INSTRUMENTS / GENERATORS

DirectWave - Options

To open the Options Window - Left-click on the 'Options' button above the peak-meter. The options dialog allows you to select the Browser directories and rendering quality, and set up an automated sample VST session.

Options

Directories

• Content Library - Click on the [...] button to link DirectWave to your sample library. The directory set here will also be the default used when saving DWP files and sample data.
• VST plugins - Click on the [...] button to link DirectWave to your VST plugin directory.

Global

• 16-Point sinc interpolation - When deselected 64 point sinc is used. 16 point sinc uses less CPU but may produce more aliasing for transposed samples.
• Total recall mode - Bundles wave data with the project file. NOTE: this may create large project files, but projects using DirectWave will be directly portable to other users/machines without the need for separate sample data. By default Total Recall is disabled, and only filename references to the wave files will be saved with the project.
• File browser - Turns the integrated Browser on.
• Import content to library - Copy imported .dwp and contained samples to the content library folder on opening.
• Multitimbral Mode - Allows DirectWave to respond independently on all 16 MIDI channels (VST only).
• Show note names in host - Informs the host what name a note has (based on the zone name) when the host requests this information.
• Use tablet PC or digitizing stylus - Switch on when using a stylus based interface.
• Switch program channel - Select the MIDI channel DirectWave responds to program changes on. The default '---' is off.

Samples

• Pitch analysis after sample load - Analyses pitch of loaded samples. Useful when creating banks from scratch.
• Auto normalize samples - Maximizes the volume of samples so that the maximum peak hits 100% volume.
• Extract root key from filename - Sets the sample root key from the file name, e.g. C4Strings.wav will set the Root Key to C4.
• Show load progress - Displays the load state when opening sample banks.

Compatibility

• Compatible velocity - Backward compatibility for velocity handling, should be left off for new banks.
• Clip volume - Try this with old banks/songs that have 'volume' issues' (too loud), should be left off for new songs/banks.

VST Sampler

VST instrument host

• Current Instance - Host a VST instrument in DirectWave for sampling purposes.
• Selected Program - Selects a program to sample.

VST Instrument Sampler

Sets the automated sampling options. Please be aware that long sample settings combined with multiple velocity layers and small key-steps will result in very large programs.

• Low Key - Lowest key to sample.
• High Key - Highest key to sample.
• Key Step - Number of Keys to step up from the lowest note before taking the next sample.
• Samplerate - Samplerate used when sampling VSTi plugins.
• Velocity Splits - Number of velocity layers to sample.
• Number Programs - When autosampling VSTi Plugins, you can render current program only (set to '1'), or render a number of programs. For example, Num Programs set to 16 will render 16 programs into content library. VST instruments have different number programs, up to 128. Programs and presets in a VST instrument are the same thing.
• Length (seconds) - Sample duration.
• Max release (sec) - Time to wait if the audio has not faded to zero after the note release.
• Process - Starts auto-sampling.

NOTE: The Auto sampling works as follows:

1. DirectWave triggers a note (working individually through the MIDI notes Low key to High key, sampling every Step notes at each of Velocity splits velocities).
2. The note is held for the duration set (Length).
3. After that time, a 'note off' message is sent.
4. DirectWave waits until the note is silent, if it reaches silence you will see a 'skipping release' message.
5. If the note has not reached silence after the time set at Max release, DirectWave stops sampling and fades to silence (linearly).
6. The samples and patch will be saved in Options > Content library AFTER you manually instruct DirectWave to do so from the Program Zone window