Specifications

THE BROWSER
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About the Browser
The Browser is a special file dialog that appears when you open songs or load
patches, samples or REX files, from within a ReFill or from regular file folders.
Apart from standard file folder browsing, the browser dialog offers you several
useful functions:
D Search for files by name and/or type - see page 92.
D Use “cross-browsing” to search for patches belonging to any type
of device.
For example, you open the browser from a Subtractor device to browse for a
suitable patch. But instead of limiting the Browser to show only Subtractor
patches, you can chose to browse for any type of instrument patch. If you se-
lect a patch with a different format than the device you “started” browsing
from, the original device will be replaced by the new device. See page 90.
D Create Favorite Lists containing shortcuts to your Favorite files for
instant access.
See page 93.
D Audition instrument patches, audio samples and loops on the fly.
D Save shortcuts to various locations on your local drive(s).
See page 89.
Scream 4
Patch
.sm4 This is a patch for the Scream 4 distortion effect,
containing all panel settings.
REX files .rx2, .rcy or
.rex
REX files are created in another Propellerheads
application, the ReCycle loop editor. They contain
audio loops chopped into slices, with one slice for
each significant beat in the loop. By loading a
REX file into the Dr. Rex Loop Player device, you
can play back the loop in virtually any tempo (with-
out affecting the pitch), manipulate individual
beats in the loop, extract timing info, etc.
Note that you can also load REX files into the
samplers and the Redrum drum machine.
Samples .wav or .aif The NN19 Sampler and the Redrum drum ma-
chine play back samples, in Wave or AIFF format
with support for a large number of resolutions and
sample rates. You can use files of different for-
mats in the same device - one drum sound can be
an 8-bit sample, the next a 16-bit sample, etc.
Soundfont
Bank
.sf2 The Soundfont format was co-developed by E-mu
Systems and Creative Technologies and is used
with many audio cards and software synthesizers.
SoundFont banks store wavetable synthesized
sounds, allowing users to create and edit multi-
sampled sounds in special Soundfont editing pro-
grams. The Soundfonts can then be played back
in wavetable synthesizers, typically on audio
cards, thereby effectively turning an ordinary
sound card into a sampler.
The NN-XT and NN19 Samplers and the Redrum
drum machine allow you to browse and load
Soundfonts. Regardless of which editing program
was used to create them, these banks are simi-
larly and hierarchically organized, with folders for
instruments, presets, samples etc. The NN-XT,
NN19 and the Redrum lets you load individual
samples and presets from a Soundfont bank, but
not the complete Soundfont.
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