#20 Different triggering modes for samples

[Carlos]

I think it would be useful if the capability to control the method in which a sample is triggered when a key is pressed were added to the sample properties. For example:
Mode 1:
You press the key and the sample plays for it's full duration or loops if the loop option is enabled until you retrigger the sample by pressing the key again. This is the default behavior, but there are other useful possibilities.
Mode 2:
You press the key and the sample plays only until the key is released. This mode would function more like a true musical keyboard/sampler. Perhaps at some point a fade parameter could even be added to determine how quickly the sample stops/fades out when the key is released.
Mode 3:
You press the key and the sample plays for it's full duration or loops if the loop option is enabled . Pressing the key again stops playback of the sample. This mode would essentially be an on/off toggle.

[Sebastian Gray]

Hi Blazn,

I think this one would need some sort control key options setup in the assign key window for the sample. I.e. to be able to assign CTRL to get a different action as suggested above. It's probably best if it was a global setting though, so you could always hold control and get the expected result regardless of what the sample is.

So for a first round, perhaps if you are holding down CTRL when you press the key assigned to the sample, it stops that sample from playing?

What do you think?

Cheers,
Sebastian

[Jason Childress]

The user is prompted to open a sound, then map it to a key?
The user then hits Ctrl+[Key] in the default view and the sound is 'pasted' in(at the current position)?

[Sebastian Gray]

Hi Blazn,

This is more for the real time composition than the setting of samples on the composition window. Thinking about the composition screen, it would be difficult to translate these actions back there actually as we don't have these sorts of concepts in place.

I think the request was more of a global setting for sample modification. So if you hold down control when pressing the key assigned with a sample you trigger it to play as a loop. Or if you hold shit and the sample key it stops it. Not sure we have all of the options described but I think that was the idea.

Cheers.

[Carlos]

Actually, I'm the one who initially submitted this request. The original idea was more of a per sample setting and without any modifiers. Although I think this would be much more flexible, I suppose it would work well enough as a global setting.
In another thread I had mentioned the possibility of changing the modifier key which stops sample playback from Ctrl to Shift because the Ctrl combination was conflicting with certain native Windows functions.

[Carlos]

And yes, the suggestion was indeed more for real-time composition.