Using Automap The automap function can be used as a quick way of creating a key map, or as a good starting point for further adjustments of a key map. Automap works under the assumption that you intend to create a key map for a complete instrument, for example a number of samples of a piano, all at different pitches. 1. Load the samples you want to Automap. Now you have three options: Trust that the root note information in the files is already correct. Manually adjust the root notes (and tuning) for all the samples. Use “Set Root Notes from Pitch Detection” to automatically set up the root notes. 2. Select all zones you want to automap. 3. Select Automap Zones from the Edit menu or the NN-XT context menu. All the selected zones will now be arranged automatically in the following way: The zones will be sorted in the display (from top to bottom - lowest key first) according to the root keys. The zones will be assigned key ranges according to the root keys. The key ranges are set up so that the split between two zones is exactly in the middle between the zones’ root notes. If two zones have the same root key they will be assigned the same key range. Automapping zones chromatically This Edit menu item will give each zone a key range of one semitone (i.e. one key), starting from C2 and upwards. The function does not take root key into account. It simply places each selected sample on successive keys according the position in the sample list (from the top down).
