Not exactly as you want (I tried to create a composition lasting for 6372 years with a single hum-sound), but I really don't understand the question. You could have samples of length 0 - no pcm data - or of length [size-of-your-harddisk/sample-resulotion]...has nothing to do with it's roots in New York's Hip Hop scene...and to totally confuse you: there are devices out there (like the MPC2500 or MPC5000), that automatically chop sample into single samples by either cutting them at equal length...or at points of interest (like from first non-silent pcm data with a treshold of -60 db). And they take speed (BPM) into consideration and even can speed up without pitch shift...which goes far beyond any «time relation». With a resolution of 1 MIDI Tick (a quarter note has lots of ticks) you can calculate necessary sample lengths for rhythmic ones and correlate it with your speed (in BPM) to find out, how long a sample has to be.
All other samples (voice or synth samples) can be as long as you want and way more: you can define a release (how long will the sound stay, when key is released), a mono synth mode (next note kills previous one, not all can do this)...what about aftertouch (while holding the key pressed and changing pressure without releasing the key)...it's absolutely beyond the concept of «sample duration». schoappied wrote: > schoappied wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm a newbie in the world of sampling... but sampling was made popular >> in New York, used by hip hop musicians isn't it? >> They used for example different sound from songs of James Brown... >> >> My question, how long can a wav sample used in gigedit be? Is it able to >> use a let say a scream of James Brown with the duration of a half a >> second, a second, two seconds.... ? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Dirk >> >> >> >> > Hi Dirk, > > Good question! You can make the wav sample as long as you want ;) > > have fun! > > > Dirk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Linuxsampler-devel mailing list > Linuxsampler-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel -- ------ http://krachlattenpaul.homelinux.org Home of Trackbase (1.3.0), VoiceLeadingCalculator (1.2.1) and the immortal Swear-O-Tron... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Linuxsampler-devel mailing list Linuxsampler-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel
