sample editor ?????

15 May 2006, 15:25

hi I have the fantom xr with the latest os 2.02 and I have the latest editor for mac osx, 2.10.
now, while in the editor, I want to edit the samples so I choose the sample button (right above the keyboard button) and all I get is a blank sample edit screen. Nothing is in the left side and I cant for the life of me figure out how to load them..

I hope Im doing something wrong because I tried and read the manual and Im pulling my hairs out. Its probly something stupid that is just sitting right in my face.

BTW. everything loads up ok (like patches and performances) but nothing shows when I open the sample edit window. Any help will be greatly appreciated .

thank you

Re: sample editor ?????

15 May 2006, 16:03

Do you have any samples in your XR? If not, I am not sure in the editor allows you to import them (please seek in menus), but at least you can import/record the samples on the XR itself.

Re: sample editor ?????

15 May 2006, 16:35

thank you for your quick reply.. Im a little confused, I thought that if you open the editor and I ,, lets say picked the studio drum kit in patch mode, then click on the sample button - the studio drum kit would pop up in the sample edit window ? no? Im kinda getting the feeling this dont work that way

thank you again

im sorry , you asked me if I had samples in the xr.. no I dont I thought the expansion boards had the samples... But I am beginning to get the idea ... I think!

Re: sample editor ?????

16 May 2006, 00:20

The internal sounds are not samples, they are ROM waveforms - although they are "like" samples, they are data embedded into chips which themselves are used to stream/play them. These cannot be edited. What you can is import any WAVE/AIFF files and work with them like you want in the editor, and Fantoms will treat them like waveforms on patch level.

Re: sample editor ?????

16 May 2006, 06:23

ooooohhh

I SEE... I thought that I could do that with the internal sounds. It would have been nice to edit the rom waveforms in this way because it is visually easier for me .... but thank you for clearing that up for me....

Re: sample editor ?????

16 May 2006, 08:25

None of the synths allow you to edit ROM waves because they are usually compressed/archived to save space. You can resample these waves anyway and then edit them as you like.