Instrument Notes; Flexible Kit Variations - E-Mu PX-7 Owner's Manual

Instrument
Notes

Flexible Kit Variations

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Note: The 4th layer may
or may not be the same as the
HOT layer instrument earlier,
depending on the kit.
This PX-7 drum ROM represents a dramatic departure from any ROM we
have created previously. Instead of trying to pack as many tiny samples into
32 MB of space, we decided to offer fewer, more realistic acoustic drum kits.
The samples were recorded at 24-bit, 48kHz with several mics, mixed to
stereo, then converted to 16-bit and mixed to mono. Each drum was
sampled at a myriad of velocities. We preserved those velocity levels and
picked the best matches to create instruments that had velocity switches
built in. Some components are 8 samples deep! The results are drum kits
with real room ambience and unequalled expressiveness.
We've provided lots of different ways to create new kits based on existing
instruments. We'll use the "Bread n Butter" kit as an example. Each of the
other five acoustic kits follow the basic template.
003 kit:Bread & Butter- This is a complete kit with all velocity-switch
layers built in. This kit is presented as an all in one instrument, including hi
hats and generic general MIDI percussion below B0 and above F3.
008 kit:B&B No Hats- This is the same kit as 003, with nothing on the keys
where the hi hats would be.
009 kit:BnB no GM- This is the same kit without hats or general MIDI
percussion.
018 kit:B&B HOTLayer - This kit presents just the hottest velocity level
layer of the kit without hats or General MIDI percussion.
711 kit:BnBNoGMNoPan - This kit presents the kit without toms panned.
716 kit:BnB No GM v2 - Tis variation provides a different velocity switch
feel for the same instrument based on creating different switch points
between the layers of samples per key. For example, it will be harder to
reach the top velocity in one layout. Various versions follow.
789 kit:BnB Layer 1 - This variation presents only the lowest velocity layer.
790-792 - These kits present three other velocity layers separately so that
you can create your own layering and switching.
780 kit:B&B Clap - D#1 has the GM standard clap on D#1 instead of the
press roll or other cool snare sound we provide usually on D#1.
Appendix

Instrument Notes

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