Korg Kronos X - User Sample Banks

Sampling (Open Sampling System)
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User Sample Banks
Overview
UserSampleBanksbringthebenefitsofEXstoyour
ownsamplelibraries.Youcanloadandplaygigabytes
ofyourcustomorconvertedsamplesatonce,using
VirtualMemory.Diskandmemorymanagementis
easy:youcancreatesubsetsofUserSampleBanks,and
mixandmatchpartsofdifferentbanks,without
duplicat
ingsam
plesondisk.
It’salsoeasytosharesoundswithfriendsand
collaborators,sinceProgramsmaintainlinkstoUser
SampleBanksevenwhensamplesaremovedondisk
orloadedontodifferentsystems.
Sampling Mode and User Sample Banks
SamplingModeandUserSampleBanksaretwo
differentwaystoworkwithyoursampledata,andyou
canswitchbackandforthbetweenthetwoas
necessary.
SamplingModeletsyoucreateandeditSamplesand
Multisamples.However,itdoesn’thaveaccessto
VirtualMemory.WhenloadedasaUserSampleBank
,
thesam
plesaremorelikeEXs;theycanaccessVirtual
Memory,buttheycan’tbeedited.
•UseSamplingModetocreateandedityour
SamplesandMultisamples,ortoimportsounds
fromAkaiandSoundFont2.0formats.
•Whenyou’redoneediting,loadthedataasaUser
SampleBankinordertoac
cessVi
rtualMemory.
•Atanytime,youcanloadthesampledatainto
SamplingModeagain,toedittheexistingdataor
addmoreSamplesorMultisamples.
Programs,WaveSequences,andDrumKitswill
rememberwhichMultisamplesandSamplestheyuse,
regardlessofwhetherthedataisloadedintoSampli
ng
ModeorasaUserSampleBank.(Formore
information,see“UserSampleBankIDs”onpage 156.)
.KSC files
KSCstandsforKorgSampleCollection..KSCfiles
containlinkstoSamplingMode,EXs,and/orUser
SampleBankdata,includingMultisamples,Samples,
andDrumSamples.Loadinga.KSCfileloadsallofthe
linkeddata.
Ifa.KSCincludeslinkstoSamplingModedata,other
.KSCfilescanlinktoth
at.KSCasaUserSampleBank.
Formoreinformation,see“Creatingandsaving.KSC
files”onpage 165.
Freeing up space in RAM
TocreateandeditdataforUserSampleBanks,you’ll
useSamplingMode.Ifyou’reworkingwithavery
largesetofsamples,youmaywishtofreeupRAMby
temporarilyun‐loadingallothersampledata.
Important:thiswillclearalldatafromSampling
Mode,aswellasun‐loadingallEXsandUs
erSample
Bankdata.Ifyouhaveanyun‐savededitstodatain
SamplingMode,makesurethatyousavetodisk
beforeproceeding!
TofreeallRAMforusebySamplingMode:
1. GotheKSCAuto‐Loadpage.
2. Un‐checkallselectedKSCfiles.
3. PresstheDoAuto‐LoadNowbu
tton.
Aconfirmationdialogappears.
4. PressOKtoconfirm.
Allsampledatawillbeun‐loaded,exceptfortheROM
banks.
Saving User Sample Banks
SavingaKSCfilewhichincludesSamplingModedata
automaticallycreatesaUserSampleBank.Todoso:
1. CreateyourownsetofsamplesinSampling
Mode,loadpreviouslycreatedsamples,orload
samplesfromAkaiorSoundFont2.0formats.
2. InDiskmode,gototheSavepage.
3. Selecttheinternaldisk(ifyouhavetwointernal
disk
sinstalled,selecteitherone).
YoucanalsosavetoaUSBstoragedevice,butinorder
toworkasaUserSampleBank,thefilesmustbeonan
internalSSD.
4. Inthemenu,selecttheSaveSamplingData
command.
5. SettheIncludeparametertoSamplingModeData.
Thissavesev
erythingfromSamplingMode,andkeeps
theKSCfilecleanbynotsavinglinkstoEXsorother
UserSampleBanks.
6. SetSamplingModeDataOptionstoAll.
7. GivetheKSCfileadescriptivename.
8. PressOKtosavethefile.
That’sit!You’venowsavedaUserSampleBanktothe
disk
.Touseit,you’llneedtoloaditasdescribedbelow.
Saving creates two KSC files
WhenyousaveaKSCwhichincludesSamplingMode
data,twoKSCfilesarecreated:
•AKSCwiththenameyou’vespecified,which
includestheactualSamplesandMultisamplesfrom
SamplingMode.
•AsecondKSCwhichincludeslinkstothefirst
KSC’sSamplingModeData,withLoadMethodset
toVirtualMemory.Thenam
eforthisKS
Cisthe
nameyou’vespecifiedfollowedbythetext