User Sample Banks; Overview; Saving User Sample Banks - Korg kronos Operation Manual

Sampling (Open Sampling System)

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 duplicating samples 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 samples
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 access Virtual 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 Sampling Mode or as a User
Sample Bank. (For more information, see "User Sample
Bank IDs" on page 165.)

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 disks
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 everything from Sampling Mode, and keeps the
KSC file clean by not saving links to EXs or other User
Sample Banks.
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.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 Drumsamples.
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 that .KSC as a User Sample Bank.
For more information, see "Creating and saving .KSC files"
on page 175.
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 User 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 button.
A confirmation dialog appears.
4. Press OK to confirm.
All sample data will be un-loaded, except for the ROM
banks.
6. Set Sampling Mode Data Options to All.
7. Leave Force new User Sample Bank ID un-checked
(off).
8. Give the KSC file a descriptive name.
9. 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.