User Manual

NN-XT SAMPLER
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4. Select “Automap Zones” from the Edit menu.
All selected zones are automatically arranged into a basic key map. You can now proceed with adjusting the synth
parameters on the front panel to shape the sound!
About file formats and REX slices
The audio file format support differs depending on which computer OS you are using.
The NN-XT can read audio files in the following formats:
•In Windows 7:
.wav, .aif, .mp3, .aac, .m4a and .wma.
• In Mac OSX 10.7:
.wav, .aiff, .3g2, .3gp, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .mpeg, .mpa, .snd, .au, .sd2, .ac3, .aac, .adts, .amr, .caf, .m4a .m4r and .mp4.
• SoundFont samples
This is a standardized data format containing wavetable synthesized audio and information on how it should be
played back in wavetable synthesizers - typically on audio cards. SoundFont banks are hierarchically organized into
different categories: User Samples, Instruments, Presets etc. The NN-XT lets you load single samples from within
a Soundfont bank.
• REX file slices
A slice is a snippet of sound in a REX File (see “Loading complete REX files as Patches”). To import a REX slice,
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”. In the rest of this manual, when we refer to importing samples, all that is said applies to REX slices as well.
• Any sample rate and practically any bit depth.
Adding more samples to the Key Map
You can add additional samples to an existing key map way described above.
1. Make sure that no already loaded sample has edit focus.
If you don’t, there’s a risk that the selected sample will be replaced, see below. To remove the edit focus, click in an
unoccupied area in the Sample column or the key map area.
2. Open the Sample Browser.
3. Select the sample(s) you want to load in the browser and click the “Load” button in the Browser.
D Alternatively, drag one or several sample files from the Browser and drop it on the NN-XT device in the rack.
The panel is dimmed in blue and a Sample Replace symbol appears in the center.
The new sample(s) are added to the key map.
Replacing a sample
To replace the sample in a zone, proceed as follows:
1. Make sure the zone has edit focus and do one of the following:
D Click the Browse Samples button.
D Select Browse Samples from the Edit menu or the NN-XT context menu.
D Double click in the zone.
Any of these methods will set browse focus and open the standard file browser in which you can select new sam-
ples for the zone.