BTDSys SampleGrid

Installation

Unzip all files apart from BTDSys SampleGrid Out.dll to your Gear\Generators folder. BTDSys SampleGrid Out.dll goes in Gear\Effects.

Most up-to-date index.txts should already contain entries for SampleGrid. If not, copy & paste the following into an appropriate place:

  /BTDSys SampleGrid
   BTDSys SampleGrid - Byte x 4, Byte x 4
   BTDSys SampleGrid - Byte x 8, Byte x 8
   BTDSys SampleGrid - Byte x 16, Byte x 16
   BTDSys SampleGrid - Switch x 8, Switch x 8
   BTDSys SampleGrid - Switch x 16, Switch x 16
   BTDSys SampleGrid - Switch x 32, Switch x 32
   1,-----
   BTDSys SampleGrid Out, Out
   /.. 

Overview

SampleGrid is a sample player designed especially for rhythm programming. Its main feature is a "grid" of triggers kept together in the pattern view. It also features support for multiple outputs, and MIDI functionality.

Multiple Versions

SampleGrid comes in several "sizes", with different numbers and types of triggers. The versions are functionally identical, apart from the number of triggers available and whether those triggers allow only 1/0 (switch) or numeric (volume/pan/etc) values (byte). This document covers all versions.

Parameters

Global parameters

Track parameters

Attributes

AuxBus

This feaure is included for backwards compatibility only. For new songs, use the following:

Multiple Outs

SampleGrid allows use of separate "output" machines to give up to 9 stereo outputs:

Now you can add different processing to different sounds from the same machine.

MIDI

SampleGrid supports triggering of samples via a MIDI keyboard. To set this up, right click the machine and choose "MIDI Setup".

Now press a note on your keyboard, and you may use the button to assign that note to a sample. You should also choose the MIDI channel you wish to use (the same channel is used for each sample). You can also specify whether to use the velocity from the keyboard, and whether note offs are used (ie the sample stops when you lift your finger from the key)

Also you can record using MIDI, by checking the appropriate boxes in the MIDI settings dialog. Normal rules apply for MIDI recording in Buzz machines (click Record in Buzz's toolbar, make sure you lay down blank patterns over the part you want to record).

History

v1.0 - initial release

v1.1 (not released) - increased auxbus groups from 4 to 8, fixed a bug with ramping

v1.2 - second release - new non-auxbus multiple out system, fixed some clicking problems

v1.21 - fixed a clicky/buzzy bug with the delay and shuffle functions

Thanks

Oskari, Cyanphase, Jeph Wacheski, Ronny Pries, Frank Potulski, mva, oomek, thOke, moon.god, mute, usr, anyone else I should have thanked.

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