Sampling Operating Mode; Entering And Exiting The Sampling Mode; The Record (Sampling) Procedure - Korg PA1X User Manual

Sampling operating mode

Pa1X includes a full-featured sampler, with powerful tools for
creating (a) new sounds and (b) rhythm patterns, based on
audio grooves.
New Sounds. Sampling allows you to create new sounds, by
recording from an external source connected to Pa1X Audio
Inputs, or by loading files from disk. Pa1X can read common
formats, like WAV and AIFF files, Korg Trinity and Triton Sam-
ples, Korg Trinity and Triton Multisamples, Korg Triton Pro-
grams, and Akai™ S1000 and S3000 Samples and Programs.
To be used, Samples must then be assigned to a Multisample or a
Drum Kit. A Multisample allows you to arrange samples into
separate zones of the keyboard. Drum Kits allows you to assign a
different sample to each note of the keyboard, with up to six
dynamic layers per note.
Multisamples can then be assigned to Sounds. Sounds created
with this function can be used as any ordinary Sound, and
assigned to any track.
The Load Sample function allows you to read samples (Korg
".KSF", Akai® ".S1" or ".S3", ".AIFF" and ".WAV") from disk. The
Import function allows to read multisamples (Korg ".KMP" and
Akai® ".P1" or ".P3") from Korg Trinity and Triton, or Akai
S1000 or S3000 disks. Programs (".PCG" files) can be imported
from Korg Triton disks, and converted to Sounds.
Note: Akai data can only be importeed from CD.
You can also use the Export function to export samples (".KSF")
and multisamples (".KMP") in Korg proprietary format.
Audio Grooves. Another powerful feature of the Sampling mode
is the Time Slice. This feature lets you add realism to MIDI
tracks, by using sampled patterns as the rhythm track of a Style.
Cycling rhythm samples, or audio grooves, can be "sliced" into
separate percussive instruments. Combined with MIDI tracks,
the "sliced" audio groove can be kept in sync with the Tempo,
and can play slower or faster than the original groove.
Note: Sampling is only available on instruments with the hard
disk installed.
Warning: When loading a ".SET" folder containing Sounds associ-
ated with PCM data, all existing PCM data in memory are deleted.
Save them before loading the folder, by selecting the "PCM" option
during a Save All operation (see "Saving the full memory content"
on page 265).
To see if a ".SET" folder contains PCM data, open it and look for a
"PCM" folder.
Note: When entering the Sampling mode, samples are automati-
cally loaded from the (hidden) PCM folder on the hard disk. This
may take some time before this mode becomes operative.
Note: No sound will be heard when you first enter the Sampling
mode.
Note: Some demo audio grooves can be found on the Korg Pa1X
web site (www.korgpa.com).
Sampling operating mode

Entering and exiting the Sampling mode

Entering and exiting the Sampling mode
• While in Sound mode, press the RECORD button to enter in
Sampling mode.
• While in Sampling mode, press the RECORD button to exit the
Sampling mode, and return to the Sound mode.

The Record (Sampling) procedure

Here is a short overview of a typical sampling procedure.
1. With the MASTER VOLUME slider set to zero, connect the
source to be sampled to one or both the Audio Inputs on
the rear of the Pa1X. When the source has been connected,
raise the MASTER VOLUME slider to a position other than
zero.
2. Adjust the source volume.
• If recording from the MIC input, adjust the input level of
the Pa1X using the GAIN knob next to the Audio Input
connectors.
• If recording from the line inputs, adjust the source output
level. If possible, set its output level to the maximum.
Watch at the AUDIO IN LED to check the input level. Ide-
ally, the LED should turn to red only on signal peaks, and
should usually stay orange (green means too low an input
signal).
3. Press the SOUND button to enter the Sound mode, then
press RECORD to enter the Record page.
4. Use the "Record Mode" parameter to select the audio input
to be sampled.
5. If you can, first start the source to be recorded, then press
the Record button in the display to start recording.
As an alternative, press the Record button in the display,
and immediately start the source to be recorded.
6. Press the Record button in the display again to stop record-
ing. When the memory is full, the sampling automatically
stops. A maximum of 10.9 seconds is allowed for each sam-
ple.
7. Play the keyboard to listen to the sampled sound.
8. If you are not satisfied with the recorded sound, press the
Record button in the display again, to repeat recording.
Press Record again to stop recording. A new sample will be
automatically created.
9. When finished sampling your sound, you can either save it,
or (if it is an audio groove) continue editing it with the
Time Slice function.
• To save the sample, select the Write command from the
page menu. The Write Sample dialog box will appear (see
"Write Sample dialog box" on page 226). Assign a name to
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