FXpansion DR-008 - Manual (Page 22)

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4.2.4 Velo Sampler
The final sampler in the current version of DR-008 is the
‘Velo Sampler’. This is a velocity-switching sampler, providing up
to 128-way velocity switching between samples. This is essential
for realistic-sounding acoustic kits. Velo Sampler is also the only
one of the current sampler modules to support ‘multi-triggering’
What this means is, the module is polyphonic, and when it starts to play a new
sound, the old one is not ‘cut’ This is again important for realistic acoustic kits,
but can use quite a lot of CPU – disable it by activating the ‘Mono’ (monophonic)
button. As with the Easy Sampler and Quad Sampler, a simple Low Pass filter is
provided, with velocity control; in addition there is a ‘Velocity Sensitivity’ slider to
adjust how much the sampler’s gain control responds to velocity. It’s important to
note that some velocity-switched drum kit libraries are already scaled according
to velocity (with low-velocity hits being much quieter), and so don’t need to use
the Velo Sampler’s gain control (turn the slider right down). Others, however, are
level-normalized, and rely on the sampler to provide velocity-based level
adjustment – turn the slider up when working in this way. To add a wave to the
Velo Sampler, click the ‘+’ button; to remove the currently highlighted wave use
the ‘x’ button. You can adjust a wave’s properties using the green ‘tools’ button,
and replace the current wave with a new one while keeping the properties the
same with the blue ‘replace’ button.
4.3 Synthesizers
4.3.1 The Eights Bass
A fat, smooth, versatile synthesized kick. The Eights Bass
uses ‘two-stage’ decay envelopes for both pitch and
amplitude. For the Pitch envelope, the first stage envelope – ‘Pitch Init’ and ‘Pitch
DC1 – controls a fast, exponential decay from the initial pitch – ‘Pitch Init’ -
towards a ‘target’ pitch (set initially by ‘Pitch Base’); the second envelope – ‘Pitch
Base’ and ‘Pitch DC2’ controls a slow, linear envelope. Values for Pitch DC2 above
64 actually cause the base pitch to increase with time, instead of decreasing. The
amplitude envelope works on a similar principle – a fast, exponential initial decay
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