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Chapter 9 EXS24 mkII 211
EXS24 mkII preferences
The EXS24 mkII Sampler Preferences window provides access to sample-related preferences, such
as sample rate conversion quality, velocity response, sample storage, search-related parameters,
and so on.
Sampler preferences
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Sample Rate Conversion pop-up menu: Determines the interpolation quality used by EXS24 mkII.
Choose Best to maintain the highest possible sound quality when transposing.
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Sample Storage pop-up menu: Determines the sample format handling method used by
EXS24 mkII.
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Original: Loads samples into RAM at their original bit depth. These are converted to the
internal 32-bit oating point format of the host application on playback.
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32 Bit Float: Samples are stored and loaded in this format. This eliminates the need for real-
time format conversions, meaning that EXS24 mkII handles samples more eciently and can
play back more voices simultaneously.
Note: This requires twice as much RAM for 16-bit samples and a third more RAM for
24-bit samples.
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Velocity Curve slider: Determines how EXS24 mkII responds to incoming velocity values.
Negative values increase the responsiveness to soft key strikes, and positive values
decrease responsiveness.
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Search samples on pop-up menu: Determines the locations that EXS24 mkII will search for
instrument samples. You can choose from:
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Local Volumes: Storage media (hard disks and optical mechanisms) attached to or installed in
the computer.
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External Volumes: Storage media accessible over a network.
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All Volumes: Both internal and network media are scanned for appropriate data.
Note: Choosing External Volumes or All Volumes may result in a dramatic increase in the time
required by EXS24 mkII to nd and load sampler instruments and les.
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Read root key from pop-up menu: Sets the method used by EXS24 mkII to determine the root
key or velocity (or both) of loaded audio les. You can choose from the following:
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File/lename: Initially reads information about the root key/velocity from the audio le itself
(in the header of the AIFF or WAV le) when loading it into a zone. If no information of this
type exists in the le header, a smart analysis of the lename may detect a root key/velocity.
If this second method doesn’t provide useful results, C3 is used as the default root key in
the zone.
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Filename/le: As above, but the lename is read before the header.