Specifications

NN-19 SAMPLER
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About Audio File Formats
The NN-19 can read audio files in the following formats:
• Wave (.wav)
• AIFF (.aif)
• SoundFonts (.sf2)
• REX file slices (.rex2, .rex, .rcy)
• Any sample rate and practically any bit depth.
! If you want the files to play back with their original bit depth - if
higher than 16-bits - make sure to activate “Use High Resolution
Samples” on the General page in the Preferences dialog. Other-
wise, samples will be played back as 16-bit files in NN-19 regard-
less of their original bit depth. See the Getting Started book for
more details.
Wave and AIFF are the standard audio file formats for the PC and Mac plat-
forms, respectively. Any audio or sample editor, regardless of platform, can read
and create audio files in at least one of these formats.
SoundFonts are an open standard for wavetable synthesized audio, developed
by E-mu systems and Creative Technologies.
REX files are music loops created in the ReCycle program (see below). The NN-
19 lets you either load REX files as patches or separate slices from REX files as
individual samples.
About the Sample Patch format
Reason’s Sample Patch format (.smp), is based on either Wave or AIFF files, but
includes all the NN-19 associated parameter settings as well.
D The audio files may be stereo or mono. Stereo audio files are
shown with a “S” symbol beside its name in the display.
Loading a Sample Patch
When you create a new NN-19 device, it is empty. That is, the “Init patch” in the
NN-19 does not contain any samples. For NN-19 to produce sound, you need to
load either a sample patch, or a sample.
A patch contains “everything”. All the samples, assigned key zones, and associ-
ated panel settings will be loaded. Loading a sample patch is done using the
patch browser, just like in all other devices that use Patches.
Open the folder that contains the NN-19 patch you wish to load, select it and
click open.
Loading REX Files as Patches
REX Files are files created in the ReCycle program. This is an application cre-
ated by Propellerhead Software, used for slicing up music loops and enabling
them to be played back in any tempo. In Reason, REX files are primarily used in
the Dr. Rex loop player, but they can be used in the NN-19 as well. Possible ex-
tensions are “.rx2”, “.rcy” and “.rex”.
When loading a REX file, each slice in the file is assigned to one key, chromati-
cally. All parameters are set to default settings.
When using REX files in the DR. 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-
19 requires a few extra steps.
1. Use the patch browser to load the REX file into an NN-19 sampler.
2. Create a Dr. Rex loop player and load the same REX file in to this
device.
3. Use the To Track feature on the Dr. Rex to create playback data (a
group) on the track assigned to the Dr. Rex.
4. Move that group to the track that plays the NN-19 and play it back
from there.
5. Delete the Dr. Rex loop player.