TX16Wx Software Sampler 3

©CWITEC 2018

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1. Table of contents

Table of contents
About TX16Wx
Sound Architecture
Bank
Performance
Channel slots
Program
Group
Region
Wave
Matrix
Oscillator
User Interface
Selectors
Numerical dials
Menu selectors
Popup menus
Tabular data
Drag & drop
Zooming and scrolling views
Undo
Tooltips
MIDI Select
Assignable automation
Performance view
Selecting performance
Working with program slots
File browser
Playing waves
Preview mode
Slot editors
Group panel
Region panel
Sound editor
Wave panel
Matrix editor
Arpeggiator
Send effects
Mapping curves
Library manager
Library view
Library browser

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Setup page
Settings
Outputs
Performances / programs
Places
MIDI external controllers
Automation
Log
About
TX16Wx Professional
Working in your DAW
Saving sound data
Banks / Performance / Program
Waves
File formats
Bank / Performance / Program
Supported sample formats
Importing sound data
Skins
Keyboard shortcuts
Global
Editors
Slots
Credits and Acknowledgements

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2. About TX16Wx

The TX16Wx Software Sampler is a simple, yet powerful sampling instrument inspired by various
classic hardware samplers from the 80s and 90s, but mainly the excellent Yamaha TX16W
sampler as used with the Typhoon operating system.

Many software samplers sport a multitude of features aimed mainly at selling gigabyte sized
preset libraries. The TX16Wx instead aims to bring back some of the joy of working with the
classic hardware instruments, using sampling not for playing back pre-built libraries, but instead
creating your own new sounds in creative way.

Perhaps the biggest reason this software was created though, is that I have yet to find a software
sampler, free or otherwise, with both workstation features, and a clear cut, well-documented file
format that does not lock the user in to a product forever. The TX16Wx file format is simple XML
files and can be translated even by hand in a simple text editor.

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3. Sound Architecture

Sounds in TX16Wx are organized in a hierarchical structure of bank, performances, programs,

groups, splits and waves. These components are normally stored to disk as individual files and
loosely referenced by file name. See the file format section.

3.1. Bank

The bank is the complete sampler state, including settings

for External Controllers, outputs and all the performances,
programs and samples.

3.2. Performance

A performance is a complete active multitimbral setup,

with assignment of programs to Midi channels and audio
outputs. Performances are the top level items exposed to
the containing DAW.

3.3. Channel slots

Each channel slot contains a single program and maps

this to a Midi channel and an output.

3.4. Program

A program is a complete instrument. It contains one or

more groups of samples.

3.5. Group

A group consists of one or more sample regions, and can be thought of as a layer of sound. A
group maps to sound settings and modulation mappings. A group may also override the channel
slots output settings to send individual groups to specific outputs (for example when building a
drum kit).

In TX16Wx pro you can also set individual playback engines per group, such as time stretch
or pitch shift engine.

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3.6. Region

A region maps a single wave or wave matrix to a range on the keyboard. It also allows you to
choose specific loops for sustain/release, as well as playback mode or setting root overrides.

3.7. Wave

A wave (or sample) is an individual sample loaded or streamed from disk. A wave can be shared
between any number of groups regions. A wave also contains such information as root key, tuning
and loop points.

3.8. Matrix

(TX16Wx Professional only)

A wave matrix is a two-dimensional mapping of samples, allowing on-key trigger switching based
on either round-robin, randomness or modulation sources.

Wave matrices are a powerful tool to create sound alterations based on secondary input, for
example to build realistic-sounding drum kits or similar.

A matrix can be mapped into a region just like a wave.

3.9. Oscillator

TX16Wx does not only play samples but also has built-in oscillators. These can be assigned to
regions just like waves and matrices. Oscillators can be used to build fully synthesized programs
or mixed with samples to build exiting hybrid instruments.

Available oscillators waveforms are:

Sine

Triangle

Saw

Integrated Saw

Square

Rect

Half Rectified Sine

Full Rectified Sine

Half Rectified Saw

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 Triangle Pulse

Trapezoid

Ramp

Many of the waveforms respond to the pulse width modifier and modulation for a more dynamic
sound.

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4. User Interface

4.1. Selectors

Selecting performances and programs can be done by either clicking the left side up/down arrows
or left-clicking combo box button to open a list of loaded content. Click the text area of the combo
box to edit the name of the current item.

4.2. Numerical dials

Most numerical parameters can be manipulated by either click-dragging the display to slide the
values up/down, or double clicking to enter the value by typing.
Most dials can be switched to a more or less sensitive mode by holding the Shift key while
dragging. Use this to switch between coarse and fine adjustments. By clicking Ctrl-left, a dial will
reset to its default value.

4.3. Menu selectors

Discreet parameters, such as filter/LFO type, outputs, midi channels etc. are selected by clicking
the display and choosing the value from the popup menu.

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4.4. Popup menus

Most areas of the UI have context-sensitive popup menus available on right-clicking.

Also, look for the cog wheel icon in the various toolbars in the UI. Left clicking this will bring up
the current editors action menu.

4.5. Tabular data

Most items in TX16Wx, such as groups, regions and waves, are listed in tables, displaying the
loaded items as well as their attributes. Items in tables can be sorted on the displayed attributes
as well as permanently re-ordered using drag-and-drop. To edit individual attributes of selected
items, either left-click and hold or double click the desired attribute cell.

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4.6. Drag & drop

Any loadable sound item, such as banks, performances, programs and samples can be dragged
and dropped into the UI to load them. Certain areas, such as the programs slots and the key
mapper editor will treat some files special when you drag them there, i.e. dragging program
content into a slot will replace the current program with the newly loaded one, and dragging sound
files into the key mapper will layout the samples in a group.

4.7. Zooming and scrolling views

Editor views in TX16Wx can be zoomed and scrolled to help focusing the edited items/area.
Zooming and scrolling can be done using the scrollbar controls or by using the mouse wheel.
Using the mouse wheel will zoom in the horizontal direction and by holding the shift key you can
zoom vertically (when available). Scrolled areas can also be moved by using the middle mouse
button and will respond to drag gestures.

4.8. Undo

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TX16Wx has built in support for undo & redo of edit actions as well as loading and deleting sound
data. The undo and redo buttons are located in the performance view toolbar at the top of the UI.
Maximum undo queue size can be modified in the setup view under settings.

4.9. Tooltips

TX16Wx has context sensitive tooltip support, providing help and hints for most aspects of the UI.
Hover the mouse pointer over a control to display the context sensitive help.

4.10. MIDI Select

When active, incoming MIDI notes will cycle through the sound elements triggered by the note.
Use this to quickly find the sound elements you are looking for.

4.11. Assignable automation

Many controls in the Program slot view and the sound

controls section can be assigned either DAW automation
parameters or controlled by Midi continuous controllers.

To assign an automation parameter or Midi CC to a

parameter, right click the control and choose "listen" to
begin listening for incoming controller data. Then move
the automation/Midi control and TX16Wx will register the
control binding.

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5. Performance view

The performance allows you to select the active performance as well as do edit operations on the
top level items in the sound hierarchy. Here you select, add, delete, load and save performances,
programs and whole bank state.

5.1. Selecting performance

The performance selector in the top of the performance view allows you to switch between the
currently loaded performances. By clicking the name field you may edit the name of the current
performance.

5.1.1. Performance menu

Right click the performance selector area or click the edit menu (cog wheel icon) to bring up the
performance edit menu. (Most commands are also available in the tool bar).

Load bank - loads a txbank file, completely replacing the content of the Samplers
memory. All currently loaded items will be discarded.

Save bank / Save bank as - saves the full state of the sampler, along with any loaded
sound data. You may be prompted to provide names for individual files being saved.

New performance - creates a new, empty performance.

Load performance - loads a performance along with its associated programs and waves
into the current bank. Note that you can also drag & drop performances (or sound fonts)
from windows explorer onto the performance field to load them.

Duplicate performance - creates a shallow copy of the current performance. The new
performance will reference the same programs and samples as the original performance.

Save performance / Save performance as - saves the currently active

performance to disk along with the programs and waves used. You may be prompted to
provide names for individual files being saved.

Delete performance - deletes the currently active performance. Note that this does not
delete any programs or waves.

Clear bank - empties the sampler memory. All currently loaded items will be discarded.

Clear undo queue - empties the undo queue.

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 Delete unused - deletes unused sound items

5.1.2. Reordering performances and programs

TX16Wx does not use fixed performance/program number assignments, however sometimes, for
example when using MIDI program change to switch active sound items, or just to tidy up a bank,
it can be helpful to re-order the sound data lists.

The re-order edit pages in the settings view lets you change the display order of the sound items,
as well as delete and rename individual items.

Items can be dragged to the desired index. Double click an item to rename it. All operations within
the edit page can be undone.

5.2. Working with program slots

A performance consists of one or more Program slots. These are accessed through the program
slot list, the first tab of the left pane in the main UI.

Each program slot in the list maps a Program to a MIDI channel and output, with settings for
volume, pan and effect sends (TX16Wx Pro only).

5.2.1. Adding and removing slots

Right click the slot area or an existing slot to access the context menu for adding, removing or
duplicating slots. Slots can also be created, deleted and duplicated from the Program edit menu.

5.2.2. Selecting programs

Use the program selector to choose a program for the active slot.

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5.2.3. Program menu

Right-clicking on a slot, or clicking the edit icon, brings up the slot program edit menu:

New program - creates a new, empty program.

Load program - brings up a file selector and allows you to browse for existing programs
on disk. You can also drag & drop program files here to load them.

The program file selector can also be accessed by clicking the load icon next to the
selector field

Save program / Save program As - Saves the active program to disk along with any
used waves. You may be prompted to provide names for individual files being saved.

Open folder - locates the current program source file in file browser

Duplicate program - creates a shallow copy of the current program. The new program
will reference the same samples as the original program.

Delete program - deletes the currently active program. Note that this does not delete
any waves. See Delete Unused in the performance editor menu.

Duplicate program slot - creates a shallow copy of the current program slot. The
new slot will reference the same program as the original.

Delete program slot - deletes the program slot. Note that this does not delete the
program or any waves.

New program slot - creates a new program slot

Tip: The Load Program file selector has a checkbox to enable/disable "preview" of the
programs you browse. When this mode is active, any program file you click in the selector
will be temporarily loaded into the current program slot and will respond to midi input. This
is a great way to quickly preview how the currently playing song will sound with the new
program loaded.

5.2.4. Slot outputs

The lower and middle area of the Program Slot shows the input/output controls: Volume, Pan, Out
put channel, Midi channel and solo/mute.

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 Quality- sets the playback quality of the assigned program. Depending on the playback
engine used, this affects sample interpolation or other aspects.

Velocity curve - selectable velocity mapping curve override for this slot, affects how
MIDI note-on velocity is mapped to playing voice velocity.

Polyphony limit - sets the maximum polyphony for this program. If active voice count
for the slot exceeds this number, the oldest playing voice will be stolen and re-used.

Transpose - transposes incoming notes on the assigned channel

Detune - fine adjustment to pitch of all mapped groups

Slot colour - sets a colour for the program slot, to quickly be able to identify editors in
the user interface.

Midi channel - the program will respond to incoming midi messages on the assigned
channel. If you select Omni, any midi message on any channel will trigger samples in the
program.

Output - assigns the default output channel for sound from groups played on this slot.
However, individual groups may override this setting, i.e. while the program is set to one
output, one or more groups in it may actually play on another output.

Mute / solo - turns off output from this/all other slots.

Volume and Pan - Note that these are combined (multiplied) with the individual volume
and pan settings in the programs respective groups.

5.2.5. Effects sends

(TX16Wx Professional only)

The right side area of the Program slot contains the effect sends
controls.

FX / Output send 1 - 3 sets destination, level and pre- or post-

fader send for the entire program mapping.

5.2.6. Parameter automation

By right-clicking the dial/control for some program slot parameters you can assign automation to
control the values. When automated, any changes you make to the parameter will be sent to the
DAW host, and any parameter change from the host will modify the parameter.

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6. File browser

The left side of the main user interface is the integrated

file browser. Here you can access sound content on disk,
and quickly jump between your favourite locations, a.k.a.
places.

The top field of the browser shows the current location in

your computer, and also lets you quickly jump to another
drive or favourite location. To the left you find the up folder
button, used to go up in the file hierarchy.

The rightmost icon in the top bar is the favourite indicator.

It lights up when you are in a designated favourite path.
Click it to toggle the current path on/off as a favourite.

The bottommost selector lets you filter what file content

will be shown. By default it will show all files. You can
switch between different content filters using the combo
box.

You can drag and drop items from the file browser into
TX16Wx, or simply double click them to load the content
into the sampler.

Some content can be browsed in the file browser (i.e. sound font files), and the contained sound
data can be browsed and loaded individually as if individual files.

6.1. Playing waves

The lower panel in the file browser contains, from left to right, the Wave preview display, the play
button and the auto play toggle. When a sample is selected, you can see a preview of the content
in the preview window. You can listen to the sound by pressing play. If auto play is turned on,
selecting a wave file will automatically play it from start to end.

The volume control in the lower right corner sets preview volume for both the file browser, file
dialogs and also previewing in the sample editor.

6.2. Preview mode

The rightmost button In the file browser toolbar is the

preview toggle. When active, selecting files in the file
browser will temporarily load them into the last selected
applicable sound object.

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Sound objects that can be previewed are waves, wave matrices and program files. Waves and
matrices can be loaded into regions, waves into matrix cells and programs into program slots.

To work with preview, select the sound item you want to modify, for example a region. Activate
preview and pick a wave file in the browser. The file will be loaded and temporarily replace the
currently mapped sound. Re-selecting the region, selecting another region or editing any
parameter will reset the region into its original state.

If you are satisfied with the previewed sound, double click the sound file to load it permanently.
The region will be re-mapped with the new sample.

The same workflow applies to matrix cells and program slots.

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7. Slot editors

Each program slot can expand editors to manipulate the various sound elements and settings
making up the selected program.

You can also drag and drop sound elements between editors in separate slots to copy parts of a
program to another.

Tip: Use the [+] button to quickly switch currently open editors closed and back.

Tip: Use the 1 through 7 nummerical keys to quickly open/close/navigate between slot
editors.

Tip: Use ctrl-1 through ctrl-7 to quickly move between slots.

7.1. Group panel

The group panel shows the groups in the selected program. Each group can contain any number
of mapped regions, as well as map to one or more sound parameter objects.

7.1.1. Group list

Groups are a collection of region mappings, i.e. samples mapped to key ranges, determining
things like output bus, transposition engine, quality settings and sound settings mapping.

You typically use groups to create sound layers.

Groups can be assigned individual colours in the user interface, making identifying the mapped
regions in the key mapper easier.

7.1.2. Group menu

Right-clicking or clicking the "cog wheel" widget brings up the action menu for groups.

New - creates a new, empty group

Duplicate - copies the currently selected group(s) and their content.

Delete - deletes the currently selected group(s) and their content.

Select All - select all groups (shortcut key: Ctrl-A)

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 Merge - merges the currently selected groups into a single one.

Delete unused items - deletes all empty groups and unused parameter objects in the
program.

Bake

Pitch - applies shift and tune settings to every mapped region and zeroes the group
values.
Volume/pan - applies volume and pan to every mapped region and zeroes the
group values.

Separate overlapping regions - splits the selected group(s), partitioning regions

such that no regions in a group overlap.

Export as multisample - export selected group(s) as compound multi sample(s) - a

compressed FLAC multi wave container, with key and velocity mappings, as well as
possible wavetable usage.

The group list presents all editable group attributes.

Mute - mutes the selected group(s). When active the group(s) will not generate sounds
when played.

Solo - soloes the selected group(s). When active, only the soloed group(s) will generate
sounds when played.

Name - the name of the group.

Shift - coarse tuning offset of the group.

Fine - fine tuning offset of the group.

Sound - selects the sound parameter element mapped to this group. Sound parameters
determine synthesis parameters for the connected samples. Many groups can share a
single sound parameter element.

Colour - sets the displayed colour of the group. This is helpful to separate different group
regions in the region mapper.

Key scale cents - sets the key scale tuning for the elements of the group. A setting of
100 cents corresponds to a full note transposition for each Midi note.

Play mode

Normal - samples are triggered on Midi note on, and released on Midi note off

Toggle - group is triggered and silenced by alternating note-ons. I.e. hitting a MIDI
key once will start playback, and hitting it again will stop it.

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 One shot - Group triggers on Note-On, but the AEG envelope will transition to
Release stage without any Sustain period, i.e. holding the key will having no effect.

Typically you would use this for drum sounds. Note that the AEG will still shape the
sound, thus to hear anything you will have to turn up decay/release parameters.

Release - samples are triggered on Midi note off and plays until sample end. In this
mode, no sample loops are played.

Poly mode

Poly - (default). Each pressed MIDI key triggers a new played voice.

Mono - Only one voice can play at a single time for the group. Simulates the behavior
of monophonic instruments.

Legato - group plays polyphonically, but if a key is triggered while another is held,
the last voice previously triggered will be reused similar to Mono mode.

Tip: Mono and legato mode will not retrigger waveform, envelopes and LFOs
when reusing a note, but continue playing like if the note was actually "bent"
to the new note. To force a retrigger behavior you can set the group(s) to a
choke group, which will force retriggering of modulators and wave but in all
other ways still play like Mono/legato.

Transposition engine - (TX16Wx Pro) sets the playback engine for the group.

Re-sampler - wave data is resampled with varying density/speed determined by

incoming Midi key and key scale. Quality settings determine the interpolation
algorithm applied to the data.

Pitch shift - alters the tonal pitch of samples without modifying the playback
speed, using FFT processing. The quality settings will determine the precision of the
calculation.

Time stretch - alters the playback speed of the samples without modifying the
tonal pitch. Note that in this mode, no sample transposition is done. For best results,
samples need to be assigned a tempo and the DAW host must provide accurate
tempo information on processing. The quality setting will determine the overlap
period for the algorithm, with higher values causing a more "smeared" sound.

Time shift - similar to time stretch mode, but uses FFT processing like pitch
shift, giving better results to melodic/sustained material and also allowing pitch
alteration combined with tempo adjustment. Quality works similar to pitch shift.

Chord - enabled per-group automatic chord generation. Incoming notes are transformed
into a chord based on note-on key and mode.

Priority - determines which key is retained in monophonic mode

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 Last - the last key triggered gets priority.

Low - the lowest key held gets priority.

High - the highest key held gets priority.

Choke group - if set, all regions in all groups sharing the choke group will behave
monophonically and re-use/steal the same playing voice. This is useful for such things as
creating open/closed hi-hats where the one silences the other.

Choke fade-out - if not zero, the amount of milliseconds to fade out a voice being killed
by another choke group member. Note that when setting this value to non-zero both the old
and new sample will play simultaneously for a short while, which can cause voice
exhaustion.

When set to zero, TX16Wx uses the same mode as for other polyphony stealing,
where the old and new sample use the same playing voice, cross-fading for a few
milliseconds.

Self-choke - whether a group with an assigned choke group will kill its own voices as well
as those of other groups in the same choke-group.

Output - sets an individual output for the group.

Quality - (TX16Wx Pro) sets the playback quality for the group. In transposition mode,
this determines the sample interpolation type, for other engines the quality alters other
algorithm precision parameters.

7.1.3. Muting Groups

Individual Groups can be muted. A muted group will not produce any sound and will not be shown
in the keyboard mapping editor. This is useful for tuning individual groups in multilayered
programs, and also to reduce cluttering when laying out keyboard maps.

7.1.4. Slices

If a groups regions map wave slices, you can drag and drop the group into your DAW or file
system to export a standard MIDI file for playing the part layout in order.

7.1.5. Choke groups

A choke group is essentially a monophonic relationship between groups, where all groups sharing
the same choke group will use at most one voice, i.e. cut each other off when played.

A typical use for this is setting up hi-hats, where each sample should cut off any other playing.
Choke groups can also be used with the poly mode setting to achieve certain effects, such as
multi-group monophonic instruments.

Poly Mode No Choke Group Choke Group

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 Poly Notes play polyphonically, AEG Notes play monophonically within
resets on note-on choke group, AEG resets on note-on

Notes play monophonically within Notes play monophonically within

Mono group. No AEG reset on voice choke group. No AEG reset on
stealing. voice stealing.

Notes play polyphonically, except Notes play polyphonically, except

when note within group is held when note within choke group is
Legato
while triggering another, in which held while triggering another, in
case behaves like mono. which case behaves like mono.

7.1.6. Group key switcher

(TX16Wx Professional only)

You can add advanced switching parameters to groups, allowing note trigger to happen only when
certain conditions are fulfilled.

The following conditions can be set or combined

Modulation/external controller - source/range - The group will trigger when

the external or modulator source is within the specified range. Note that the range is
converted into a 0-127 range, similar to thresholds in the matrix switcher.

Random - each note-on message will trigger a random value. The group will play if the
generated value is within the specified range.

BPM - the group will play if the host tempo is within the specified range

Sequence position/length - sets a sequence length for the group. Each group will
have a unique note-on counter, or you can select a counter source (see below), resetting
when it reaches the sequence length. If the counter value is equal to position, the group will
trigger.

Key lo/hi/default - sets the key switch range.

Note: when using last selector you can set a default key in associated key switchers
that serve as default value if no key has yet been pressed in the key switch range.

Key down/up/last - group will trigger if the key is within the bounds specified by the key
lo/hi range, and is currently down/up or last key depressed in the key range is in the last
range.

Key previous - group will trigger if the previous note depressed was equal to key

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 Round robin source - selects the counter used for this switch node. Available
selections are

Region - (default)

Group - (shared between all regions in a group)

Program - (shared between all groups in a program)

MIDI key - (unique counter per key on this channel)

7.2. Region panel

Regions are mappings of samples or wave matrices to MIDI key/velocity ranges. The region panel
lets you view and modify the regions in the active group.

7.2.1. Region menu

Right-clicking or clicking the "cog wheel" widget brings up the action menu for regions.

New region - creates a new, empty region

Duplicate region - duplicates the selected region(s)

Delete region - deletes the selected region(s)

Select all - selects all regions

Align

Low key - align selected regions low key

High key - align selected regions high key

Low velocity - align selected regions low velocity

High velocity - align selected regions high velocity

Remap by tokens - (TX16Wx Pro) opens the token re-mapper

Distribute

Key - distributes the selected regions evenly by key

Velocity - distributes the selected regions evenly by velocity

Sound override

Clear - removes all sound overrides from selected regions

Set - assigns the sound override of the last selected region to all selected

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 Bake - bakes the last selected regions sound override into the sound parameter
object

Reset fade(s) - resets any cross fade settings for selected groups.

Clear root overrides - removes root override info from selected regions

Bake root overrides - bakes the root override info from selected regions into the
mapped waves

7.2.2. Key Mapper

The mapping editor provides a graphical view of the regions key and velocity ranges in the
currently selected group(s), as well as cross-fade settings and root key assignments.

Click-drag a region or its edges to change its key and velocity range.

Alt-click-drag a regions edges to modify its fade range to enable cross fade between regions. A
region will fade out its playback volume based on the position between the group edge and the
fade edge.

Double clicking inside a region in the keyboard mapper will open a file dialog to load a new
sample from disk.

Note: The Wave file selector allows you to preview samples in several ways.

You can enable Auto Play, which will play any sample selected in the browser through the
main stereo output automatically. If not enabled, you can select a wave and press the Play
button to listen to the sample one.

When browsing from the Keyboard Mapping view you can also enable Preview which will
temporarily place the selected sample in the currently active Split.

This is a great way to preview how a new sample fits a playing tune.

The key mapper will highlight incoming MIDI messages on the keyboard as well as triggered
regions in the program groups. If you press a key on the mapper keyboard, it will play the
corresponding MIDI note on the selected slots MIDI channel.

Tip: You can vary the MIDI velocity of the note played through the mapper keyboard
pressing the mouse towards the top (lower velocity) or bottom (higher velocity) of the key
area.

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 Tip: Select all groups on or overlapping a specific MIDI key by ctrl-right-clicking in the
mapper keyboard.

You can preview the sample mapped to a region by pressing the play button in the toolbar, or
using the P hotkey. If auto play is enabled, clicking a region in the key mapper will preview the
mapped sample. Looped playback can be enabled by toggling the loop button.

7.2.3. Creating new regions

New regions can be created in various ways. You can use the region menu to add a new, empty
region, or duplicate an existing one.

You can also drag and drop wave files into the keyboard
mapping editor to either create a new region, or replace
the mapped sample in an existing one. In this case,
TX16Wx will do automatic layout of the new waves.

If you drag and drop samples into either an empty area of

the key mapper, or into the mappers keyboard area (lower
part), the dropped samples will create new regions. The new regions will start at the key you
dropped the samples at, and end depending on the highest root key or the end of the keyboard.
You can also explicitly determine where the new regions will begin and end by first moving the
mouse to the desired low key, then while holding the SHIFT key pressed, move the mouse pointer
to the desired high key and release. The new regions will then have its bounds set to this range.

TX16Wx will try to select the most appropriate mapping mode for the newly created groups,
depending on the sample content, size etc.

NOTE: TX16Wx will detect wavetable attributes created by/for the serum synth, and map
such samples as wavetable mappings.

NOTE: When mapping waves with embedded MIDI

range information, TX16Wx will by default restrict
keyboard layout according to this info. To disable this, toggle the Use wave built-in
keyboard bounds if available button on the toolbar.

7.2.4. Automatic key mapping

When dropping samples into the keyboard mapper, TX16Wx will try to place them as well as
possible, based on the area you drop them and the root information in the dropped sample file(s).

When dropping samples with root key information, the new mapping will be laid out with the
samples in ascending root key order, split appropriately, ending a half octave above the highest
root key.

When samples without root key information are dropped, TX16Wx will assume that you are
building a drum kit or a similar non-pitched layout, and map the samples in the order they are

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dropped, at even intervals, determined by the keyboard range for mapping non-pitched sounds
option (default 1).

You can force fixed key mapping by enabling the fixed key
mapping toggle button in the toolbar, or by holding the alt
key while dropping the samples into the keyboard mapper.

You can completely disable tonal based key mapping by

turning on force fixed keyboard mapping in the settings page.

To manually set the resulting groups keyboard range, first drag the cursor to the desired low key
on the key mapper keyboard, then while holding shift, move the cursor to the desired high key
and release.

7.2.5. Velocity mapping

By enabling the velocity mapping toggle button in the toolbar or by holding ctrl
when dropping the samples, you can map dropped samples as velocity layers - i.e.
separate regions placed by velocity.

By default, dropped samples will be partitioned according to root key information

and velocity layers will be created based on these sets. You can disable this to
force all layers onto the same key by toggling the force fixed button (alt modifier)

This can also be disabled globally in the settings page.

7.2.6. Token-based sample mapping

(TX16Wx professional only)

The token-based mapping tool can be used to create a sample mapping when a set of samples
are missing embedded roots, or when additional information, such as key or velocity range etc. is
embedded in the file name.

To use the auto-mapper, first drop the samples you wish to map into the keyboard mapper layout.
Then select the resulting region(s) and the "auto-remap" entry in the mapping command menu. A

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dialog showing the detected name tokens will open. Choose what token should affect what
mapping parameter. When you are satisfied, press ok, and a new mapping layout will be created.

Token usage settings can be saved as presets and recalled when mapping similarly named
sample files the next time.

Keys can be written as symbolic MIDI names, i.e. C#3, or MIDI note numbers, i.e. 0-127.

Token commands:

Ignore - ignores the token

Set root key - sets the split root to the parsed key value

Set single key - sets the root + low + high key to the parsed key value

Set low key - sets the low key bounds for the sample

Set high key - sets the high key bounds for the sample

Set low velocity - sets the low velocity bounds for the sample

Set high velocity - sets the high velocity bounds for the sample

Set group name - sets the name of the samples group

Use wave root when available - use the embedded root key of the mapped wave if
none has already been set by token.

7.2.7. Region cross-fading

(TX16Wx professional only)

In TX16Wx Professional, regions can have fade-in/out ranges

that define a key and/or velocity range where the sound
produced shifts from silent to full volume.
To create a fade, ctrl-click the region edge and drag towards
the group center. The fade can also be edited by ctrl-clicking
the region fade bounds.

Fade ranges can be used to create both velocity and keyboard

cross fades by fading out the previous region as the next one is
faded in.

To remove all fade ranges from a region or regions, use the "Reset region fade" command in the
command menu.

7.2.8. Region list

The region list shows all editable attributes of the regions in the last selected group.

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Mute - toggles whether the region will play.

Note that this is a trigger mute, i.e. when active, MIDI notes will not trigger this
region.

Low/high key/velocity - regions key/velocity bounds

Low/high key/velocity fade - regions key/velocity fade bounds

Root key - sets the root key (override) for the mapped sample.

This is initially set to the natural root key as defined in the assigned wave, but can be
changed for only this region, a.k.a. overriding root key.

The root key is also displayed on the key mapper reference keyboard. By clicking and
dragging this you can easily change the root override.

When the root key/fine tuning is changed the override indicator shows a * next to the root
key fields.

NOTE: This does not modify the wave root key, i.e. this will only affect the selected
region. The overriding root can be "baked" into the wave file by clicking the "*"
indicator, to affect all groups/regions to which the wave is assigned.

NOTE: The root key can also be overridden for an assigned wave matrix, in which
case the root will affect all samples in the matrix.

NOTE: In older versions of TX16Wx the behavior of the split root key was to directly
modify the assigned wave file.

Fine tune - sets the root fine tune (override) for the mapped sample

Sample/matrix/oscillator - selects the mapped sample, wave matrix (TX16Wx Pro)

or built-in oscillator to use.

Mode - selects region playback mode

RAM - the sample is loaded into and played back from system RAM. This is the
simplest/fasted playback mode, but can have a higher memory footprint, especially
when mapping many large samples.

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 DFD - the sample is played back from disk, with only a small portion loaded into
system memory. This mode has a slightly higher overhead, but can significantly
lower memory consumption in the system. Note that not all loadable sample formats
support this mode.

WT - the sample is loaded into and played back from system RAM, but treated as a wa
ve table lookup function with an arbitrary number of subcycles.

NOTE: a sample can only play back as wavetable if a the Sustain loop region
parameter must is set to a loop that satifies the following criteria:

The loop length must be a power of two

The loop must start at the same position as the set wave range.
The set wave range must be greater or equal in length to the assigned loop.
The loop must be set to mode Forward

If the criteria are not met, no sound will be generated.

When playing back a wavetable containing more than one cycle, these can be
selected and crossfades between using the pulse width sound parameter.

Reverse - plays the wave backwards

Range - (wave only) determines the part of the mapped wave to play back. If set to none,
the range determined by the waves start and end positions are played.

Sustain loop - (wave only) selects the sustain loop. This is the loop that will play while
a MIDI key is held.

Release loop - (wave only) selects the release Loop. This is the loop that will play after
the MIDI key is released but the voice still plays the AEG release.

Attenuation - sets region volume boost/dampening

Pan - sets per region stereo panning.

7.3. Sound editor

The sound editor panel contains various pages of sound-shaping parameters for the active
program. Each tab corresponds to a sound parameter element.

Each program can contain any number of sound parameter objects, and these can be either
shared by, or individual to, multiple groups.

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Double-click the tab label to edit the sound name.

Closing the tab deletes the sound parameter element and removes it from all group mappings.

7.3.1. Output, Pan, Velocity and Glide

Volume - sets the Program relative volume.

Pan - set the Program relative pan.

Velocity - sets the velocity sensitivity of the group. This determines how keyboard
velocity affects the played volume of the group.

Velocity Offset - sets the lowest velocity at which the group responds. For example if
this is set to 63, the group will never play at a lower volume than a key velocity of 63 would
produce.

Velocity curve - sets the response curve for MIDI velocity.

Pulse width - sets the pulse with when using built-in oscillators.

7.3.2. AEG

The Amplitude Envelope Generator modifies the volume of the group over time. It is an extended
version of the standard ADSR envelope with some additional parameters.

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7.3.3. Wave Start

Offsets the played wave(s) start point in the group. You can modulate this value in the modulation
table view. For example, by modulating this with keyboard velocity you can skip a sharp transient
in a wave when playing at low velocities.

7.3.4. Delay

Delays playing of the group by a specific time from MIDI note on. You can modulate this value in
the modulation table view.

7.3.5. Filter

TX16Wx has two resonant filters per group, switchable between 6dB and 24dB response slope.
Filter 1 is a traditional bi-quad filter and filter 2 is an advanced SVF.

Filter Parameters:

Type

Off - Filter off

Lowpass - frequencies below the cutoff frequency are

suppressed.

Highpass - frequencies above the cutoff frequency

are suppressed.

Bandpass - frequencies below and above the cutoff

frequency are suppressed.

Notch - frequencies around the cutoff frequency are suppressed. The resonance
parameter will regulate the width of the filter.

LowShelf

HighShelf - increases or reduces frequencies below the shelf frequency. The gain
is controlled by the drive parameter.

Peak - makes a peak or a dip in the frequency response. The resonance parameter
controls the width of the filter and the drive parameter the gain.

AllPass - passes through all frequencies unchanged, but changes the phase of the
signal (controlled by resonance and drive)

Frequency - the cutoff frequency of the filter

Resonance - causes frequencies near the cutoff to become amplified.

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 Drive - boosts or dampens the signal through the filter.

Note: Only the lowpass filter works in 6dB mode. Other filters will silently operate at a 12dB
slope.

Filters can be applied in either serial or parallel mode. In serial mode filter 1 is routed into the input
of filter 2. In parallel mode, each filter processes the raw sound independently.

In both modes, the final balance between the filters can be adjusted and automated using the filter
balance control. If either filter is off, this will instead balance the other with the unprocessed sound.

7.3.6. FX / sends

(TX16Wx professional only)

Each group can have three assigned sends that go to either a FX bus or a separate output. Sends
can be done either pre- or post-fader/pan.

Each group can also have a single insert assigned. The insert is applied before fader and sends,
and the two first parameters can be modulated like a normal group parameter through the
modulation destinations "insert p1/p2".

7.3.7. Unison

TX16Wx can perform in-oscillator unison playback. This will render

multiple iterations of the mapped sample or oscillator with pan, pitch
and start variations.

Note: This best used with synth oscillators or RAM sample

playback where it will add very little overhead. For streaming,
each sub-render will still require a full wave stream and thus has
more overhead.

Unison parameters:

Unison - number of sub-pass renders ("voice count")

Spread - pitch offset of each voice

Pan - pan offset of each voice

Start - start offset of each voice.

7.3.8. LFO

Two Low Frequency Oscillator generators are available per group.

LFO Parameters:

Rate - LFO frequency in Hz, ranging from ~0.01` - 1500Hz

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 Amplitude - Strength of the generated modulation pulse

Fade in - Time before the LFO reaches its maximum amplitude. Use this to achieve a
"fade-in" effect in the modulation.

Position - Wave cycle start of the LFO. A setting of 0.5 effectively reverses the phase of
the generated wave.

Type - Generated wave type

Triangle

Sinus

Sawtooth

Square

Exponent

Sync

None - LFO will start at a phase determined by the rate and sample position of the
playing son, i.e. free running.

Key - The LFO cycle starts at each note-on.

Group - If any voice is active playing this group, the LFO phase will be synced to this.

Voice - If any voice is active playing any group in this voice, the LFO phase will be
synced to this. Note that the LFO will be synced to the first group found playing, so
this parameter is best used on all the groups in a program.

Mode

Normal - rate is expressed in hertz.

Tempo - rate is expressed as a beat designator with the actual rate determined by
the song tempo. For example settings the rate to 1/4 will cause the LFO to complete
one period per every quarter note.

7.3.9. Modulation envelopes

TX16Wx has two simple three-stage modulation

envelopes per group. These can be used to modulate
other sound shaping aspects of the group.

Amp - determines the strength of the modulation

output

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 L0 - start level

T1-3 - envelope times

L1-3 - envelope levels

Note that the T2-L2 stage will be held as long as the MIDI key is pressed, and begin
transition to the T3-L3 stage on MIDI note-off.

7.3.10. Step sequencer

Similar to the LFO, and shares most of its parameters, but instead of pre-determined waveforms,
allows the user to draw a step sequence of modulation values which will then be played at the
determined rate.

Steps - sets the number of sequence steps

between 8 and 128 steps.

Type - assigns a LFO style waveform to the

sequencer, or fills it with a random pattern.

Smooth/stepped - determines if the modulation

value will interpolate smoothly between the
sequence values, or run in a 'stepped' mode. The
former creates a soft, LFO-like sound, while the
second will produce a more pronounced 'jumping' effect, useful to create electronic
pulsating sounds.

Cycle/Step sync - when tempo sync is active, setting this parameter to "step" will make
each step period the assigned sync duration, where as "cycle" will play the whole sequence.

7.3.11. Modulation table

Each group can have up to 16 active modulation

mappings, from either the sound shaping generators or
external Midi input. The Modulation Mapping View lets you
edit and manage these.

Source - selects the modulation data source

ENV1 / ENV2 - Modulation envelopes.

LFO1 / LFO2 - Low frequency oscillators

SEQ1 / SEQ2 / SEQ3 - Step sequencers

Pitchbend

Modulation Wheel

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 Channel Pressure

Aftertouch

Key - Maps depending on the played Midi key, where C0 represents no, and G10
(highest Midi key) represents full modulation.

Key/R - Like Key, but maps the modulation into the groups Key Range.

Vel - Maps depending on the played Midi velocity, from 0 to 127.

Vel/R - Like velocity, but maps the modulation into the groups velocity range.

BPM/R - Host/wave relative tempo.

Random - Generates a random value between -1 to 1. This source is like MIDI key
/vel, a note-on value only.

External Controller 1-16 - Takes the modulation value from system-defined

External Midi Controllers.

MIDI Continous Controller - Any MIDI CC

Automation Parameters - DAW host automation parameters.

Destination - sets the destination parameter for the modulation

Amp - before-filter-and-shaper amplitude. (+/- 100%). This is the amplitude of the

generated sound before it is treated by any of the other sound shaping aspects, such
as filter and inserts.

AEG Attack - the attack parameter of the AEG.

AEG Time - the overall speed (time between stages) of the AEG.

ENV1 / ENV2 Amplitude - (+/- 1)

LFO1 / LFO1 Amplitude - (+/- 1)

LFO2 / LFO2 Rate - (+/- 200Hz)

SEQ1 /SEQ2/ SEQ 3 Amplitude - (+/- 100%)

SEQ1 /SEQ2/ SEQ 3 Rate - (+/- 200Hz)

Filter Frequency - (+/- 12000 Ct)

Filter Resonance - (+/- 100%)

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 Pitch/Pitch (raw) - (+/- 127 semitones). Affects the resulting pitch of the played
notes. The first scaled by the groups key scale parameter, the latter is raw pitch
cents.

Volume - (+/- 100%) - The post-sound-shaping output volume of the group (i.e. fader
volume).

Pan - (+/- 100%)

Loop start - (time)

Loop end - (time)
Loop Direction
Wave Start - (time)
Glide - (Note: only evaluated on note-on)
Pulse width - (Note: only valid for oscillator mappings)

Amount - how much the modulation will affect the destination parameter. This field scale is
dependent on the destination.

Via - Optionally selectable modulation source used to dynamically affect the depth of the
modulation. If enabled, the modulation generated will scale between "Amount" and "Via
amount" dependent on the value of this source.

Via Amount - Strength of the modulation when the "Via" parameter is a full value.

Enabled - Enables/disables this modulation slot

Frozen - if set to true, the modulation will only be evaluated once on Note-On. This will
effectively use a snapshot value of the modulation source at the time of note trigger.

Note: Modulation destinations are additive in nature, thus to have the modulation work as
expected you should in some cases set the original parameter to zero and drive it
completely with modulation. Any destination can have any number of sources whose inputs
are summed together.

Note: The BPM/R modulation source is only active when the assigned wave has a tempo
defined.

7.3.11.1. Modulation Presets

The lower right corner of the modulation editor contains the preset selector, where you can add,
copy, delete and select modulation matrix presets.

Modulation Presets are a quick way to keep your favorite modulation settings handy.

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7.3.11.2. Quick modulation assignment

You can right-click any modulator such as a LFO or ENV to bring up a context menu where you
can add a routing from the modulator to the available destinations.

7.3.12. Sound overrides

Most scalar sound parameters in the sound editor view can be offset on a per-region basis. These
offsets are added to the base value of the parameter when a region plays.

This allows you for example to set the filter cutoff or AEG attack to different values for two regions
without adding a second group and sound parameter object.

To add an override, select one or more regions and the with the ALT key depressed, adjust the
parameter value. An offset value is indicated by a color overlay showing the base value.

To reset a sound offset to the base value, CTRL + ALT click the control.

Sound offsets are relative to the base value, which means that if you edit or automate the
base value, the final value will also change relative the offset value

Sound offsets can be removed, copied to other regions or baked into the base sound settings
from the region menu

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7.4. Wave panel

The wave editor panel lets you view and modify the loaded waves in the sampler, as well as
record new ones.

Note that while you have an individual sample editor panel for each sampler slot, all loaded
samples are considered shared between performances/slots/program.

7.4.1. Wave menu

Right-clicking or clicking the "cog wheel" widget brings up the action menu for samples.

Go to start/end/loop start/loop end - make respective point in the sample

visible

Load wave - opens a file selector for loading new samples into the plug-in.

Save wave - saves the currently active sample

Save wave as - saves the currently active sample as a new file.

Duplicate wave - creates a new copy of the currently active sample

Delete wave - removes all mappings for and unloads the currently selected sample

Delete unused waves - unloads all unmapped samples

Load replacement wave - opens a file browser for loading new wave(s) to replace the
selected wave. All existing mappings will be rewritten to the new wave the existing sample
unloaded.

Replace mappings - replaces one or more wave mappings with the last selected wave.
Select the wave(s) you want to modify and then last the wave you want to replace them
with.

Tip: You can also replace wave mappings by dragging files directly from the file
browser onto a loaded wave in the list.

Loop

New

Loop - adds current range to the active sample selection as a new loop
Range - adds current range to the active sample selection as a new range

Duplicate loop - duplicates the currently selected loop

Delete loop - deletes the currently selected loop

Delete all - deletes all loops in all selected waves

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 Assign

Loop- assigns the currently selected loop as sustain and release loop to all
mappings of the sample. If more than one wave is selected, the last loop in
respective loop set will be assigned for respective mapping.
Range- assigns the currently selected loop/range to mapping range of all
mappings of the sample. If more than one wave is selected, the last range
/slice in respective loop set will be assigned for respective mapping.

Auto-detect new loop - automatically finds a new loop based on auto-

correlation. Select a specific range of the selected wave in the wave editor to
determine the portion searched for the best loop. The new loops is added to the wave
(s) loop set.

Auto-detect single cycle/minimal loop - similar to auto-detect new loop,

but will more aggressively try to make the generated loop as small as possible
(based on defined/detected frequency), attempting to generate a 'single-cycle'
waveform, or close to it. The new loops is added to the wave(s) loop set.

Slice

Layout slices - if the sample has slices, this creates a new group with the slices
to keys mapped in ascending order. If the sample is already slice mapped, the
mapping will be updated.

Delete all slices - deletes all non-pinned slices in the selected sample

Slices to waves - creates a new sample for each slice in the selected wave

Remove overlap - adjusts slices to remove overlap regions

Detect - detects attributes of the selected sample. Select a specific region of the sample
to restrict the data processed.

Pitch - detects root pitch of the sample

Tempo - detects tempo

Edit - modifies the selected wave or selected wave region

Normalize - adjusts sample volume so the highest volume is zero dB

DC remove - removes DC bias in the sample

Trim - removes the sample data outside selected range or start/end range.

Trim to loop - trims selected wave(s) to selected loop, or if more than one wave
is selected, the last added loop.

Cut range - removes the sample data inside selected range or start/end range

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 Duplicate range - duplicates the sample data inside selected range or start/end
range

Reverse - reverses the sample data inside selected range or start/end range

Stereo to mono - converts a stereo sample to mono

Mono to stereo - converts a mono sample to stereo

Swap channels - swaps L/R stereo channels

Remove bounds - removes built-in bounds from all selected waves

Open folder - locates the wave source file in file browser

Sort by content - (TX Pro only) opens a dialog for sorting the selected (or whole) wave
list by content such as root key, peak volume and RMS volume.

Splice map - open the Splice mapper dialog

Create wavetable- open the Create wavetable dialog.

7.4.2. Wave editor

The wave editor shows a graphical representation of the currently selected sample. Here you can
adjust start/end positions, loop ranges and select an edit range for detection or edit processing.

Tip: You can quickly zoom in/out in the sample view using the mouse wheel. Drag using
the middle mouse button to scroll the view. The view also responds to drag gestures when
scrolling.

The start and end marker determines where sample mapping playback will begin/end.

When a loop is selected, its beginning and end can be modified by dragging either the whole loop
region, or the start/end edge of the block.

When the auto play button is on, you can play back the currently active wave by clicking and
holding the left mouse button inside the sample view area. The active wave will be played at its
root pitch from the point you clicked. Use this to locate appropriate start / end points for the wave
or loops.

You can also press the play button in the toolbar to play the sample from start, or the selected
region, if any. Looped playback can be enabled with the loop toggle button.

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 Use the P hotkey to start preview playback of the selected wave.

7.4.2.1. Slice into parts

Slices a waveform into equidistant parts, independent of content

Slice/# - sets the number of slices to create

Slice button - activates slicer

Once activated, you can slide the slicer/# parameter up/down

to adjust the number of slices created.

Turn of the slice button to finalize the result

When manipulating slices, either using the slice/# or beat slicer tools as well as manual
slice definition, any active mappings will automatically update their layouts to match the
new set of slices.

Use Pinned Slices to keep slices you are satisfied with while modifying the slice
parameters to refine further results. This prevents the pinned slices from being replaced.
You can toggle a slice's pinned status from the toolbar.

7.4.2.2. Beat slicer

Uses transient detection to slice waveform data into parts based on rhythmic content - also known
as loop slicing. This is typically used to cut a drum loop into parts of a single hit, which can then
be mapped to keys and replayed through MIDI.

Threshold - sets the beat detection threshold, determining how prominent a transient
must be to warrant slicing

Cutoff - sets the cutoff frequency for transient detection, limiting the analysis to
frequencies below this value.

Slice button - activates slicer

Once activated, you can adjust the threshold and cutoff parameters to tune the
slicing until you get the desired result.

Turn of the slice button to finalize the result

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7.4.2.3. Envelope/silence slicer

Slices a wave into parts using an envelope follower and silence detection. This is useful for
splitting a recording of multiple notes into separate samples.

Tip: You can use slices to waves to separate the results into new waves.

Threshold - sets the threshold for what is considered silence in the wave.

Attack - sets the envelope follower attack in milliseconds. The envelope follower helps
smooth out the source material.

Release - sets the envelope follower release in milliseconds.

Min. silence - sets the minimum duration to be considered a silence gap.

7.4.2.4. Loop overlay

By using loop overlay you can see the opposing loop point
overlaid the normal sample data. This allows you to more
easily match and find good loop points.

Use this with the go-to and zoom buttons to quickly switch
between points and adjust them.

You can also use the control modifier when dragging

a loop start/end marker to instead move the corresponding other marker (i.e. move loop
end while dragging start). This is useful when using loop overlay in zoomed in mode to
avoid moving between end points.

7.4.2.5. Zero snapping

Force snaps all wave edits or selections to sample zero crossing points. When
moving whole selection, loop or slices the start of the range is snapped.

7.4.2.6. Splice map

(TX16Wx Professional only)

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The splice map dialog allows you to automatically map existing waves, slices, or split waves by
silence into new ones, then lay out the result based on set or detected roots and specified
variations and velocity layers.

Source

Selected waves - maps selected waves

All waves - maps all loaded waves

Slices - maps the slices in the selected wave(s)

Split selected wave(s) - slices the selected wave(s) using silence detection
and maps the results.

Create

Matrices - creates wave matrices to map sample velocity layers and variations
(best used for drum and percussive samples)

Keyswitch (control) - creates switched groups using control keys in the Contro
l low key - Control high key range.

Keyswitch (rr/mod) - creates switched groups using round robin or modulation

source control

Trim - trims the mapped waves

Detect loop - tries to find loop points in the mapped waves

Detect pitch - analyses root pitch of each mapped sample

Map as range - create ranges for the split waves instead of new waves.

Threshold - if selection is set to Split selected wave(s), sets the silence threshold.

Loop crossfade - if Detect loop is enabled, created loops will have crossfade set to
this percentage of the loop length.

Single key width - if mapping non-tonal samples, sets the mapping key width.

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 X axis/switch source - sets the modulation source used for either matrix x-axis or key
switch source. Set to None for round robin.

# Variations - how many variations (for round-robin or similar) are in the source
material.

# Levels - how many velocity levels are in the source material. If set to zero, this is
determined by root keys and # Variations.

Mapping lo/hi key - sets the keyboard range in which to map the resulting regions.

Control lo/hi key - if building key switch groups, sets the control region for key switch
last parameter.

Wave name template - sets the template for created wave names. The following tokens
are available:

{R} - root key

{L} - low mapping key

{H} - high mapping key

{V} - low velocity

{W} - high velocity

{B} - base name (originating wave)

{0} - variation/switch index

Matrix name template - sets the template for created matrix name(s)

Group name template - sets the template for created group name(s)

The splice mapper will create one or more groups with the resulting waves mapped into regions
based on the above criteria.

Tip: For more fine control of the source material, use selected waves or existing slices as
source, and manually set up the ranges that will be mapped.

7.4.2.7. Create wavetable

TX16Wx allows you to build wavetables using parts of a loaded sample. To do this, you need to
first create two or more loops/ranges, describing the (cycle) portions to assemble into the
wavetable.

Cycle size - sets the resulting cycle size of the wavetable, i.e. how
many samples is in a lookup window.

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 Sample rate - the sample rate of the generated wavetable

Only selected loops - only use the selected loops/regions when

assembling the wavetable. Default is to use all defined loops/regions.

Range sorting - determines the order of the cycles in the resulting

table. Options are

None - assemble in the order loops are defined

Start - assemble in order of sample position
Name - assemble in order of loop name

NOTE: If the source wave has root information, this will be propagated to the resulting
wave table, otherwise it is assumed that each cycle represents unit frequency and pitch
information will be calculated accordingly.

When saving the resulting wave table as either FLAC or WAV, wave table attributes as recognized
by the Serum synth ("clm " chunk) will be added.

7.4.3. Wave list

The wave list shows all editable attributes of the loaded samples.

Name - wave name

Root - sample root key (if set)

Fine - sample fine tune

Start/end- sample start point. Use the back and forward buttons to decrease/increase
the sample position to previous/next zero-crossing point.

Tempo - sample tempo (if set)

Low key - low key of embedded MIDI bounds of the wave, or empty if no bounds are set
for the wave.

High key - high key of embedded MIDI bounds.

Low vel - low vel of embedded MIDI bounds.

High vel - high vel of embedded MIDI bounds.

You can click-drag the start/end dials to modify the waves start and end points.

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By double- clicking you can also enter these manually. By clicking the back/forward arrows on
either side of the dials the value is incremented by searching for the closest next/previous zero-
Crossing point in the sample data.

You can also click-drag the start/end markers in the sample view to modify this directly.

Some wave files contain embedded MIDI range info. TX16Wx will read, save and display
this data if available.

7.4.4. Loop/region list

A wave can have several defined loops or regions. The loop list shows all loops, ranges and slices
in the currently selected wave.

Name - loop name

Mode - loop mode

None - region. Not a repeating section.

Forward - (default) when reaching end market, playback of the loop will jump back
to the start marker.

Backward - when reaching the end marker, the playback will reverse and play until
the start marker is again reached, at which point the playback skips back to the end
marker and continues playback backwards.

Bidirectional - - the loop will switch direction every time it crosses the loop
markers, i.e. when it reaches the end marker, playback reverses and plays until the
start marker is reached. Here the playback returns to normal and continues until the
end marker, at which points the process, yes, loops.

Slice - - The region is not repeated, but rather, if mapped into a region set to slice
mode, will cause only the loop region to play for this particular mapping.

Pinned slice - Like a slice, but the slice will be preserved if you use the beat
detector, slice evenly or delete slice commands. Useful for iteratively building a set of
slices.

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 Start/end- sample start point. Use the back and forward buttons to decrease/increase
the sample position to previous/next zero-crossing point.

X-fade - loop crossfade size. If set, the loop end point will crossfade with the beginning
during playback. This can be useful to create seamless loops with hard to loop materials.

Repeat - when non-zero, the loop will play back this number of times after which playback
will continue as if no loop was set.

Loop points are edited in the same way as wave start/end. As with these, the back/forwardarr
ows of the numerical dials lets you search zero-crossing points in the sample data. This is an
effective way to find good loop points.

Loops can be copied or moved between samples by drag & drop.

You can quickly move the sample views focus to any of the wave/loop start/end points by
using the wave editor menu command goto.

Regions and loops can be assigned to a mappings range.

Slices, like loops can be edited by dragging their start/end

locators in the wave editor. Unlike loops though, slices are
expected to be contiguous, i.e. where one slice ends,
another one starts. Thus, when you move a slice point you
are in fact adjusting two regions end and start points
respectively.

Insert new slice points by using alt + double click at the point you want to insert the new slice. To
combine two slices into one, alt + double click the slice point to remove the cut.

7.4.5. Sampler

Just like a hardware sampler, the TX16Wx makes it easy to create your own sounds from scratch
by recording the sound input from your host as new waves. The Sampler controls are located in
the sampler tab in the wave panel.

Mono/stereo - toggles mono or stereo recording

Listen - when active VU meters will indicate any active sound input.

Trigger on threshold exceeded - when active, sampling will start when the input
signal exceeds the set threshold level

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 Trigger on transport - when activated, the recording will begin once the host
transport enters playing mode

Trigger on MIDI key - when activated, the recording will begin when the selected MIDI
key is pressed

Trigger on MIDI CC - when activated, the recording will begin when the selected MIDI
continuous control exceeds 63.

Record - toggles recording on/off

When recording finishes, the result will be in a new sample, ready for editing and mapping.

The generated material can also be post-processed:

Layout samples + lo/high key - automatically lays out the sample into a new group
when recorded.

Create group or program - when doing automatic layout, if set to group, a new group
is created for each sample set. If set to program a new program is also created for each
sample set.

Extend mapped regions to fit MIDI range - if ticked, when doing layout of
sampled waves, the bottom and top samples will be stretched to fill the full MIDI range set
for the program.

Auto detect pitch - attempts to detect natural root pitch in the recorded material.

Trim - detects silence at each end of the new sample(s) and trims it.

Auto loop - attempts to locate loop points in the recorded material.

Xfade - adds auto cross fade to created loops. Set as a percentage of loop length 0 -
100%.

Name - name template for the new sample(s). The following tokens are available:

{R} - root key

{L} - low mapping key (when doing auto layout)

{H} - high mapping key (when doing auto layout)

{V} - low velocity (when doing auto layout)

{W} - high velocity (when doing auto layout)

{K} - generated key value (MIDI generator)

{1} - primary axis value (MIDI generator)

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 {2} - secondary axis value (MIDI generator)

7.4.5.1. MIDI generator / re-sampler

TX16Wx can generate note sequences and sample generated content based on these - a feature
useful for example for (re-)sampling full instruments over both a keyboard and velocity range.

The two modes of operation are:

Midi generator - TX16Wx will generate MIDI notes on the DAW output bus. Route this
MIDI to an external instrument and its audio output to the TX16Wx input bus.

Resample - Similar to MIDI sequence, but the MIDI notes are sent to the internal bus.
You can the set the audio input to one of the TX16Wx output busses to record audio
generated by TX16Wx, effectively resampling internal content.

The MIDI generator has three content axis. The first one is MIDI key range and step size, i.e.
start and end key + the interval at which to generate notes.

Secondly, you can add two configurable axis, traversing either MIDI velocity or continuous
control values. Here you set a low/hi value, and a subdivision value, determining how
many steps the range will be split up into.

Recording settings:

Root from note on - when on, samples are assigned root key based on the generated
MIDI note. If this is off, and Auto detect pitch is not on, the generated samples will not
have roots. This is useful for sampling drums.

Hold - determines note length in seconds.

Release - Sound release time. The generator will expect the sound to continue for this
amount of time after note off.

Gap - Gap between generated notes.

The recorded samples will be cut up based on the above criteria. You can then enable post
processing features to automatically layout and loop the generated material.

7.5. Matrix editor

(TX16Wx Professional only)

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The wave matrix editor lets you load and manipulate wave matrix definitions. These are two-
dimensional grids of up to 127 x 127 samples that can be mapped into regions just like a regular
wave.

A wave matrix however allows you to select a single sample to be triggered from within the grid
based on the value of either external MIDI controls or any modulation source in the triggered voice.

A typical use case for the wave matrix is a percussive sound with the Y-axis being velocity
and samples mapped by velocity, then mapping variations on the respective sounds in the
X-axis and select from this bases on controller, stepping or random values.

7.5.1. Wave matrices edit panel

Use the wave matrix toolbar, located in the top of the left hand editor
panel to add, save, delete or duplicate wave matrices.

Wave matrices can also be created, deleted and duplicated from the
Wave matrix edit menu.

Directly below the toolbar is the wave matrix list, which shows all
currently loaded wave matrix definitions. From this list you can
select a matrix for editing or drag it into the keyboard mapper just
like you would a wave file. You can also drag & drop matrix files
here from the file browser to load them.

Each wave matrix has settings for the trigger condition source of the X
- and Y-axis. These are the same sources as are used for sound
modulation.

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If the axis trigger source is left blank, the row/column will cycle
through in a round-robin fashion. The round robin counter source
can be selected, similarly to the group key switcher.

Available sources are:

Default - this matrix

Region - the triggered region mapping this matrix

Group - shared between all elements in the group, including

group switches

Program - shared between all sound elements in the program

MIDI key - unique counter for the triggered MIDI note on the
assigned channel

Note : The BPM/R modulation source cannot be used in the wave matrix, since its output is
dependent on the assigned wave.

The mapping curve for each axis allows you to determine how the source modulator input is
mapped to the matrix values.

The currently selected matrix cell's attributes can be inspected and modified in the panel below.
The two topmost fields display the exact trigger threshold values for the cell.

Each cell contains its own sample selection with root override, sustain and release loop, similar to
a region.

7.5.2. Wave matrix edit menu

Right-clicking in the editor area, or clicking the edit icon, brings up the wave matrix edit menu:

New matrix - creates a new, empty matrix.

Load matrix - brings up a file selector and allows you to browse for existing matrix files
on disk.

Savematrix/Save matrix as - Saves the active wave matrix to disk along with any
used waves. You may be prompted to provide names for individual files being saved.

Duplicate matrix - creates a shallow copy of the current matrix. The new matrix will
reference the same samples as the original item.

Delete matrix - deletes the currently active matrix. Note that this does not delete any
waves. See Delete unused in the performance editor menu.

Delete unused matrices - deletes all matrices not mapped into a region. Note that this
does not delete any waves. See Delete unused in the performance editor menu.

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 Load wave - opens a file selector to load a new wave into the currently selected

Rows/Columns

Delete - deletes the rows/columns of the currently selected matrix cells.

Reverse - flips the rows/columns of the currently selected matrix cells along the X/Y
axis.

Rotate - rotates selected rows/columns across respective axis.

Swap - swaps the contents of selected rows/columns with each other

Distribute - sets the rows/columns to equal distance from each other.

Play - previews the selected matrix cell mapped sample

Loop - play preview with/without looping

Auto play - when on, clicking a matrix cell previews its mapped sample.

7.5.3. Wave matrix edit area

The edit area lets you create and edit matrix definitions graphically. Each matrix starts out as a
1x1 sized grid. By alt-clicking inside the editor you can insert new rows and columns.

alt-click inside the grid to split the matrix rows and columns at the selected point.

alt-click in the row or column scale area to split just the row or column.

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The matrix rows and columns can be moved by clicking and dragging.

Drag and drop wave files from the file browser or explorer into a cell to replace the assigned wave.

By dragging several files into the row/column scale area you can map all the files into the row
/column. The matrix will be resized to accommodate all the dropped files if needed.

Double-click a matrix cell to open a file selector to replace the assigned wave. Loading a wave like
this also lets you preview the new assignment while selecting.

Cell contents can be swapped between cells by drag and drop. Use alt-drop to copy content
rather than swapping.

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8. Arpeggiator

(TX16Wx professional only)

Each program slot has an arpeggiator MIDI effect that, when enabled, transforms MIDI input notes
based on switchable patterns.

Rate - speed of pattern playback, expressed in note length per pattern step.

Size - number of pattern steps

Mode

Up - Held MIDI notes are traversed from lower to higher keys

Down - Held MIDI notes are traversed from higher to lower keys

Up/down - Held MIDI notes are traversed in alternating order

Random - Held MIDI notes are traversed in random order

Poly - Held MIDI notes are all played at once, instead of sequentially. This
generates a strumming pattern effect.

Octave - repeats held notes over N octaves

Pattern - the arpeggiator has eight selectable patterns, each with its own full compliment
of settings. You can assign an automation control to this to switch patterns while playing.

Length - note length (relative step length). Turn this down to create a more staccato effect.

Shuffle - causes the steps to play back less quantized, "shuffled", to give a more organic
feel to the pattern.

Strum - when arpeggiator is set to Poly mode, this causes notes in the held chord to play
back more or less "strummed", giving an effect similar to guitar chords being played in a
strumming fashion.

Arpeggiator settings can be stored as presets for quick recall of patterns and parameters.

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9. Send effects

(TX16Wx professional only)

TX16Wx has 6 FX busses, each of which can be assigned an effect. Effects are controlled and
saved per performance. An effect can be sent to any of the outputs, and its level and wet/dry mix
can be controlled.

Mute - disable the FX and the send - no sound is produced

Bypass - disable the FX and send the incoming signal (group/program slot sends) through
to the output

Level - output level of the effect

Mix - wet/dry mix. 100% wet means only effect result is sent through (default)

Most FX parameter can be automated. By right-clicking the FX parameter you can assign an
automation control.

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10. Mapping curves

Several parameters in TX16Wx, such as velocity response, modulation mappings and matrix axis,
have mapping curves for translating the source input to resulting values.

Press the curve button in respective UI panel to open the curve mapping pop-up. Here you can
select from pre-defined curves or paint a user-defined curve.

When user curve is selected, you can choose the number of curve steps to use/display and
whether the curve should be interpreted smooth or stepped. The latter mode can be used to
create discrete switches between output values.

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11. Library manager

(TX16Wx professional only)

TX16Wx Professional lets you build a database of your sample and preset material, using both
automatic and manual categoy tagging.

To add one or more sound items to the library, simply select the files/directories you wish to scan
in the file browser, then right click and select 'Scan to library.

If any of the sources are container files (performances, banks,

Soundfonts, AKAI disks etc) TX16Wx will scan all contained
materials the same way as a folder.

TX16Wx will process all sound element names, extracting

categories based on user-configurable keywords.

11.1. Library view

The full library can be viewed under Settings > Library

You can search and edit the presets, samples and matrices in the library. If pre
view mode is enabled, clicking an element in the library table will temporarily
load it into the selected destination.

You can also drag and drop elements from the library list. Double clicking
the element will load it into the selected slot.

You can add/remove category tags from library entries by right-clicking and selecting Tag/untag
or using the toolbar icon.

Library entries can be deleted with the Delete menu/toolbar icon.

Categories and be added, deleted or edited from the Categories tab.

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Categories are organized into parent and sub categories, where a sub
category implies belonging to the parent category as well (such as SAXOPHONE
being a subcategory of WOODWIND and REED instruments).

Categories can also have aliases that represent alternative text matches for
assigning the category to a library entry (such as SAX being a shorthand for SA
XOPHONE).

11.2. Library browser

The library can be browsed from the file browser, by selecting the Preset Library entry from
the path selector. You can traverse into categories, using normal file type filtering to view all or a
subset of library entries.

Preview loading, waveform viewer and item loading works the same as with normal files and
containers.

You can even set bookmarks in categories to go there quickly.

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12. Setup page

The Setup tab contains various settings and options that are either global and/or stored in the
bank.

12.1. Settings

Global options for the sampler:

Use TX16Wx Pro features - turns on features available exclusively to the non-free
TX16Wx Professional Edition. You can enable this mode to evaluate the Pro features, but
you may only do so for 30 days. After that, this mode requires you to purchase a license
from the TX16Wx website, http://www.tx16wx.com/.

Save all waves in FXB/project - toggles whether TX16Wx should force storing all
actual wave data when storing the sampler state in the VST host project or when writing the
bank as FXB (VST/AU plug-in chunk data). Leaving this option set to true makes your
project files self-contained in such that TX16Wx does not have to locate wave files from
disk when the project is reloaded. However, if you have a large sample set in memory this
can cause your project files to become quite large, which causes issues with certain hosts.

Save waves in project - if this option is active and the host supplies the project file
location, TX16Wx will store all sample data that must be written as separate files instead of
writing the data into the project file itself. The samples will be written as <project
dir>\TX16Wx\<project name>\<wave name>. When combined with 'Save all waves
in FXB/project' all data will be stored into the project directory.

Preview programs in file dialog - should loading programs using a file selector
temporarily load the selected program file for preview

Preview waves in file dialog - should loading waves into Splits using a file
selector temporarily load the wave into the Split for preview

Auto play waves in file dialog - should waves selected in file selectors auto play

Auto play waves in file browser - should waves selected in the file browser auto
play

Copy content on bank save

Copy content on performance save

Copy content on program save

Should contained sound items be copied and saved into the save file structure when
saving the parent sound item. This can also be toggled in the file selector.

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Use 'places' when saving files - should paths be written as relative to Places (if
possible) when storing sound data to disk. If set to off, any referenced sound files not
present in the directory saved to (or subdirectory) will be written as absolute paths.

Sample folder naming - determines where sample content will be placed when saving
programs to disk with "copy content" active

Load output configuration from bank - sets if output configuration is read when
loading a new bank / host project file. "Never" will disallow output configuration from any
bank, "Project Only" will load outputs from DAW host bank, but not from txbank files.
"Projects and files" will load output configuration from both.

Auto create sound items on new / clear - should clearing bank or creating a
new performance automatically create stub content in the sampler, equivalent to "New perf
+ slot + prog"

Keyboard range for mapping non-pitched sounds - key range per sample when
creating groups containing fixed key mappings (not based on root key info)

Force fixed key mapping - turns off root key based keyboard mapping for dropped
samples

Enable key range / velocity partitioning when doing velocity layer

mapping - globally enables/disables root key partitioning when mapping velocity layers

Default sampler auto mapping low/high key - sets the default keyboard bounds
for the sample auto mapping feature of the sampler section. These values also affect the
slice layout function.

New samples format - sets data format for new samples. This applies to samples
created by recording in the wave editor or saved together with a program or matrix. In the
latter case, type set here will be used if the original sample is not in wav or flac format, or
the Force sample type on saving dependent waves setting is on. When saving
existing material bit depth and sample rate is always preserved as close as possible.

Force sample type on saving dependent waves - if enabled, force the New
samples format file type (i.e. wav/flac) when saving waves contained in programs or
matrices.

MIDI octave display offset - adjusts octave naming in the UI. Note that saved
sound data will still use canonical MIDI octave names.

MIDI notes display as numbers - Shows MIDI notes as MIDI note numbers (0-127)
instead of symbolic names (C2, C#2 etc.)

MIDI velocity response curve - determines how incoming MIDI note-on velocity
values are mapped to voice velocity. Default is a linear mapping.

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MIDI program change mode - determines how TX16Wx responds to MIDI program
change messages. By default, MIDI program change will switch between performances,
thus selecting different complete multitimbral setups. By changing the setting to Program,
TX16Wx will instead switch program assignments on individual program slots in the current
performance.

Show program / performance numbers - when active, program and performance

selectors will display the respective index numbers of the item displayed.

Report MIDI note names to host - when active, TX16Wx will report mapped
samples as MIDI note names to the host application

Load existing performances

Load existing programs

Load existing waves

Can be set to yes/no/ask. When loading sound data already loaded, this
determines if a new copy of the data should be added to the bank. In general it is a
bad idea to load duplicate copies of sound data, especially waves, since saving the
data will be ambiguous.

Replace wave when dragging into sample list - should samples and mappings
be automatically replaced when dragging a new sample file into the wave list.

Place wave peaks file in alternate cache path - should reapeaks files be
placed in a separate folder instead of side-by-side with the originating wave file

Alternate wave peak cache path - folder for peak files.

UI Size - select UI resolution. The plug-in will attempt to resize on the fly.

Depending on your host this might require you to close and reopen the UI. Note that
the actual size of the UI will depend on this as well as the chosen skin, since the
plugin will resize to accommodate this.

UI Skin - select the active skin defining the graphical look of the plug-in.

Enable tooltips - turn tooltip help on/off

Knob mode - switch between host determined, circular or linear knob mode

Max undo queue size - determines the maximum number of Undo steps kept. You
should keep this value reasonably low to avoid a high memory footprint.

MIDI edit of key / velocity fields - sets how and when TX16Wx will respond
to MIDI input to set values in note and velocity text input fields.

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 Default quality mode - sound quality setting, see sample interpolation.

Offline rendering quality - sets overriding interpolation mode for non-real-time

rendering (mix down)

Number of processing threads - (TX16Wx Pro only) Sets the number of threads
used for audio processing. TX16Wx can utilize more than one CPU core for audio
rendering, to better utilize multi core hosts. This can be set to any number up to the
maximum available logical processors in the system.

Note that setting this parameter to a high value can interfere with the host
applications own multi processing.

Max voices - (TX16Wx Pro only) Sets the global polyphony limit for the plugin. Default is
128, but can be set to as high as 4096.

12.2. Outputs

TX16Wx normally has 12 stereo output busses. In the TX16Wx Professional edition bus 5
through 12 can also be switched to mono mode.

The configuration can be saved in settings as defaults and will also be saved along with bank data
on either file or in the DAW host project.

Whether or not these output settings are re-read on bank load is controlled by the Load output
configuration from bank setting.

Note: Not all hosts support dynamically changing outputs

Note: After you change the output configuration you will have to rebuild/reconnect the
output busses in your host application. Some hosts may have problems with modifying
outputs in a running plug-in. In these cases you will have to reload the plug-in.

Note: The AU plug-in will suggest the output configuration you make here to the host, but
the host may choose to ignore this and configure the actual busses in a different manner.

Note: The AAX plug-in cannot modify the output bus layout dynamically, but you can
change output configuration stored in settings.

12.3. Performances / programs

The performance/program list allows you to manage, rename and reorder loaded performances
and programs. This particularly useful when you need to ensure programs are in specific order to
set up MIDI program change.

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The merge button allows you to merge selected programs/performances into one. When merging
programs, all groups will be added to the resulting program and sound parameters will be de-
duplicated and merged as well. When merging performances, all program slots are moved to the
resulting performance, creating a larger multi.

12.4. Places

Places are file system search paths where TX16Wx will look to resolve referenced file names
when loading sound data. Inversely, when saving files and Use Places is active in the settings tab,
the relative file paths used to reference between bank, performances, programs and waves will be
written relatively to these paths.

This definition of search paths allows you to create a complex archive of sound files without
having absolute paths in the referencing filenames, thus making the sound data re-locatable.

You can also assign names to places. The file browser will then display these labels instead of the
actual file path when browsing.

12.5. MIDI external controllers

TX16Wx can have up to 16 external Midi controllers as well as settings for MIDI response defined.
These are stored with the bank data on disk or in DAW memory, but can also be stored as system
defaults. Midi controllers can be selected either from the list, or, if you for example have a
controller area with mapped sliders, you can enable Midi Learn for the controller slot and move
the slider to map it automatically.

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Each controller can be given an offset, which then acts as the center point for the controller. Midi
controllers range are normally <0 - 127>, but setting offset to 63, would instead cause the
range to become <-63 - 64>, i.e. bipolar.

12.6. Automation

Like external controllers, the VST/AU automation parameters can be mapped to be bipolar instead
of unipolar. In bipolar mode, the effective range of the parameter is <-1 - 1> instead of <0 - 1>
. Note that the offset only applies when the automation parameter is used as a modulation source.

The bottom buttons lets you can either load the system default mappings or save the current set
as defaults.

Automation parameter settings are saved with the TX bank or in the DAW fxb data.

12.7. Log

Contains log messages about loading, saving etc.

12.8. About

Information and copyright notice about TX16Wx and dependent libraries.

Also contains license information for TX16Wx Professional (if enabled).

You can use the activate button to enter a (new) activation code for TX16Wx Professional, or
the deactivate button to revoke it.

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13. TX16Wx Professional

TX16Wx is free, but is also available in a commercial, professional version. This edition adds
several advanced features and capabilities to the instrument.

You can enable TX16Wx professional features in the settings page to evaluate them. If you
decide to purchase a license you can install it easily by using the activate button in the about
page of the setup screen. You will be prompted for your activation code.

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14. Working in your DAW

Normally a DAW host application will ask the active plug-ins to store their session data in the
project file(s) when closing a project. This is how the state of a VST/AU instrument is restored
when resuming a project.

Since TX16Wx is a sampler instrument, its internal state is dependent on waves loaded from disk,
typically many megabytes in size. Storing this whole state into the project can cause problems, as
some hosts cannot handle very large state data chunks.

TX16Wx will by default not store wave data that has not been modified in this memory, but instead
just keep a reference to the file on disk. While this greatly reduces the size of stored data in most
cases, it will leave your project vulnerable if you for some reason delete or change those original
files.

For safety, you should probably store your entire bank state to disk inside your project structure,
with 'copy content' enabled.

The Save all waves in FXB/project settings will cause TX16Wx to store all wave data in
the host project file.

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15. Saving sound data

15.1. Banks / Performance / Program

When storing sound program data from TX16Wx, you may tick the option Copy Content on/off
in the file selector window opened (Save As). When Copy Content is on, all contained sound
data will be copied into the same directory as you are saving to, and the resulting sound files will
reference the copied material.

Inversely, if Copy Content is off, the saved data will reference the original files (potentially
resolved through places).

15.2. Waves

TX16Wx stores its sound data as Microsoft WAV files on disk. If a bank references sound data that
has not been modified, the original wave files will be referenced.

Once wave data is modified in memory however, TX16Wx will store a new version of the sound
data in Wav format in a directory next to the stored program file.

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16. File formats

16.1. Bank / Performance / Program

TX16Wx stores its sound definitions in utf-8 XML data files. The XSD definitions for the txbank,
txperf and txprog file formats are included in the TX16Wx installer.

16.2. Supported sample formats

TX16Wx can stream all non-compressed wave formats supported directly from disk, as
well as wave data in sound fonts.

WAV - reads and writes PCM and floating point Wav files, including instrument and sampler
definitions.

AIFF - reads PCM and floating point Audio Exchange Format Files.

AIFC - reads ulaw, alaw and Typhoon DWVW compressed AIFF files.

OGG - reads ogg vorbis encoded compressed audio files

FLAC - reads and writes flac loss-less compression files

MP3 - reads mp3 encoded compressed audio files

W?? - reads Yamaha wave files

CAF - reads Apple Core Audio files

LMS - reads and writes Lethal multi sample files.

16.3. Importing sound data

16.3.1. Sound font 2

TX16Wx has limited support for import of Sound Font 2 files.

Sound font container content can be browsed in the file browser, where individual presets and
samples can be loaded. A sound font can also be loaded in full by drag and drop into the plug-in
windows, or by using the Load Performance file selector.

TX16Wx will translate wave data as well as create program representations of the SF2 bank
voices.

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 Note: If you load a sound font into memory when working on a project, and "Save all waves
in FXB/project" is not turned on, TX16Wx will attempt to reference the wave data in the
sound font. Thus the project will be dependent on the imported sound font bank. To avoid
this, save the bank in TX format, enabling "copy content", before closing the project.

16.3.2. SFZ Files

TX16Wx has limited support for the SFZ format. You can load a single SFZ into a program slot or
simply drag and drop them into the sampler.

16.3.3. EXS Files

TX16Wx has limited support for the Logic EXS program format. You can load a single EXS into a
program slot or simply drag and drop them into the sampler. The importer handles sample
mapping, filters, envelopes and modulators (to a certain degree).

16.3.4. AKP Files

TX16Wx has limited support for the Akai S-5000 AKP program format. You can load a single AKP
into a program slot or simply drag and drop them into the sampler. The importer handles sample
mapping, filters, envelopes and modulators (to a certain degree).

16.3.5. AKAI cd-rom image

TX16Wx can read and import AKAI S1000 and S3000 cd-rom image programs and samples,
similarly to a sound font file. Sample data in the image will be streamed directly from the image file.

Image file content can be browsed in the file browser, where individual presets and samples can
be loaded. An AKAI image can also be loaded in full by drag and drop into the plug-in windows, or
by using the Load Performance file selector.

Note: If you load a sound font into memory when working on a project, and "Save all waves
in FXB/project" is not turned on, TX16Wx will attempt to reference the wave data in the
AKAI image. Thus the project will be dependent on the imported image file. To avoid this,
save the bank in TX format, enabling "copy content", before closing the project.

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17. Skins

TX16Wx supports user defined skins which can be used to alter the graphical appearance of the
plugin.

Skins are loaded from the "skins" folder in either or the shared program folder or from the user
settings folder.

Skins are created by a CSS-like style sheet definition along with graphical elements. Please refer
to the skinning information on the TX16Wx website for more information.

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18. Keyboard shortcuts

Many commands in TX16Wx are accessible via keyboard shortcuts. Below is a summary of the
available combinations.

Note: ctrl refers to the Control key on windows, where on Mac OSX it refers to the Com
mand key.

18.1. Global

Key Action

ctrl-Z Undo

ctrl-shift-Z Redo

If the environment variable CWUI_SKINS_DEBUG is set to true or 1, the following commandsa

are also available

Key Action

ctrl-R Reload current skin

ctrl-P Dump UI structure as XML to file in temporary directory

Dump UI structure as XML to file in temporary directory using more style

ctrl-shift-P
info (large)

18.2. Editors

Key Action

ctrl-A Select all

DEL Delete selected

P Preview play selected/mapped sample

Wave editor

ctrl-F Focus on and zoom to selection

18.3. Slots

Key Action

Slot

DEL Delete slot (only when focused on slot itself)

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0 Toggle slot editors

1 Focus on slot

2 Toggle/focus arp editor

3 Toggle/focus group editor

4 Toggle/focus region editor

5 Toggle/focus wave editor

6 Toggle/focus matrix editor

7 Toggle/focus sound editor

Slot panel

ctrl-1 - ctrl-0 Switch between slot 1-10

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19. Credits and Acknowledgements

TX16Wx uses the following third-party software:

Libogg
Libvorbis
Libflac

The plugin is based on the CWPlug library with the GUI built using CWUi, a derivative of VSTGUI.
The VST plugin uses the definitions of the Steinberg VST SDK.

Some icons are courtesy of http://icons8.com/

None of the DSP parts in this software would have been possible without the great resources at htt
p://www.musicdsp.org/

The sound architecture is based on the wonderful Typhoon OS, created by NuEdge Development
for the original TX16W hardware sampler. http://nuedge.net/typhoon2000/

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