Sampler Tracks V1 in Cubase 12

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Sampler Tracks V1 in Cubase 12

Sampler Tracks

Loading Audio Samples into Sampler Control

Loading MIDI Parts into Sampler Control

Creating Sampler Tracks

Sampler Control

Sampler Control Toolbar

Sampler Tracks

The sampler track feature allows you to chromatically play back any audio from your audio sample library via MIDI. You can create and edit new sounds based on specific samples and integrate them into an existing project.

The sampler track feature includes:

• The Sampler Control section in the lower zone of the Project window. Here, you can load and edit audio samples, choose between different playback modes, or transfer samples to Steinberg VST instruments.
• A sampler track in your project that allows you to control the playback of the sample that is loaded in Sampler Control via MIDI.

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Loading Audio Samples into Sampler Control

You can load audio samples into Sampler Control by dragging.

Cubase allows you to load mono or stereo samples in .wav or .aiff file format or REX and REX2 audio files created by ReCycle from Propellerhead Software into Sampler Control.

• To load an audio sample, drag it from the MediaBay, the Project window event display, or the File Explorer/macOS Finder, and drop it in Sampler Control.
  Important
  If Sampler Control already contains an audio sample, this sample and all of its settings are overwritten.

Note

• Audio samples that you load into Sampler Control are not copied to the project audio folder. If you want to archive or share your project, including all audio samples that you have loaded into Sampler Control, you must create a self-contained project.
• In the Pool, all audio samples that you have loaded into Sampler Control are listed in a dedicated sampler track subfolder in the main audio folder.
• Imported REX and REX2 files are converted to files in .wav format. These files are stored in a wav folder, created in addition to the original file.
  In Sampler Control, slicing is activated, and hitpoints are set according to the slice markers of the imported REX file.

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Loading MIDI Parts into Sampler Control

You can load MIDI parts from instrument tracks or MIDI tracks into Sampler Control by dragging.

Note

For this to work, the instrument track or the MIDI track must be routed to a VST instrument.

• To load a MIDI part, drag it from the MediaBay, the Project window event display, or the File Explorer/macOS Finder, and drop it in Sampler Control.
  Important
  If Sampler Control already contains MIDI, it is overwritten.

Cubase creates an audio file from the MIDI part. This includes the instrument sound and the channel settings from the VST instrument or the return channel. The audio file is copied to the project audio folder.

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Creating Sampler Tracks

To create a sampler track, do one of the following:

• In the Project window, select an audio event, and select Audio > Create Sampler Track.
• In the MediaBay, right-click an audio file, and select Create Sampler Track.
• In the Sample Editor Inspector, open the Range section, and click Create Sampler Track.
  This creates a sampler track from the selected range. If no range is selected, the entire event is used.
• From the context menu of the track list, select Add Sampler Track.
  In this case, Sampler Control is empty, and you must load an audio sample by dragging.

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Sampler Control

If the sampler track is selected, Sampler Control is available in the lower zone of the Project window. Sampler Control allows you to view, edit, and play back samples or specific sections of the samples.

1. Toolbar
   Contains tools that allow you to select and edit the audio sample, to organize track presets, and to transfer the sample, including its settings, to an instrument.
2. Waveform display/Envelope editor
   Shows the waveform image of the sample. Allows you to define the playback range for the sample and to set a loop.
   If the envelope editors for the pitch, the filter, or the amp section are shown, you can adjust their envelope curve settings here.
3. Playback and Sound Parameter section
   Allows you to make settings for playback, warping, and slicing (Playback section), tuning and pitch modulation (Pitch section), filtering (Filter section), and level and panorama (Amp section).
4. Keyboard section
   Allows you to set the key range of the sample, its root key, and the modulation range of the pitchbend wheel. These settings are used if you work with an external MIDI device.

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Sampler Control Toolbar

The Sampler Control toolbar contains various settings and functions.

Read Automation

Allows you to read track automation.

Write Automation

Allows you to write track automation.

Switch between A/B Settings

Allows you to switch between different parameter settings.

Event Received Indicator

This LED indicates incoming MIDI messages via the selected MIDI input. The LED lights up on receiving note-on and controller messages. This way, you can check if Cubase and your MIDI keyboard are connected to the same MIDI device input.

Snap to Zero Crossing

Restricts sample editing to zero crossings, that is, to positions where the amplitude is zero.

Auto-Scroll

Keeps the project cursor visible during playback.

Preset section

Shows the name of the track preset that is loaded for the sampler track. You can also save and load presets.

Import Audio File

Opens the Import Audio dialog that allows you to load an audio file into Sampler Control.

Note

If Sampler Control already contains an audio file, the original file is replaced by the new file.

File Name

Shows the file name of the sample.

Tempo

Shows the tempo of the loop, as read from the sample file or calculated from the sample length. In Slice playback mode, you can manually adjust this value.

Root Key

Shows the root key that determines the pitch of the sample. You can change the root key by entering a new value in the value field or by dragging the root key handle on the Sampler Control keyboard.

Fixed Pitch

If a sample is triggered by a MIDI note other than the one defined by the Root Key setting, the sample is pitched accordingly. If Fixed Pitch is activated, the relation between played note and root key is disregarded, and all keys play the sample just as it was recorded.

Note

This setting is only available in Normal and AudioWarp playback mode.

Loop Mode

Allows you to select a loop mode for playback via MIDI.

• If this is set to No Loop, the sample is played once.

• If this is set to Continuous, the sample is played in a continuous loop.
• If this is set to Alternate, the sample is played back in a loop that alternates between forward and backward playback.

• If this is set to Once, the sample is looped once.

• If this is set to Until Release, the sample is looped repeatedly until you release the key on the keyboard.

• If this is set to Alternate Until Release, the loop alternates between forward and backward playback for as long as you hold the key.

Note

This setting is only available in Normal and AudioWarp playback mode.

Signature

Shows the detected time signature of the sample. You can manually adjust this value.

Note

This setting is only available in Slice playback mode.

Bars/Beats

These value fields show the detected length of the sample in bars and beats. You can manually adjust these values, which affects the grid and the tempo.

Note

This setting is only available in Slice playback mode.

Grid

Sets the grid.

Note

This setting is only available in Slice playback mode.

One Shot

The sample is played back once from beginning to end, regardless of any loop settings.

Normalize Sample

Normalizes the sample by detecting the highest peak level in the sample and adjusting the gain so that it reaches the set Normalization Level value. Sample Gain allows you to manually modify the gain value afterwards.

Trim Sample

Trims the sample to a selected range. If no range is selected, the sample is trimmed to the range that is set with the sample start/end markers. Revert to Full Sample resets the sample to its original range.

Note

This setting is only available in Normal and AudioWarp playback mode.

Reverse Sample

Reverses the sample. This allows you to play back the sample backwards.

Monophonic Mode

Activates monophonic playback. For solo instruments, this usually results in a more naturally sounding performance. With monophonic playback activated, a note that was stolen by another note is retriggered if you still hold the stolen note when you release the new one. You can play trills by holding one note and quickly and repeatedly pressing and releasing another note, for example.

Note

If Monophonic Mode is deactivated, you can play up to 128 notes simultaneously.

If Legato Mode is activated as well and you play legato notes, only the pitch of the sample is set to the new note. The sample is not retriggered, and the envelopes keep running.

Lock Parameter Settings

With this option is activated, the current Sampler Control parameter settings are kept if you load another sample into Sampler Control.

Note

Parameters that are directly related to the sample, for example, sample start/end, loop start/end, root key, or tempo are not kept, but taken from the new sample instead.

MIDI Reset

Stops playback and resets all MIDI controllers to their default values.

This is useful, for example, if you want to stop the playback of a long audio sample in One Shot mode.

Transfer to New Instrument

Allows you to transfer the audio sample with all its Sampler Control settings to an instrument that is loaded to a new instrument track.

Open in Separate Window

Opens Sampler Control in a separate window.

Open in Lower Zone

Opens Sampler Control in the lower zone.

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