Layering Samples

You can get two samples to play together by assigning them to the same key. We'll start with a single-sampled instrument in this example and add another sound to it.

To create a layered instrument

1.	Initialize your NN-XT patch.
2.	Load your first sample using the Remote Editor's sample browser. In this example, I loaded NN-XT Sampler Patches/Synth Lead/Prodigy SyncMod Resonic Samples/SyncMoog Resonic-04_ F3.wav (Figure 6.88). Figure 6.88. Load a synth lead sample from the Factory Sound Bank. By default, the NN-XT will give the sample a five-octave range.
3.	Set the root key of this sample to F3 using the Root Key knob (Figure 6.89). Without this step, you won't have a standard pitch reference when you add another sample! Figure 6.89. Set the root key to match the sample's recorded pitch. [View full size image]
4.	Click on the sample map display to deselect the sample; then load a second sample, for example /Synth Lead/MPoly Jump Lead Samples/JumpLeadSync-03_E3.wav.
5.	Select the new sample and set its root key to E3 (Figure 6.90). Now both samples should be playing the same pitch. Figure 6.90. Set the second sample's root key. [View full size image]
6.	Tune the second sample to another interval using the Pitch/Semi knob (Figure 6.91). Figure 6.91. Transpose the second sample using the Pitch/Semi knob.
7.	Activate the Solo Sample button (Figure 6.92). This allows you to select a sample and use the keyboard ruler to hear it by itself. Figure 6.92. Activate the Solo Sample button.
8.	Set the relative levels of the samples one at a time by selecting them and adjusting the Amp Envelope/Level knob (Figure 6.93). Figure 6.93. Set sample volume by selecting the sample and then using the Amp Envelope level knob.
9.	Save your patch for the next exercise.