Auto root key mapping in Sampler

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ilya.soloviev
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Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by ilya.soloviev » Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:35 pm

Ok, i've just downloaded this M1 piano samples http://www.failedmuso.com/blog/?p=431

And when i import it to sampler its automatically map root based on file name like M1_Piano_C1

But when i create my own samples and name it the same way, Sample don't map it automatically...What i'm doing wrong?

Thanks

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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by ilya.soloviev » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:05 pm

Hmm, i've just renamed the files and it still auto map it right root key 8O So its not about file names...could it be some meta data inside WAV file?

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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by ilya.soloviev » Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:17 pm

Sorry, maybe i wasn't clear...

My question was : How to make Sampler automatically set the root key like it did with that samples i've downloaded

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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by ilya.soloviev » Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:31 pm

Just WAV file...when i imported it into Sampler it automatically set the right root key for each sample...

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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by ilya.soloviev » Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:42 pm

Try S6000 ;)


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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by ilya.soloviev » Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:22 pm

funken wrote:it's asking me to download an exe file
8O 8O 8O :mrgreen:

Where can i uplaod it?


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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by siliconarc » Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:02 am

ilya.soloviev wrote:..could it be some meta data inside WAV file?
Yea that's how it's done. You can add your own if you have an app capable of adding meta data to audio files.

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Re: Auto root key mapping in Sampler

Post by petrecrice » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:29 pm

Hi!

I had the same problem in the middle of a class. I assumed Ableton's Sampler could do what Logic and Kontakt can do, read the file name and interpret the Root Key "Token". I also learned that we're not talking about metadata, but HEXadecimal data in the WAV file header. Mind blown again. The samples you downloaded have that data in the HEXadecimal code. The good news is that there are some clever people out there who have developed what I call HEX injectors. Bjoern Bojahr made a pretty handy program which injects the HEXadecimal code into the WAV file while using a GUI which is much easier to use than some sort of HEX viewer with no clear idea where that HEX string is.

Endless WAV from Bjoern is what I've used to inject my samples with the Root Key info and you can also inject loop points into the WAV file! It worked, but make sure your samples are not at 32-bit resolution.

https://www.bjoernbojahr.de/software.html
PETR E.C. RICE
Music & Sound Designer
www.petrecrice.com

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