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Loading SoundFonts
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.
Loading SoundFonts is no different from loading NN-XT Patches. As with NN-19 Patches, the NN-XT does its best
to map all the SoundFont settings to NN-XT parameters.
You can load SoundFont presets
by using the patch browser, and single SoundFont samples by using the sample
browser.
Loading complete REX files as Patches
REX files are music loops created in the ReCycle program or when editing audio clips inline in Reason (see “Bounce
Clip to REX Loop”). In Reason, REX files are primarily used in the Dr. Octo Rex loop player, but they can be used in
the NN-XT as well. Possible extensions are “.rx2”, “.rcy” and “.rex”.
1. Click the Browse Patch button on the front panel to set browse focus to the NN-XT device.
2. Navigate to the folder that contains the REX loop you wish to load, select it and click Load in the Browser.
D Alternatively, drag a REX loop from the Browser and drop it on the NN-XT device in the rack.
The panel is dimmed in orange and the Patch Replace symbol appears in the center.
When loading a REX file, each slice in the file is assigned to one key, chromatically, starting from C1. All parame-
ters are set to their default settings.
When using REX files in the Dr. Octo Rex loop player, it is possible to make a track play the slices in order to recreate
the original loop. To do the same in the NN-XT requires a few extra steps.
1. Use the Browser to load the REX file into an NN-XT sampler.
2. Create a Dr. Octo Rex loop player and load the same REX file into a Loop Slot of this device.
3. Use the Copy Loop To Track feature on the Dr. Octo Rex to create playback data (a group) on the track as-
signed to the Dr. Octo Rex.
4. Move that group to the track that plays the NN-XT and play it back from there.
5. Delete the Dr. Octo Rex loop player.