CrX4 User Manual - LinPlug Virtual Instruments

Time Sampler Generator
The Time Sampler Generator is one of the key features of the CrX4. In
some ways, the Time Sampler Generator is like a conventional sampler:
you load a WAV or AIFF file into the Generator and then trigger it.
It however holds just one sample and there are no velocity splits or key
regions. Although only one sample is used as basic waveform for the Time
Sampler Generator, what you can do with this one sample is unique. You
can time-stretch it in real-time (and this time is available as modulation
destination for dynamic modulation in the matrix!). You can pitch-shift it
without affecting the duration. You can use key tracking to control the Time
parameter, all this is allowing you to create really weird sample-based
sounds!
The Time control enables you to
continuously time-stretch the loaded
sample in real-time. As a result, you
can shorten or lengthen the sample
independently of its pitch. In example,
a value of 133 means that the sample
is 133% of its original length. If it was
originally 3 seconds in duration it
becomes four seconds in duration.
The Range is: 25%...3200%.
Around the Time dial there are marks at 50%, 100% (green), 200, 400, 800
and 1600%
The TimeTrack control enables you to set the duration of the sample
independently of its pitch. Let’s say for example, your sample's root note is
C3 and that it is 4 seconds in duration. What happens to the duration of the
sample when you play a C4 (one octave higher)?
This is where Time Tracking comes into play. If you set the Time Tracking
control to 0, the sample duration remains at 4 seconds. If you set the Time
Tracking control to 100%, the sample duration will be reduced to 2 seconds
(a doubling of the frequency results in a halving of the duration, just as in
the case of a conventional sampler). If you set the control to 50%, the
duration will be about 3 seconds, while with a setting of -100% the sample
is reversed and has a duration of 8 seconds. Range: -100%...100%
The Spread is described in the general Generator description right before
this section.
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