User Manual

NN-19 SAMPLER
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Loading SoundFont samples
The SoundFont format was developed by E-mu systems in collaboration with Creative Technologies. It is a standard-
ized data format containing wavetable synthesized audio and information on how it should be played back in wavet-
able synthesizers - typically on audio cards. The SoundFont format is an open standard so there is a vast amount of
SoundFont banks and SoundFont compatible banks developed by third parties.
The samples in a SoundFont are stored hierarchically in different categories: User Samples, Instruments, Presets etc.
The NN-19 allows you to browse for and load single SoundFont samples, but
not entire soundfonts.
1. Click the Browse Sample button, select a SoundFont file (.sf2) in the Browser and open it.
The Browser opens the SoundFont and displays the folders within it.
2. Select the folder “Samples” and open it.
This folder contains a number of samples which can be loaded like any other sample.
3. Select the desired sample and load it by clicking the Load button in the Browser.
The sample is loaded and assigned a key zone range that spans the entire keyboard. You can now make settings
for it as with any other sample.
D Alternatively, drag a sample file from the Browser and drop it on the NN-19 device in the rack.
The panel is dimmed in blue and a Sample Replace symbol appears in the center.
Loading REX slices as samples
A slice is a snippet of sound in a REX File.
1. To import a REX slice, click the Browse Sample button (see above), browse to a REX file and open it as if it
was a folder.
The Browser will then display the slices as files inside that “folder”.
2. Select the desired REX slice and load it by clicking the Load button in the Browser.
The REX slice is loaded and assigned a key zone range that spans the entire keyboard. You can now make set-
tings for it as with any other sample.
D Alternatively, drag REX slice from the Browser and drop it on the NN-19 device in the rack.
The panel is dimmed in blue and a Sample Replace symbol appears in the center.
In the rest of this manual, when we refer to importing samples, all that is said applies to REX slices as well.
Creating Key Zones
A “key zone” is a range of keys, that plays a sample. All key zones together make up a “key map”.
To create a new key zone, the following methods can be used:
D Select “Split Key Zone” from the Edit or context menus.
This splits the currently selected key zone in the middle. The new zone is the upper half of the split, and is empty.
The dividing point has a “handle” above it, see “Setting the Key Zone Range” below for a description.