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21 EXS24 mkII
The EXS24 mkII is a software sampler. This means that instead
of having a built-in sound set, it plays back audio files (called
samples) that you load into it.
These samples are combined into tuned, organized collections of samples called
sampler instruments. You can use the EXS24 mkII to play, edit, and create sampler
instruments. You can assign the samples (in sampler instruments) to particular key and
velocity ranges, and process them with the EXS24 mkII filters and modulators. As
sampler instruments are based on audio recordings, they are ideally suited to
emulating real instruments.
The EXS24 mkII ships with a library of sampler instruments in its native file format,
known as the EXS format. It also allows you to import sampler instruments in the AKAI
S1000 and S3000, SampleCell, Gigasampler, DLS, and SoundFont2 sample file formats.