Adding a sample

There are many ways to get audio into XSampler:

Import audio from the file system (see Importing a sample).

Drag loops and one-shots from the Media Browser (see Using the Media Browser).

Right-click a loop or one-shots in the Media Browser and select Open in XSampler.

Hold down the ALT key and double-click an audio file in the Media Browser.

This creates a new XSampler track, and loads the selected audio into XSampler.

Drag audio clips (including partial clip selections) from any track.

Dragging a Clips Pane time selection from an audio track to XSampler will bounce and load the selection as a sample into XSampler.

Record directly into XSampler (see Recording a sample).

Right-click an audio clip selection and select Open in XSampler.

The Open in XSampler command bounces the selected audio, creates a new XSampler track, and loads the bounced audio into XSampler.

Importing a sample

When you a Sampler track, the sampler is initially empty, ready for you to import or record audio.

To import an audio file, do one of the following:

Click the Browse Audio button, then select the audio file that you want to import. Supported formats include WAV, FLAC, OGG, MP3, M4A, AIF, AU, and WMA. The button tooltip shows the imported audio file’s full folder path.

Drag a loop or one-shot from the Media Browser to XSampler.

Drag a clip or partial clip selection from an audio track to XSampler.

Drag audio clips (including partial clip selections) from any track.

Dragging a Clips Pane time selection from an audio track to XSampler will bounce and load the selection as a sample into XSampler.

The imported file is automatically copied to the project’s \Audio folder.

 

Note: Each instance of XSampler can only store a single sample, so if you import or record another sample, it will overwrite the previous sample. You can select Edit > Undo to revert to the previous sample.

Recording a sample

In addition to loading existing audio files, you can directly record your own samples into XSampler.

1.	Click XSampler’s Record button drop-down menu to open the Record Input menu, then select the desired audio input source. The first input is selected by default (mono).

2.	Click XSampler’s Record button to start recording. During recording, the waveform appears in real-time.

3.	Click the Record button again to stop recording.

You can now play back the sample.

You may need to edit the start and end points of the recorded sample. For details, see Editing the sample and Trimming the sample.