User Manual

NN-XT SAMPLER
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About file formats and REX slices
The NN-XT can import various types of samples:
• Standard Wave files
These have the extension “.wav”. This is the standard audio file format for the PC platform. Any audio or sample
editor, regardless of platform, can read and create audio files in Wave format. Any sample rate and practically any
bit resolution is supported.
• Standard AIFF files
These have the extension “.aif” and this is the standard audio file format for the Mac platform. Again, any audio ed-
itor can read and create audio files in this format. Any sample rate and practically any bit resolution is supported.
• 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.
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 “OK”.
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 open the standard file browser in which you can select a new sample for the zone.
2. Select one and only one sample in the Sample Browser.
If you select more than one sample in the browser the samples you load will not replace the one with edit focus.
They will instead be added below it.