General sampling functions

Setting up for sampling

If you want to sample external audio, e.g. from a mic or an instrument connected to the audio hardware on your computer, make sure you have set up the desired audio input(s) on the Audio tab in Preferences, see “Active input and output channels”. Available audio inputs are indicated with yellow or green LEDs on the Hardware Interface in the rack:

Selecting audio input source(s)

To set up for sampling, you first need to make some connections on the Hardware Interface:

1.	Navigate to the Hardware Interface and press [Tab] to flip the rack around.

2.	Patch cables to the Sampling Inputs as follows:

To sample external audio, connect the desired Audio Input connector(s) to the Sampling Input connector(s) to the left on the rear of the Hardware Interface.

To sample the audio of a device in the rack, connect cables from the audio output(s) of the device to the Sampling Input connector(s) on the Hardware Interface.

•	To sample in stereo, connect to both the Left and Right Sampling Input connectors.

•	To sample in mono, connect only to the Left or Right Sampling Input connector.

Audio Inputs 1&2 connected to Sampling Inputs L&R for sampling in stereo.

Setting audio input level

Once you have made the desired connections to the Sampling Input(s) on the Hardware Interface, it’s important to check the audio input level to avoid clipping. If you are going to sample external audio via the audio hardware of your computer, you have to adjust the level at the source, i.e. on the pre-amp of the audio hardware (or connected instrument). A good suggestion is to use the Big Meter on the Hardware Interface to be able to monitor the input level(s) more easily.

Adjust the level at the source and make sure the level doesn’t exceed 0 dB to avoid clipping.

If you sample internally, from the output(s) of a device in the rack, adjust the Output Level on the source device and check the levels with the Sampling Inputs selected on the Big Meter:

Monitoring and Monitor Level

To the left on the Hardware Interface are two buttons and one knob for monitoring the signals on the Sampling Inputs:

Click the Monitor button to activate monitoring of the signals present at the Sampling Inputs.

Monitoring will always be active, regardless of if you sample or not.

Click the Auto button to activate monitoring only during sampling.

Monitoring will only be active during the actual sampling. When you don’t sample, monitoring will be off.

Turn the Monitor knob to adjust the monitor signal level.

The Monitor Level knob does not affect the level of the audio to be sampled - only the monitored signal.