3.1 fit to bars

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  1. 1SYNTH / DRUM
  2. 2orange

3.1.1 fit to bars introduction

type: stretch a sample to 1, 2, 4 or 8 bars · by maiko

Fits the part of the sample you use to a whole number of bars at the OP-1's tempo, so a loop or a phrase lands on the beat. Press orange for the FIT panel, choose 1, 2, 4 or 8 bars and how to stretch, and press orange again.

KEEP PITCH stretches the time and keeps the pitch. TAPE changes the speed like a tape machine, so the pitch moves with it.

These work on TE's sampler screens only: a synth sampler sound (SYNTH) and a drum sampler kit (DRUM). Other engines' screens are unchanged.

The fit panel: BARS 2, two cells filled, FULL, KEEP PITCH, TAPE and FIT, 125 BPM
the fit panel on a synth sampler
The fit panel on a drum kit, then the same panel while it fits
a drum kit: the panel, then fitting

3.1.2 opening fit to bars

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step 1

SYNTH / DRUM

step 2

orange

SYNTH with a sampler sound, or DRUM with a sampler kit. Press orange.

3.1.3 knobs

turn (panel open)

blue

bars: 1, 2, 4 or 8

green

keep pitch or tape

white

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orange

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press (panel open)

blue

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green

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white

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orange

fit

3.1.4 tips

  • The part you use is what gets fitted: start to end on a synth; on a drum kit, from the earliest start to the latest end of its keys. Audio outside it is dropped, and each drum key's start and end move with the audio.
  • The tempo is the OP-1's, shown top right. The panel marks where the slot is full; longer choices aren't offered.
  • Any other key closes the panel and does what it normally does.
  • Refused while the slot is sampling, while the tape records, and for parts shorter than about 0.05 s.
  • It takes a second or two: the panel's cells fill as it works, and keys and knobs wait until it's done.
  • A fit changes the sound in the slot, not the one saved in the sound browser, and tape undo doesn't cover it. SHIFT + SYNTH (SHIFT + DRUM) reloads the saved sound; save a snapshot to keep the fitted one.
  • On drums, KEEP PITCH can soften sharp hits a little when the length changes a lot.