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EXS24 mkII group parameters
Group parameters provide simultaneous control of all assigned zones.
Group parameters
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Group Name eld: Displays the group name. Click to enter a name.
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Key Range elds: Dene a key range for the group.
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Lo: Sets the lowest note for the group.
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Hi: Sets the highest note for the group. Playing notes outside this range does not trigger the
zones assigned to this group.
Note: Take your time with these parameters because as they override zone range settings,
possibly making some zones inaudible.
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Vol(ume): Adjusts the overall level of the group—and, therefore, the volume of all zones in the
group. This works much like a subgroup on a mixing console.
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Pan: Adjusts the pan position of the group—stereo balance for stereo samples—and the pan
position of all assigned zones simultaneously.
Note: This will aect any individual zone panning adjustments.
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Output: Determines the outputs used by the group. 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 groups to be routed independently to aux channels in a multi-output
EXS24 mkII instance.
Note: This will have an impact on any individual zone output assignments.
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Poly. (polyphony): Determines the number of voices that the group can play. The Max
option ensures that the group uses all voices allowed by the Voices parameter in the
Parameter window.
A practical use of the Poly parameter is to set up a classic “hi-hat mode” within a full drum kit
that is mapped across the keyboard. For example, you could assign an open and closed hi-hat
sample to a group, and set the Voices parameter of the group to 1. The most recently triggered
of the two hi-hat samples mutes the other because only one voice is allowed for the group.
This mirrors the real-world behavior of hi-hats. The other sounds of the drum kit can still be
played polyphonically, if samples in zones are assigned to another group.
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Trigger menu: Determines if zones pointing to this group are triggered on key down (Key
Down setting) or on key release (Key Release setting). This is useful for emulating organ key
clicks, for example, where you may want the organ note triggered on key down, but the organ
click triggered on key release.
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Dc (decay) checkbox: Select the checkbox to access the Decay Time parameter.
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(Decay) Time eld: Determines the time it takes for the level of a sample (triggered by key
release) to decay.
Note: The Decay parameters function only when the Trigger parameter is set to Key Release.