Specifications

Instrument, Bank & Preset Parameters
Helpful Hints For Importing Non-ASR Sounds
While we have tried to make this conversion as “smart” as possible, there are some situations
where the ASR-10 cannot fully import a sound, or the conversion is less than complete. The
purpose of this document is to help you identify the reasons why an import is not working, and
to help you to take the steps needed to successfully deal with that situation.
Memory Limitations
Both the Akai and Roland samplers support up to 32 MB of memory, while the ASR-10 supports
up to 16 MB. Obviously not all Akai and Roland sounds will fit into even an expanded ASR-10.
To help compensate for that difference, we have added the ability to import sounds by key range.
When you see in the documentation for the non-ASR sound that it is larger than 16 MB, you
should choose a limited key-range to avoid an incomplete import.
If you are importing multiple sounds, or already have some ASR sounds loaded, you will not
even have the full 16 MB available. We recommend importing larger sounds one at a time to
ensure the most complete import possible.
Here are some of the most common “symptoms” of an incomplete import due to lack of memory,
followed by suoa -rested solutions: - -
SYMPTOM 1 CAUSE SOLUTION
A sound does not play
across the full key range it
should.
A sound is in stereo at the
lower end of the keyboard,
but becomes mono, panned
left at the upper ranges.
The sound is larger than 16 MB.
The ASR-10 imports the left half of a
stereo instrument first, placing it into
Layer 1. When finished, it loads the
right half into Layer 2. It may run out o
memory before completing Layer 2.
A sound does not play
across the full velocity
range.
A sound doesn’t load in at
all, displaying the “IMPORT
INCOMPLETE” - “OUT OF
MEMORY messaae.
The ASR-10 switches velocity at the
layer level. Since it imports into Layer
1 first, Layer 2 second, it may have
run out of memory before getting to
the higher layer containing the
velocity-switched data needed.
It may be a single wavesample that
exceeds the 16 MB memory limit (a
very rare situation).
A sound loads in quickly,
then doesn’t sound when
played.
Sometimes Roland CD-ROMs will use
a file location to place a message to
be read only. It doesn’t actually
contain anv sound data.
1) Use it as is.
2) Re-import it using a smaller keyrange.
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1) Delete Layer 2 and edit Layer l’s panning
to be 00 (center), instead of +99 (hard
1
2)
zz:ng a limited key range.
Delete the entire Instrument and re-import
1) Use it as is, editing the velocity ranges of
the layers to cover the full velocity range.
This may involve deciding new velocity
split points for each layer, or using a single
(or dual stereo) layer(s) to cover the full
velocity range 000-127. Either way, you
should delete any incomplete layers.
2) Delete the entire Instrument and re-import 1
/So;sing a limited key range.
Don’t load these text files.
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