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• ReCycle 2.0 file: These files have the .rx2 suffix. The abbreviation for this file type is REX2.
These files are used extensively by Propellerhead Reason, and many popular sample
libraries include REX2 format files.
Generating a Zone for Each Slice
The “Extract MIDI Region and Make New Instrument” command creates a new EXS24
instrument from a ReCycle file, and generates an independent zone for each slice.
To create a new EXS instrument and assign each slice to a zone
1 Choose Instrument > ReCycle Convert > “Extract MIDI Region and Make New Instrument”
in the Instrument Editor.
2 Choose the desired ReCycle file in the file selector, then click Open.
3 Enter a velocity factor in the Create MIDI Region window (see below for region-related
information).
The velocity factor analyzes the loudness—transient peak—of each slice in the imported
ReCycle file. It then maps this value to a corresponding velocity value for the MIDI note
event that is used to trigger the slice.
• If a positive value (up to 100) is entered, louder slices will generate MIDI note events
with higher velocity values.
• The use of negative values on louder slices will result in the generation of lower MIDI
velocity values for each note event.
4 Click OK.
The EXS24 mkII generates a zone for each slice of the imported ReCycle file and assigns
these zones to a single group. The new EXS instrument is named after the ReCycle loop.
If an EXS instrument of that name already exists, a number sign (#) and a number will be
appended to the name. For example, if you import a ReCycle file named “Tricky Backbeat”
but “Tricky Backbeat” already exists as a sampler instrument, the imported instrument
would be named “Tricky Backbeat#1,” thus ensuring that the filename is unique within
the Sampler Instruments folder.
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