Yamaha PSR8000 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 88)

Sampling

The PSR-8000 SAMPLING feature lets you “sample” sounds via a microphone or

line source which can be saved as “waves” within “waveforms” to be used in

original custom voices (see “PSR-8000 Waves & Waveforms”, below). The SAM-

PLING mode also includes a range of wave and waveform editing features which

can be used to “fine tune” your samples for optimum sound.

During use sampled sounds are kept in the internal wave RAM memory. The

PSR-8000 comes with a 1-megabyte wave memory which can be expanded up

to a maximum of 33 megabytes by installing optional SIMM memory modules —

see page 152 for details. Sampled waveforms can be saved to floppy or hard

disk. Wave files in standard WAV or AIFF format produced using other equipment

can also be used by the PSR-8000.

• The supplied audio CD includes sound sources for sampling.

• No MIDI or TO HOST transmission or reception occurs in the SAMPLING mode.

PSR-8000 Waves & Waveforms

The terms “wave” and “waveform” have distinct meanings in PSR-8000 sampling terminology, as follows:

● WAVE

A “wave” is the raw audio data created whenever you sample

a new sound or import a WAV or AIFF format wave file. The

PSR-8000 WAVE EDIT mode includes functions which allow

you to edit this basic data: e.g. resampling to change the

sampling frequency, trimming and looping, normalization for

maximum level and minimum noise, etc.

● WAVEFORM

All PSR-8000 waves are contained in a “waveform”, which

is basically a set of parameters which define the keyboard range

over which the wave or waves it contains will play. A waveform

can contain one or more waves, and waves can be shared by

more than one waveform. Waves in a waveform can be assigned

to different ranges of the keyboard, but they cannot be layered

(i.e. they will not sound simultaneously when a single key is

played). The PSR-8000 WAVEFORM EDIT mode lets you add

or delete waves from a waveform, and assign the waves to

different keyboard ranges.

• When you sample a new sound or import a WAV or AIFF format wave,

a new waveform which contains the new sampled or imported wave is

automatically created. The PSR-8000 saves your edited data as a

waveform file.

● WAVEFORMS & VOICES

Waveforms created by the PSR-8000 SAMPLING feature

can be used in voices in two different ways:

WAVE EDIT

Sampling

Sound

WAV AIFF

WAVE WAVE WAVE

WAVEFORM

WAVE1 WAVE2 WAVE3

WAVEFORM

CUSTOM VOICE

CREATOR

CUSTOM VOICE

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