User Guide

Chapter 25 EXS24 mkII 407
The same is true for drum CD-ROMs where single programs contain one instrument
from a complete drum kit (kick, snare, hi-hat, and so on as separate entities) You’ll
probably want these single AKAI programs to be merged into a single EXS sampler
instrument—as a full drum kit.
There are, however, a number of AKAI CD-ROMs where a single program of an AKAI
Volume contains the entire instrument, and where other programs in the same Volume
have the same MIDI channel and MIDI program change number preset. On this type of
CD-ROM, use of the merge programs parameter is not desirable, and the option should
be switched off.
Create interleaved stereo files whenever possible
This option should always be left enabled, as interleaved files offer better performance
within the EXS24 mkII. When converting AKAI format samples, some audio files are
created as split stereo and as interleaved stereo files.
The detection (of when it is possible to build an interleaved file) is based on
information stored with both the AKAI Program and audio files. Both the left and right
files must have the same settings; otherwise they can not be used to create an
interleaved file.