In this tutorial, I show how to create a sampling function similar to the ‘Cycle Random’ option in Battery. Several samples are loaded into the same slot (using the Sample Map Editor) and one is selected at random for playback upon a new MIDI note.
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This video requires very little actual programming – most of the work is done in setting up the sample map properly. By separating the samples into their own velocity ranges, it is possible to fit up to 127 samples in each MIDI slot.
Which sample is selected is chosen by the Trig input of the Sampler module – the velocity values of 0-127 in the Sample Map Editor are normalized to a range from 0 to 1.
Alternating samples in this way is an easy tool for moving away from the robotic monotony of MIDI triggered drum loops. With several similar samples of the same instrument, realistic drums are much easier to achieve.
In a followup video, I’ll show how to build a ‘Round Robin’ style sampler, where the samples are played back in a specific order as opposed to the random selection shown in this video.
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