Ableton/Live/UG/31 Instrument Reference/04 Drum Sampler/01 Sample Controls Section
- Load a sample by double-clicking it in the browser or dropping it on the waveform.
- Sample Start and Sample Length — as percentages of the sample;
Shift-drag Start for fine steps and a zoomed view. - Sample Gain — -70 to 24 dB.
- Attack, Hold, Decay — the envelope. Hold can be inf to play the whole sample, and is unused in Gate mode.
- Envelope Mode — Trigger plays through the Hold time after note-off; Gate fades by the Decay time at note-off.
- Transpose ±48 semitones and Detune ±50 cents.
- Hovering the waveform shows Swap to Next/Previous Similar Sample and the hot-swap button. Right-click for Show Similar Files, Return to Reference and Save as Similarity Reference. The title bar's hot-swap button replaces the whole instrument. Shortcuts: Ableton/Live/UG/42 Keyboard Shortcuts/23 Similar Sample Swapping.
