Yamaha Professional Sampler User Manual

for each sample.   A3000 provides a means to do this at the sample level via the Set Init 

function at the sample level 
 

As you get to know how you like to work, you will really appreciate these 2 very powerful 

SET INIT features. They make your particular way of working part of your A3000’s 
operating system.  

 

MIDI to Sample (MIDI → Smp) and Sample Solo 

 

“MIDI Æ Smp” is short for MIDI to Sample. This useful function comes in very handy when 

you are handling lots of samples in memory. It is of particular use during editing and 
“mapping” or setting key ranges. When activated, any incoming MIDI signal that triggers 

a sample will automatically recall that samples data to the visible edit buffer. This means 

that what you hear is what you are editing, and it takes the guesswork out of knowing 
what sample’s data you are viewing and changing.  Simply touch your MIDI controller 

and, if the sample is audible, you are seeing its data in the screen. This function can be 

found by pressing Knob #1 from any (mode) screen.  
 

If you work with a MIDI controller, be it a keyboard, drum pads, guitar, bass or wind 

controller, this will quickly become one of your favorite tools.  
 

Also  on  this  page  is  “SmpSolo”  (short  for  Sample Solo). Again, this is found from any 

screen by pressing Knob #1. This useful function will allow you to isolate a single sample. 
For example, you may have several sounds layered on a key or across the keyboard. 

When you activate the “SmpSolo” function on a sample in the list, it will be the only one 

heard. This function is used while working on a single sample and you would like to 
momentarily hear just that sample—just like a solo button on a mixing console. This is 

function is invaluable when working on complex layers. 
 

 

You can edit samples even when they have been included in a sample bank. A sample 
bank is a convenient way of grouping sounds together.  Typically, a drum kit or a piano 

multi-sample would be in their own respective banks. If you needed to route the piano to 

Effect processor #2, as a sample bank you could do it all in one operation. It would be 
awful to have to identify each sample separately in the piano voice, and then have to 

send each to the effect individually. But does this mean that you can’t get at the 

individual samples to make in depth changes once they are encased in a bank? The 
answer is no.  Here’s how it’s done:  

 

If you are using a MIDI controller, it is highly recommended that you make use of the 
MIDIÆSmp function described above. To set this function: Press Knob 1 from any mode 

screen.  Set MIDIÆSmp to ON. What you hear, is what you see and edit. 

 
Navigate to [PLAY]: [SAMPLE]: [SmpBank] screen. This screen identifies the current Sample 

Bank (on the top line) and the current or last played sample (on the bottom line). The 

arrow indicates the sample is part of the bank. Leave the A3000 on this screen at the 
time you enter EDIT mode. This will allow you to view and edit the individual sample’s 

data while it is within a bank.