Ableton/Live/UG/31 Instrument Reference/10 Sampler/06 The Sample Tab
- Playback settings for the selected sample, around its waveform. Most values apply to that sample only; the Sample chooser switches layers.
Cmd-scroll (Mac) / Ctrl-scroll (Win) zooms. - Reverse — global and modulatable; plays from Sample End back through the Sustain Loop to Sample Start without writing a new file.
- Snap — snaps start and end points to zero crossings of the left channel to avoid clicks; a small Crossfade may still help. Right-click a loop brace for Snap Marker.
- RootKey, Detune (±50 cents), Volume (up to +24 dB), Pan.
31.10.6.1 Sample Playback
- These work with the global volume envelope. Envelopes here use Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release with A., D. and R. Slope; Initial, Peak and End levels; Time < Vel; Loop modes (Loop, Beat, Sync, Trigger); Repeat; and Loop Time, as in Operator.
- Times show in samples or min:sec:ms, switched from any value's context menu.
- Sample Start and Sample End — where playback starts and stops. A slow attack can delay the audible start.
- Sustain Mode — no loop; a forward loop between Loop Start and Loop End; or a back-and-forth loop, each while the note sustains. Link sets Sample Start to Loop Start.
- Release Mode, with a Sustain Loop active:
- Off — the release happens inside the sustain loop.
- Release — playback runs on toward Sample End.
- Release Loop — runs to Sample End, then loops from Release Loop to Sample End.
- Back-and-Forth Release Loop — the same, bouncing back and forth.
- Crossfade — smooths loop joins, constant-power unless turned off in the title bar menu.
- Detune — corrects the pitch shift that short loops can cause.
- Interpol — transposition quality; Good and Best cost a lot of CPU.
- RAM — loads the whole multisample into memory, which helps when modulating start and end points but eats RAM.
- The waveform's context menu repeats the layer list's file and normalize options and zooms to playing or loop regions. On the right, Vertical Zoom and B/M/L/R choose display height and channels.
