The idea is having a “New” button accompanying the “Stop” button that immediately starts recording to a new sample for quickly recording as you go.
After you press the New button you would still be recording but to a new sample each time and the counter would have started again. You would be able to press stop as usual.
This would be incredibly useful when sampling from a live source, vinyl, etc.
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How would the different samples be mapped afterwards (in keyzones)?
This is a good idea, but not practical actually, since stopping the recording and starting it again will always cause a very short gap I assume, even in fast machines. Perhaps some button to mark where the recorded sample should be split after the recording is stopped would be a solution.
Still the best way would be recording the entire sample, and splitting it manually afterwards.
would be good option if sample recorder did not record silence before sound comes in!
How would the different samples be mapped afterwards (in keyzones)?
Fair question. If you aren’t using ‘create new instrument on each take’ they could be unmapped and leave that to the user.
This is a good idea, but not practical actually, since stopping the recording and starting it again will always cause a very short gap I assume, even in fast machines. Perhaps some button to mark where the recorded sample should be split after the recording is stopped would be a solution.
Still the best way would be recording the entire sample, and splitting it manually afterwards.
There’s no reason there would have to be a gap. Audio is buffered in memory first and then written to disk.
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