KORG Professional Engineer PA3 - Manual (Page 82)

80 Sampling operating mode
The Record (Sampling) procedure
Recording
Next, you’ll record the sound or audio groove.
1. If you can, start first the source to be recorded, then touch
the Record button in the display to start recording.
As an alternative, touch the Record button in the display,
and immediately start the source to be recorded.
2. Touch the Record button in the display again to stop
recording. When the memory is full, the sampling auto-
matically stops. A maximum of 21.8 seconds is allowed for
each sample.
Note: Stereo and Mono samples have the same sampling
time. This apply only to the editor; memory needed for saving
depends on the actual size of the sampled data.
3. Select a page (tab) different from Record, and play the key-
board to listen to the sampled sound.
4. If you are not satisfied with the recorded sound, return to
the Record page and touch the Record button in the display
again, to repeat recording. Touch Record again to stop
recording. A new sample will be automatically created.
5. When finished sampling your sound, you can save it (see
Step A below). If it is an audio groove, continue editing it
with the Time Slice function (see Step B below).
A) Saving the sample and creating a Sound
You can save the sample, and create a multisample and a Sound
to use it.
1. Select the Write command from the page menu. The Write
Sample dialog box will appear (see “Write Sample dialog
box” on page 92). Assign a name to the new Sample, and
save it to the PCM folder of the internal HD
(KHD_SYSTEM). The samples will be preserved when the
Pa3X is turned off.
Note: The PCM area of the HD can contain up to 128MB of
samples (256MB with the optional EXB-M256 expansion
board). This amount can double using compression (see
“Write” on page 90 and “Compress all samples” on page 92).
2. After saving, you can repeat the recording procedure to
create other samples.
3. When you have recorded and saved all needed samples,
press the MENU button and go to the “Multisample” sec-
tion, to assign the sample(s) to a multisample. Assign each
sample to a different keyboard zone of the multisample.
1. When finished editing the multisample, select the Write
command from the page menu. The Write Multisample
dialog box will appear (see “Write MultiSample dialog box”
on page 92). Assign a name to the new multisample, and
save it to the internal HD (KHD_SYSTEM).
2. Press RECORD to exit the Sampling mode and return to
the Sound mode.
3. You can either use the multisample to create a new Sound,
or the single samples to create a new Drum Kit.
• To access the new multisample, first select an ordinary
Sound. Press MENU and go to the “Basic: OSC Basic” page
(see page 53). Select one of the available layers, then select
the RAM bank of multisamples. Finally, select the new
multisample.
• To access the new sample(s), you must assign them to a
Drum Kit. First select a Drum Kit. Press MENU and go to
the “DrumKit: Sample Setup (Drum Kits)” page (see
page 58). Select a key and a layer, then select the RAM bank
of samples. Finally, select the new samples.
4. Select the Write Sound command from the page menu, and
save the Sound to an empty User location.
5. If you want so, assign the new Sound to a track, then select
the “Write Performance”, “Write Current Style Settings” or
“Write STS” command from the page menu, to save the
Sound to a Performance, Style Settings or STS.
Hint: Drum Kits are better suited for the Drum or Percussion
track. Assign them to the Style Settings.
B) Saving an Audio Groove
After recording an audio groove, you must “slice” it to create a series
of separate percussive samples, a multisample and a MIDI Groove.
1. Go to the Time Slice page. After creating a series of slices,
use the Extend function to refine your groove.
2. Select the Write command from the page menu, to save the
sliced samples, a multisample, a Sound and the MIDI
Groove. Choose one of the User Sound locations. The
Sound, multisample, MIDI Groove and sliced samples are
saved to the internal HD (KHD_SYSTEM).
3. Press RECORD to exit the Sampling mode and return to
the Sound mode.
C) Using the Groove in other Sounds
You can use the same multisample and sliced samples in other
Sounds.
1. To access the new multisample for use in other Sounds, go
to the Sound mode.
2. Select an ordinary Sound. Press MENU and go to the
“Basic: OSC Basic” page (see page 53). Select one of the
available layers, then select the RAM bank of multisamples.
Finally, select the new multisample.
3. Select the Write Sound command from the page menu, and
save the Sound to an empty User location.
D) Using the Groove in Styles or Pads
Sounds based on sliced samples can be used in Styles or Pads.
1. Assign the new Sound to a Style track (preferably, the
Drum or Percussion track) or to a Pad track, then select the
“Save Current Style Perf.” or “Write Pad” command from
the page menu, to save the Style Settings or the Pad.
2. Use the “Import: Import Groove” function in the Style or
Pad Record mode (see page 27 or page 45 of the User’s
Manual) to import the generated MIDI Groove to the Style
track you assigned the new Sound to. By playing this MIDI
Groove with the new Sound, you’ll be able to play the origi-
nal audio groove on the keyboard.