Emulator Composite.book - Creative

11 - From Sample to Preset
Importing Other Sample Formats
7. Select EX Main as the Input. If EX Main doesn’t appear, make sure you’ve loaded
the default Emulator X template in PatchMix DSP. Make sure that the Monitor
button is off (as shown) or you will hear annoying feedback as soon as you play
the Emulator X.
8. Play your MIDI keyboard. You should hear it and see activity on the meters in the
Record Audio dialog box above.
9. Press the red Record button , then start playing.
10. Press the Stop button when you’re finished resampling.
11. Continue to chop and process your samples. See page 262.
Importing Other Sample Formats
Emulator X can import sample formats such as Wave, AIFF, MP3, and REX 2.
Emulator X then automatically builds a preset for you, truncating, looping and placing
the samples on the keyboard.
There are three ways to import samples:
Select Import Samples from the File menu to call up the selection dialog box.
Right-Click with the mouse over the Emulator X icon in the tree, then select
“Import Samples” to call up the selection menu.
Drag and Drop the sample files over the Emulator X icon in the tree.
To Import Samples into the Emulator X
1. When you select “Import Samples”, the following dialog box appears.
2. Locate and select the desired sample files on your computer, then press Open. The
following dialog box appears showing the samples you just selected.
• You can audition a sample by highlighting it and clicking the button. To
stop a sample from playing, click the button.
• If you want a sample to audition whenever you click it, check the Autoplay
box.
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