The integrated Mixer

The integrated mixer allows mixing of the sound output of VSampler for each of the 16 MIDI channels of the current Multi. Additionally you can adjust the overall volume and the panorama position.

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The Master area

The leftmost slider is assigned the master area and is labeled with "Master". It is used to adjust the overall volume and the panorama position relatively to the channel settings. Additionally you can mute the sound output of VSampler. More settings can be changed within the  Master Window.

The Channel area

The channel area is used to change settings for the 16 MIDI channels of the current Multi. There are 8 channels visible at a time. One can adjust the channels to edit (1-8 or 9-16) by using the two buttons in the bottomright corner. The MIDI channels are labeled with Ch#1 to Ch#16. Additional settings can be made within the Multie Settings.

Each channel has a volume slider, a level meter and a control for adjusting the stereo position of the channel. By using the buttons on top of each channel, specific channels may be turned on or off.

Each channel additionally has a clipping control and displays the current level of the channel in dB.

By using the checkbox "Use Brickwall Limiter", a limiter can be activated for each of the 16 MIDI channels. The limiter limits the signal of the appropriate channel to a maximum of +0dB, thus forbids levels that exceed the dynamic range of your sound hardware. This protects your equipment and of course your ears of digital distortion. Please note that the limiter cannot substitute useful mixing of the channel, levels above 0dB lead to digital dropouts and noise in any case. The limiter can only decrease these artefacts. The limiter should only be activated in special cases because it requires additional processor power Für die Standalone Version von VSampler ist der Limiter nicht abschaltbar. You cannot deactivate the limiter for the standalone version of Virtual Sampler.

By using the checkbox "Hold Clipping and Level", you specify if the maximum output level and the clipping display should be saved until you clear them by a mouse click onto the clip indicator. Otherwise the level will be reset each few seconds.

Note: Output of Splits triggered by the Vkeyboard is always redirected to Multi-channel 1 but the Multi-settings are not recognized in that case, instead the data of the Preset is used  !