WaveReX WaveR8, Operating Manual

Basics

Basic principle of the R-8 

The R-8 can read up to 26 instruments from one card. This limi-
tation exists from the card format itself and cannot be changed. 
The minimum is one instrument. 

Depending on the setting, each instrument consists of one or 
two samples, which can initially be pre-processed separately in 
the software and stored separately on the card. Both samples 
are read separately by the R-8 on-the-fly from the card, mixed 
together and then played. 

In principle, three use cases can be distinguished: 

Resonance and Attack Sample 

The main use case is to separate a sample into a low-pass fil-
tered part, the resonance sample, and a highly-pass filtered part, 
the attack sample. Your sample is broken down into the above 
parts by internal filters in the software. Through the software 
you have the possibility to edit or change both parts indepen-
dently of each other. As already mentioned above, both parts are 
stored separately on the card and mixed together by the R-8 and 
played back together. 

If you want to use a specific sample as an instrument in your R-8 
that should sound exactly like the original sample, load the sam-
ple into your instrument via the

 Load Single Sample

 button or 

by 

double-clicking on

 the instrument in the instrument list. The 

software separates your sample into the two parts, according to 
the settings. You can change the settings such as cuto

ff

 of the 

filters etc. at any time. 

You can also load a separate sample for each part, for example, 
to create interesting new drum sounds. For example, you can 
combine the low-frequency part of one sample with the attack 
of another sample. To import your sample, use the buttons in the 
respective Part 

Load LF Sample

 and Load 

HF Sample

. 

If you use both parts of your sample according to this method, 
the decay parameters for both parts are available to you as usual 
on the R-8. You can also amplify or lower the resonance sample 
using the 

Nuance

 parameter on the R-8. Here you should pay 

attention to the cuto

ff

 of your filters! If you only want to raise or 

lower a frequency range below 80Hz via the Nuance, you must 
also set the cuto

ff

 of your pre-filters to 80Hz. 

The use of both parts is preset. This is especially useful for kicks, 
snares and toms. But you will certainly find even more possible 
applications.  

Deactivation of the resonance sample 

If you do not want to use the resonance sample, deactivate the 
check mark at 

Accepts Nuance

 of the resonance sample. The 

sample is then not saved on the card. This saves storage space. 

This is especially useful for cymbals, hi-hats, clicks, etc., where 
the samples have naturally little depth and if it is not desirable to 
separate the resonance and attack parts. 

In this case, you can turn the cuto

ff

 of the attack sample down 

to the desired frequency according to your taste. 

An indicator that you do not need the resonance sample is when 
you can hardly see a vibration in the waveform display of the 
resonance sample. These frequencies are then of such little im-
portance for the sound of your sound that you can safely omit 
them. 

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