Saving User Sample Banks - Korg NAUTILUS Series Operation Manual

Sampling (Open Sampling System)

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 MEDIA mode, go to the Save page.
3. Select the internal drive (if you have two internal
drives 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 drive.
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.
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
drive. 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 for EXs and
User Sample Banks set to Virtual Memory. The name for
this KSC is the name you've specified followed by the
text "_UserBank." For instance, if the first KSC is
named BillGig.KSC, the second will be
BillGig_UserBank.KSC. This is the file that you'll load
to access the sample data as a User Sample Bank.
Both files may contain references to other EXs or User
Sample Banks, depending on the setting of the Include
parameter in the Save dialog.
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Saving User Sample Banks: Examples
Revising an existing User Sample Bank
Let's say that you have a set of samples in a User Sample
Bank, and you want to make a few changes to improve or
expand it. You load the data into SAMPLING mode and
perform your edits, such as improving loop points, changing
Multisample mapping, maybe even adding a few related
samples.
When you save your Sampling Data, make sure that the
Force new User Sample Bank ID option is Off (un-
checked). Leaving this un-checked means that the User
Sample Bank retains its identity; any Programs or other
.KSC files which refer to it will continue to function as
expected. For more information, see "User Sample Bank
IDs" on page 156.
Changing an existing User Sample Bank into
something different
You might sometimes load data into SAMPLING mode and
then change a lot of the Samples and Multisamples, so that
it's essentially a new set of sounds. In this case, you'll
probably wish to save the result as a completely new User
Sample Bank—rather than over-writing the original data. To
do this, save your Sampling Data with a different name and
turn On the Force new User Sample Bank ID option. This
ensures that the original User Sample Bank, and any
Programs or KSCs which refer to it, will continue to function
as expected.
If you have Programs, Wave Sequences, etc. that you want to
switch from using the original User Sample Bank to the new
one, use the Remap MS/Sample Banks menu command to
do so (you can find this on the Global Sample Management
page, as well as any page with a Sample/Multisample bank
select parameter).
Note that if you are a normal user (as opposed to a sound
developer creating a file for distribution or sale) and you just
want to add or remove Multisamples or Drumsamples—for
instance, in order to save memory or create a "best of"
KSC—you should NOT do this; instead, see "Creating
combined or stripped-down KSCs," below.