitly save and overwrite the file by saving it in the Disk Browser. Besides being non-destructive to the sample files the Sampler also supports endless undo/redo-ing of all your actions.
Sample List
Located at the left, this section provides a list of the instrument's samples and is always accessible no matter what central section you're working with, so you can switch between different samples whenever you wish. To select a sample, left-click on it in the list. This will also show the name and waveform of the sample at the bottom.
Controls
- Delete sample from the list.
- Insert a new blank sample into the list.
- When enabled will automatically select a sample from the list when it is played on the keyboard or by a MIDI device.
- Opens the Keyzones editor. Note that the Keyzone range of each sample in the list is displayed to the right of it.
- Play the current sample with its preview options (set in the Waveform editor).
- - Opens the Waveform editor and displays the currently selected sample.