X

Chapter 9 EXS24 mkII 204
EXS24 mkII zone parameters
The zone parameters provide extensive control over each zone, or sample, in your
sampler instrument.
Zone parameters
•
Zone Name eld: Displays the zone name. New zones are automatically assigned a consecutive
number. Click a zone number to enter a name.
•
Audio File menu: Displays the audio lename. Move the pointer over a name to reveal a help
tag with additional information, such as format, bit depth, sample rate, and so on. To display
the full le path in the help tag, press Command before the help tag appears. Click the arrow
to open a shortcut menu that contains the following commands:
•
Load Audio Sample: Opens a dialog where you can select an audio le. Default key
command: Control-F.
•
Open in Audio File Editor: Opens the selected sample in the Logic Pro Audio File Editor (or
the sample editor chosen in the Open External Sample Editor preference). Default key
command: Control-W.
Note: This command is available only when Destructive audio editing is enabled in your host
application preferences.
•
Reveal in Finder: Shows the full path of the loaded audio le in the Finder.
Tip: Double-click the name of a sample in the Audio File > Name column to open the
audio le in the Logic Pro Audio File Editor. When no audio le is loaded, the audio le
selector opens.
•
Pitch elds: Key determines the root note of the sample—in other words, the note at which
the sample will sound at its original pitch. Use the Coarse and Fine elds to tune the sample in
semitone/cent increments.
•
Volume eld: Adjusts the overall output level of the zone.
•
Pan eld: Adjusts the pan position of the zone. This parameter works only when EXS24 mkII is
used in stereo.
•
Scale eld: Balances the level of a sample across the selected key range. A negative value
makes lower notes softer than higher notes; positive values have the opposite eect.
•
Output menu: Determines the outputs used by the zone. Choices include the main outputs,
and paired channels 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, or individual outputs 11 through 16.
This allows individual zones to be routed independently to aux channel strips (in a multi-
output EXS24 mkII instance).
•
Key Range elds: The two key range parameters allow you to dene a key range for the zone.
Playing notes outside this range does not trigger the sample assigned to this zone.
•
Lo: Sets the lowest note for the zone.
•
Hi: Sets the highest note for the zone.
•
Pitch checkbox: Click to change the sample pitch when triggered by dierent keys. When
disabled, the sample is always played at its original pitch, regardless of the note played.