The Settings Page

The Virtual Sampler Settings page is used to specify settings for the Virtual Sampler. These are MIDI settings as well as general sound settings. Some of the settings are stored within the Virtual Sampler bank, others are stored in the Windows registry and are available to all banks.

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The Settings page consists of:

Specifying MIDI options

The "MIDI Panic" button is used to kill all voices on each channel that Virtual Sampler currently uses. This is useful if you have hanging notes or MIDI short circuit.

The "Visualize MIDI activity" checkbox displays activity on the MIDI IN and MIDI THRU ports in the taskbar of Virtual Sampler. This can be used to view MIDI activity or to check proper MIDI configuration for your system. This option is enabled by default. If you work with sequencer programs or you know that your system is correctly configured, it is recommended to disable this function because it consumes processor time. This is especially important when using the Virtual Sampler DirectSound interface.

The "Visualize MIDI keys" option visualizes incoming MIDI keys on the onscreen keyboard. This is especially usefull for editing splits. All split functions (like "Set Split Range", "Set Root Key" and "Split/Key") can also be controlled by MIDI messages if this option is enabled. If you work with sequencer programs, it is recommended to disable this function because it consumes processor time. This is especially important when using the Virtual Sampler DirectSound interface.

Defining MIDI filters

Virtual Sampler allows you to define filters for incoming MIDI messages. This allows you to specify messages that you are interested to receive. Note that for some messages (like the Channel Velocity, Pitch and AfterTouch) you will not be able to use the associated Virtual Sampler parameters if you disable them. The following filters are available:

For details on the MIDI implementation and a list of recognized MIDI messages see "MIDI implementation chart".

Defining General Sound Settings

The following settings are available:

Changing Environment Settings

Virtual Sampler Environment Settings affect behaviour of the Virtual Sampler application as well as defaults for the sample recorder. The following options are available:

Changing the Virtual Sampler timer resolution

Virtual Sampler uses a periodic timer to apply realtime effects (like envelopes and filters) to the output of each split. The resolution for that timer can be set with the "Timer Resolution (Latency)" controls. This also affects Virtual Sampler latency and timing behaviour. A higher timer resolution (shorter intervals) means faster operation of the Virtual Sampler. Note: It is not recommended to change this value below 10ms because this will affect both system handling and stability. Do only change this value if you encounter latency problems or other difficulties or if you want very accurate timing and you don't care about system overhead.