The VSampler Main Window
If you start VSampler you're at the VSampler main window. This window is
devided into different pages via tabs ("Presets", "Multi",
"Pattern", "Mixer", "Volume", "Filter",
"LFO", "Effects", "Sample", "Controllers",
"Multi", "Synth"). Just click one of the tabs to activate the
respective page.

The Menubar
The menubar of VSampler has the following entries:
The File Menu
The File menu contains commands for the file in- and output:
- New - creates a new, empty VSampler file. If you should have changed the
currently opened file you'll be promted to save the changes.
- Open - loads a VSampler file from disc. If you should have changed the
currently opened file you'll be promted to save the changes.
- Save - saves the changes of the currently opened file to disc.
- Save As - saves the changes of the currently opened file to disc after prompting
for a new filename.
- Load Sample - loads a sample (WAV file) from disc. It will automatically create a
new split in the current preset and map it to the sample. If there's no preset at the
current bank position yet a new preset will be created.
- Save Sample - saves the sample data of the currently selected split into a WAV
file.
- Import Preset - imports sound preset data from several formats (VSampler
1.x Bank, SoundFont SF2 Bank, AKAI AKP Format, Terratec TTI Format, ...)
- Import Bank - imports complete sound banks of several formats (Virtual
Sampler 1.x Bank, SoundFont SF2 Bank, AKAI Sample CD, DX7 SysEx Files)
- Export Bank - exports sound data in several formats (SoundFont SF2 or
linked VSampler Bank).
- Exit - ends VSampler.
Additionally the file menu provides quick access to recently used files.
The Edit Menu
The Edit Menü contains commands to edit Presets, Splits and Samples:
- Split Parameters - This command is used to load/save Split parameters
from the internal memory or from a disc file
- Preset / Templates - This command is used to create, editor, load or
save of Preset templates (templates for Presets including split definition)
- External Wave-Editor - This command calls the external wave editor
defined in the "Preferences" menu to edit the current sample
- Combine Stereo Samples - This command combines two mono Splits to a
stereo Split
- Split Stereo Sample - This command splits a stereo Split into two mono
Splits
- Delete Presets - is used to delete multiple Presets at once
- Delete Unused Presets - This command deletes all unused Presets, that
means all Presets that are not assigned to a Multi-channel on one of the 64 Multis
The Preferences Menu
The Preferences menu contains commands to change configuration settings of Virtual
Sampler:
- Warning Level Settings - This command is used to adjust display of
warning messages of VSampler. You can choose to display all warnings, selected
warnings or no warnings
- MIDI Settings - This command changes MIDI-settings (MIDI Filter and
MIDI controller-mapping).
- Audio Settings - to change the Audio Prefernces
- Performance Settings - to change performance settings for Virtual
Sampler
- PlugIn Manager - for managing of plugins
- External Wave Editor - to define a path to an external wave editor (see
also "Edit" menu)
- New Bank/Preset Defaults - to define defaults for a new bank or preset
- Skin - to change the look of the graphical interface (skin) of Virtual
Sampler, you can load skins or create/edit your own skins
- Register - to register your copy of VSampler
The View Menu
The View menu contains commands to show additional VSampler windows:
The Help Menu
The Help menu shows the version number of VSampler and information about the
registration.
The Toolbar
The VSampler toolbar provides quick access to frequently used functions.

The toolbar contains (from left to right):
- buttons for loading and saving of bank files and for loading of samples
- information about the currently selected preset (current split, number of splits, sample
data size of the split), buttons for navigation within the splits, a button to delete the
current split and an input field to change/enter the name of the current split
- a checkbox to activate the velocity of the on-screen keyboard, an input field to
change/enter the velocity value of the on-screen keyboard and a dropdown menu for chords.
All those settings apply to the on-screen keyboard only.
- two checkboxes to activate the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports and two buttons to select the
ports (see MIDI Connections).
- a panel to show the number of currently active voices and the activity of the MIDI in-
and ouputs.
The Browser Views
The different browser views available at the right pane of VSampler can be
selected by a dropdown box. You can choose from the following views:
- Banks - a tree view of the currently loaded bank
- Browser - a tree view of your disk files, shows all supported file formats
- Splits - a list view of the splits of the current preset
- Samples - a list view of all loaded samples
- Import - a tree view of all presets of the previously imported file
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The bankselection provides quick access to the single presets of the
different banks. A doubleclick at the respective preset activates this preset.
Additionally you can map a preset to a multi via drag & drop (with right
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The file-browser view provides quick access to sound files at your
harddisk. Every supported filetype can be loaded directly by doubleclick. If the checkbox
"Auto Play" is enabled a WAV will be played back immediately. The checkbox
"Track Frq" (Track Frequency) optionally allows to detect the pitch of a WAV
file by a frequency analysis and to set the according root-key automatically. |
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The split view provides quick access to the splits of the current preset.
By doubleclicking you choose your active split. Additionally you can drag&drop a split
to the preset-grid to create a new preset. |
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The samples view provides quick access to currently loaded all samples.
Doubleclicking an entry shows information about the sample. Additionally you can
drag&drop a sample to the preset-grid to create a new preset. |
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The import view provides quick access to the all presets of your
previously imported bank (VSK or SF2). Additionally you can drag&drop every preset to
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The Split Management and the On-Screen Keyboard
The on-screen keyboard makes it possible to play VSampler sounds without an
external MIDI keyboard and would be used to test sounds and while the creation of presets.

The split management is located on top of the on-screen keyboard and shows the splits
of the currently selected preset graphically. The current split is marked, all other
splits have a different color. With a mouseclick you can change the current split.
Additionally you can move the splits with the mouse and change them in size. A more
comfortable split-management is provided by the integrated split-zones editor (see Working with Splits), which is activated by selecting the
"Zones" tab. Below the bankselection panel you can find 3 additional buttons to
navigate through the splits and to delete the current split.
The Preset Output Selector
With the preset output selector you define the sound-output device for the currently
selected preset. Find more details at the section Working with
Presets.
The Status Bar
The status bar shows up-to date status information (e.g. size of the current presets,
root key of the current splits, ...)