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Chapter 9 EXS24 mkII 200
Set up a round robin in EXS24 mkII
The term round robin is used to describe sample switching when a single key is struck repeatedly.
This feature can be particularly useful in live performance or for avoiding abrupt, machine-gun-
like eects when switching between real instrument samples.
In EXS24 mkII, you can use a group as the selection criteria for the Select Group By condition.
When one group is played, other groups are silent.
1 Click the Sampler Instruments pop-up menu and load an instrument.
2 Click the Edit button to open the Instrument Editor window. Click the Zones button if Groups
view is shown.
3 Assign two zones to the same key (note C2, for example) and play the onscreen keyboard or play
C2 on a connected MIDI keyboard.
You can see and hear two samples (zones) being played. For clarity, these are zone 1 and zone 2.
4 Now assign another zone to another note (C3, for example) on the onscreen keyboard.
Play C3 on a connected MIDI keyboard and you will hear a dierent zone being triggered. This is
zone 3.
5 Drag vertically in the Lo column for zone 3 until C2 is shown.
6 If you repeatedly strike C2, you will hear zones 1, 2, and 3 being played.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for other notes, if required.
7 Click the Groups button to switch to Groups view.
8 Choose Group: Group Select By from the View menu.
9 Click the Type subcolumn on the row of zone 2, then choose Group from the pop-up menu.
10 Click the Group subcolumn on the zone 2 row and choose zone 1.
11 Repeat steps 9 and 10 on the zone 3 row, but choose zone 2 in the Group column.
12 Repeatedly click note C2 on the onscreen keyboard or play C2 on a connected MIDI keyboard.
You can hear zones 1, 2, and 3 switched one after the other.
This example illustrates the use of groups as the selection or switching criteria. The selection of
zone 1, zone 2, and zone 3 in the Group menu enables you specify the trigger group for another
group. Because these trigger groups are unique in the Group column, you will sequentially step
through groups.
Show or hide zone and group parameters
Use the View menu to determine which zone and group parameters are shown in the Instrument
Editor:
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View All: Shows all available columns and subcolumns.
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Individual Zone and Group display settings: Choose the individual columns and subcolumns you
want to display. The zone entries are available in Zones view. The group entries are available in
Groups view.
Tip: Press Option, then choose a disabled zone or group column to limit the display to the
chosen column.
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Restore to Default: Reverts to the default view.
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Save as Default: Saves the current view of zone and group parameters as the default view
whenever you open the Instrument Editor.