Keyboard samples ?

lionofjudah82 · Post by **lionofjudah82** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:26 pm

Evening all, still new to the esx1 so forgive any stupidity please.
I'm having trouble importing keyboard parts. Can anyone recommend a good free source for acquiring keyboard parts ? Also if I want say a piano sample should I make in a c major? Will that keep it all in concert ?
Thanks

thehighesttree · Post by **thehighesttree** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:48 pm

Ahhh, refreshing...someone who sounds educatable!

Keyboard part samples are perhaps the easist to get, because you can use a really, really short clip (even a single wave of any other sample) and just loop it so it makes a tone. To make any sample a Keyboard sample, you need to do the following:

-Stop playback and enter SAMPLE MODE ("Sample" button under display is lit).
-Scroll to whatever sample you feel has a good tone. If you've got one, as you said, that's middle C, then that's ideal.
-Using the up and down arrows to the left of the ESX, scroll down in the menu until you get to StatLoop (I think) and it'll say something like "Off" below it.
-Hold SHIFT and scroll the menu wheel until this value becomes "00000" or anything other than "Off". The shift button makes it scroll way faster. It doesn't have to be 00000, but this ensures your sample loops and that's necessary for a sustained tone. You can test the loop using the drum part buttons...you should be able to hold one of these buttons and produce a continuous tone. Placing the loop start near the end can make any sample a "pure tone"
-Hit "Write" twice to save the changes you've made.
-Now you can go back into PART MODE and select either of the Keyboard Parts. Scroll to the sample you've changed and you should be able to hold down sustained notes. Middle C is button #4 in the 5th octave set-thingy (5th red LED when the Keyboard key is lit)

TL;DR: Make sure your samples loop instead of just acting as 1-shots when played in keyboard mode. Getting a sample that's nothing more than a waveform in middle-C makes for the best general keyboard tone. Post any questions you might have.

jefe · Post by **jefe** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:45 pm

Here is a link to a bunch of waveforms:

http://www.adventurekid.se/AKRTfiles/AK ... index.html

From Kristoffer Ekstrand aka Adventure Kid.

http://www.adventurekid.se/

Lots of great stuff in there. Not all tuned to C, however, if I remember right.

Thanks Kristoffer.

thehighesttree · Post by **thehighesttree** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:48 pm

Nothing beats adventurekid waves.

lionofjudah82 · Post by **lionofjudah82** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:06 am

Thanks very much for the input people, as always its greatly appreciated.

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:37 am

Here is a link to a bunch of waveforms:

http://www.adventurekid.se/AKRTfiles/AK ... index.html

Where's the links? Are these just pictograms of waveforms??

EDIT: Nevermind. you provided the wrong link. These are just what I said, pictograms.

Here's the proper link:
http://www.adventurekid.se/akrt/wavefor ... waveforms/

jefe · Post by **jefe** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:54 am

Oops, sorry. Thanks for providing the right link.

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:04 pm

np. but for some reason, these wave files dont play after dl'ing. Perhaps they need to be converted to another format?

Electromachines · Post by **Electromachines** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:00 am

roblabs wrote:np. but for some reason, these wave files dont play after dl'ing. Perhaps they need to be converted to another format?

These waves are 1 cycle long... micro seconds. Your player may reject them for being to short, or you simply didnt hear it.

On a sampler (such as the esx) these cycles are looped to produce tone. When played back in the keyboard parts, these wave cycles can loop(repeat) thousands of times a second.

Using the wave cycle method within the ESX.. from samples of ANYTHING can be a fantastic way to find new sounds from mundane sources.