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.

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The Menubar

The menubar of VSampler has the following entries:

The File Menu

The File menu contains commands for the file in- and output:

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:

The Preferences Menu

The Preferences menu contains commands to change configuration settings of Virtual Sampler:

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.

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The toolbar contains (from left to right):

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.gif (14178 Byte) 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 mousekey pressed) at the multi-grid of the "Multi" page (see Working with Multis).

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 the preset-grid to create a new one.

 

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.

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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, ...)