Cross Fade is a toggle to enable or disable cross fading. Because the sample you load gets arbitrarily split into a certain number of slices (up to 64), it will most likely generate unwanted clicks and pops due to the signal jumping (as seen in the blue image). When the Cross Fade setting is enabled (which is the default), it performs a short cross fade whenever the signal starts, stops or loops to prevent this unwanted clicks and pops (as seen in the yellow image).
Routing lets you choose how to handle mono files. By default a mono source will be output to both the left (channel 0) and right (channe 1) output channels. By selecting the other option, you can have the mono source be output only on the left channel (channel 0). Note that this setting has no impact on stereo sources.
Root Key represents the Midi Key that will trigger the very first slice and can be changed with the arrows next to the display. Since all slices play sequentially, changing this value affects all slices. If you increase this value too much, you may not be able to play all the slices anymore since the Midi keyboard is limited by the number of keys. If you use only 16 slices, it is safe to change this value to C3 for example.
Analyzing The top section of the Edit tab displays the sound as a waveform and allows you to analyze it by zooming all the way to the single sample level (1 pixel = 1 sample). Sample Data The data displayed in the window gives you details about the content of the loaded (or sampled) file. In the screenshot above, the data shown is sampling.wav @ 48000 480812 bytes - stereo - 80128 [1.670s] which represents: sampling.wav name of the originally loaded file (when the sample originate from sampling, the name sampling.wav is used). 48000 sample rate 480812 bytes size in bytes that the file occupies (accounts for compression, headers, etc...) stereo whether the sample is mono or stereo 80128 total number of samples (per channel) 1.670s duration of the sample (in this example 80128 samples at 48000 samples per seconds is a sample of duration 1.67 seconds) Data explanation Selecting You can select an area of the waveform in order to edit it (or for zooming purposes). In order to select an area, simply click-drag in the window. Once an area is selected, you can extend the selection by shift-clicking the window. You can also double click the window in which case the entire slice where you clicked will be selected. The end of the selection will automatically "snap" at slice boundaries (meaning if you are close "enough", then it will behave as if you had released exactly at the boundary). You can turn this off by pressing the Alt key on your keyboard when you release. Click and drag Select the area (and snap at slice boundary on release) Shift click and drag Extends the previously selected area Alt key Releasing while the Alt key is being held will bypass the automatic "snapping" feature Double click Select the slice where the double click takes place. Zoom button Zoom in/out of selection area z key (keyboard shortcut) Zoom in/out of selection area List of all selection actions To select multiple slices, start by selecting one (double click) then extend the selection (shift-click) close to the last slice you want to select in which case it will snap at the boundary ensuring you are selecting whole slices. Scrollbar The waveform can be zoomed in and out using the scrollbar (located below the data) by click-dragging the handles. Once zoomed in, you can navigate the waveform by click-dragging the scrollbar itself. Pressing the Zoom button or the z key on your keyboard will toggle zoom in or out of whatever is selected. Click and drag handles Control zoom level of the waveform Shift click and drag handles Control zoom level of the waveform in a slower/more precise fashion Click and drag scrollbar Scroll through the waveform (if zoomed in) Shift click and drag scrollbar Scroll through the waveform (if zoomed in) in a slower/more precise fashion Double click scrollbar Toggles between completely zoomed in (sample level) and completely zoomed out. The zoomed in waveform will be centered around the area that was double clicked. List of all scrollbar actions Zero Crossing The 0 Crossing toggle will render the areas where the wave goes from positive to negative (crosses zero) as red dots. This option is only active if you are zoomed in enough: when zoomed out, a pixel represents multiple samples so the concept of zero crossing can no longer be accurately represented. Playing Clicking the Play pad will play the selected area of the waveform. If nothing is selected, it will play the entire sound. Editing The Edit tab lets you edit/manipulate the currently loaded sound (note that you can also load the sound directly from this interface). The various actions possible depends on whether areas are selected or not (buttons are disabled when an action is not available). Normalize 0dB Normalizes the entire sound to 0dB: computes the maximum value of all the samples in the sound and scale the sound so that the maximum value is exactly 0dB (1.0 as a sample value) Normalize -3dB Normalizes the entire sound to -3dB: computes the maximum value of all the samples in the sound and scale the sound so that the maximum value is exactly -3dB (10 ^ (-3/20) as a sample value) Normalize -6dB Normalizes the entire sound to -6dB: computes the maximum value of all the samples in the sound and scale the sound so that the maximum value is exactly -6dB (10 ^ (-6/20) as a sample value) Edit Trim Removes silence from the beginning and end of the entire sound Edit Cut Removes the selected area of the waveform from the sound Edit Crop Keeps the selected area of the waveform from the sound and remove what is outside S. Rate Match Resamples the sound so that its sample rate matches the one from the DAW displayed in the window. Available only if it currently doesn't match History Undo Reverts the previous action executed (which goes beyond the last edit, since loading a new sample or sampling are added to the undo history) History Redo Replays the last action that was undone History Clear Clears the entire undo history. This action is performed automatically if you destroy the plugin (by removing it or closing the DAW) as the undo history is not preserved with the state of the plugin. Can be used to free resources while the plugin is running List of all editing actions The normalize -3dB (resp. -6dB) action does not remove 3dB (resp. 6dB) from the sound. Instead it scales the sound so that the maximum volume is exactly -3dB (resp. -6dB). Sampling In the Edit tab, clicking on the button will bring the sampling interface which lets you sample the input from the DAW directly. You choose which input to sample, for how long the sampling will take place, what is the trigger for sampling and then you can click Sample to start sampling. The right hand side of the panel lets you monitor the selected input and adjust its gain. The Level window shows the volume of the currently selected input. Input Not all DAWs handle inputs in the same fashion, this is why the plugin offers 2 of them so that it should cover most use cases. For Reason (by Reason Studios), In 1 is Audio In 1/2 and In 2 is Optional Audio In 3/4
For Maschine (by Native Instruments), In 2 is the side chain that you assign to the plugin.
For Logic (by Apple), In 1 is the side chain that you assign to the plugin.
etc...
Trigger The Trigger section lets you define when the sampler kicks in after you press the Sample button. You can adjust it by clicking on the arrows or clicking on the LCD window itself and dragging the mouse up or down. Immediate There is no delay, whether the host is playing or not, sampling will start immediately as soon as the button is clicked Play (Free) Sampling is delayed until the host starts playing and will start immediately when play is clicked at the host level. If the host is already playing then it behaves like Immediate Play (Sync) Sampling is delayed until the host starts playing and will continue to wait until a bar boundary. If the host is already playing then it will wait until a bar boundary Sound Sampling is delayed until there is sound (whether the host is playing or not) meaning there is a single sample that is not silent List of triggers Because the sampling duration is defined as a multiple of bars, the Play (Sync) mode is particularly convenient to very quickly and easily sample the host in a fashion where each slice is perfectly aligned with the tempo and loop perfectly. Exporting In the Edit tab, clicking on the button will bring the input/output interface which lets you load and save a sound. For exporting, you can choose the Format and Encoding by clicking on the arrows. A pop-up dialog will open when clicking Export to let you save/export the sound as a name and location of your choosing. Automation Automation depends on the DAW/host. Since the plugin is defined as an instrument and every slice is mapped to a Midi key, in order to record the playback of slices you can simply record note input (either by manually drawing or via a Midi keyboard) as if you were using a synthesizer plugin. Sponsor pongasoft produces a variety of high quality and free/open source software. If you would like to support my work and help offset the cost of development tools, web hosting, etc. here are a couple ways to do so: Send money via PayPal
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Release Notes 1.4.3 - 2021-01-04 Performance improvements and reduced memory usage
Added support for Apple Chipset / universal build on macOS
Source Code v1.4.3
1.4.2 - 2020-12-07 Performance improvements and reduced memory usage
Scrollbar overview now displays the stereo sample
Source Code v1.4.2
1.4.1 - 2020-08-03 Improved performance when loading a large file (especially on Windows 10)
Display a warning dialog if loading a large file to allow to continue or cancel
Source Code v1.4.1
1.4.0 - 2020-04-27 Added slices display in the main waveform (Play tab)
Improved performances (less disk access)
Fixed several issues when file sample rate doesn't match DAW sample rate
Some minor UI tweaks
Source Code v1.4.0
1.3.0 - 2020-03-30 The number of slices can now vary smoothly between 1 and 64 thus allowing higher precision A new LCD window displays the number of slices (and as a shortcut, you can click and drag on the window to change the value)
Up and down arrows let you change the number of slices in whole numbers
A knob on the edit tab lets you freely change the number of slices
Shortcuts for 1/16/32/48/64 slices can be used
Thanks to Denis Safiullin for suggesting the feature (based on the behavior of the Akai MPC 1000)
Source Code v1.3.0
1.2.0 - 2020-03-18 Added Settings tab
Moved Root Key to Settings tab
Added Cross Fade setting (on by default) to avoid pops and clicks
Added Routing setting to handle mono file (mono -> mono or mono -> stereo)
Source Code v1.2.0
Note that Cross Fade and Stereo Routing are on by default because this is what makes the most sense for the vast majority of use cases. As a result, projects using this device may sound slightly different after this update. Disabling cross fade and/or stereo routing will revert to the behavior prior to this update. 1.1.0 - 2020-02-09 Added "follow" option so that the selected slice follows MIDI input (ex: via MIDI keyboard)
Added "Quick Edit Mode" to be able to quickly and conveniently see/configure the settings of each slice (loop/reverse)
Added "Loop" action to loop on/off all slices at once (note that if not all slices are looped, then hitting "Loop" will make them all loop)
Added "Reset" action to resets the settings (loop/reverse) of all slices at once
Source Code v1.1.0
1.0.0 - 2019-05-19 First release.
Source Code v1.0.0
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