Feature Request #04[1]:
Topics: transients, microtiming, groove
System level: sampling
Function: pre-record buffer in sampling mode
- While in sampling mode:
- continuously record into a rolling buffer
- When sampling begins (manually or via threshold):
- include a pre-defined length of prior audio from the buffer (4s, 2s, 1s, 500ms, or user-defined)
Result/gain:
- No missed transients or hits
- Useful for directly added natural silence/‚air‘ before sample start (no need for manual post-processing)
- for classic SP1200/MPC technique:
- move/shift sample start point for
- syncopated, laid-back, swung etc. grooves
- precise positioning of transients for optimum punch (like in layered drums)
- precise positioning of samples for reducing phase problems (like in layered drums)
- move/shift sample start point for
- for classic SP1200/MPC technique:
Bonus:
- Recording starts with zero point crossing
- System suggests sample start point (by transient analysis) directly after sampling
History
- was a very useful feature in some classic samplers, need to check, but I believe Ensoniq EPS and some MPCs
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