FR03 - add pre-silence ('air') to existing sample(s)

S2400 Feature Requests
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Feature Request #03[1]:

Topic: microtiming, groove
System level: sampling and sample manipulation

Function: add pre-silence/“air” to existing sample(s)

  • add defined duration of silence prior sample start
  • option for batch processing per project / folder / SD card

Gained function / utility:

  • the classic workaround for per-track micro(pre)delay (FB02)
  • enables user to shift transient position by reversibly adjusting sample start point (instead of trimming/truncating sample)
  • thus
    • allows easy laid-back, syncopated, or swung groove
    • enables precise transient placement for punch and reduced phase issues, especially in layered drums

Proposal for implementation:

  • in sample edit or track edit list (e.g. where resampling resides):
    • “add pre-silence” (selectable default 2s, 1s, 500ms, 250ms, 125ms, or arbitrary number)
  • in general functions (settings):
    • batch processing versions

Further explanation:

  • common technique/workaround in classic hip hop (MPC3000, I believe also MPC60 and SP1200)
    • record a little bit of silence before transient
    • don’t truncate to beginning of sample
    • instead: set sample start independently
      • (sample start in some machines can even be modulated)

Personal comment:

  • could be solved in out-of-box software tool
    • however, so could (almost) anything we do with S2400 :wink:
  • perhaps easier to implement than micro (pre)delay (FB02)

  1. numbering only for personal reference, no suggestion of priority or the like ↩︎

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yep my 2kxl does it too and it’s really useful

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