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find where the separate file is in order to load it. Below are the ways this is accomplished
by the supported formats.
Absolute Paths
Formats Who Use this Method: EXS-24, HALion
These control files store a complete absolute path to the sample. An absolute path
looks something like this: c:\Program Files\My Kazoo Samples\hohner.wav.
Relative Paths
Formats Who Use this Method: None
These control files store relative paths, which look like this: ..\..\My Kazoo
Samples\hohner.wav. This means “from the control file, go up two folders, then
descend to this file”.
Fixed Location Folder
Formats Who Use this Method: Akai S-5000, Emulator X, Proteus X
These formats simply assume that the sample is in the same folder as the control file,
or, in the case of the Emulator X, they must be in a folder called SamplePool that is in
the same folder as the control file.
Mac Catalog/FSSpec Reference
Formats Who Use this Method: HALion
Mac-oriented files, such as HALion files, use the Mac-format disk system to locate their
sample files (this is called Catalog Searching, using a FSSpec, but never mind that for
now).
Monolithic Files
Formats Who Use this Method: GigaStudio, Emu E3/E3x/ESi
These files store the samples within the Program files, thus the samples are always in
the files and do not need “locating.”
Special Notes
Akai S-1000/3000: This uses separate sample files within its own proprietary format,
and it is possible for a Program to reference missing samples, but not usually.
When the File Converter encounters the Separate File For Samples Method, it uses the
control file’s reference to find the sample and expects it to be there. If it is not, the File
Converter will still write the reference in Emulator X’s .exb file, pointing to an empty
location so you may fill it in later manually within the Emulator X .exb file.
Combining Dual-Mono Samples into Stereo Files
Many formats do not support single Stereo files, so they simulate stereo by using two
separate files (commonly they were sampled in simultaneously in true stereo imaging),
layering them, and panning one hard left and the other hard right. Commonly they are
named with the same sample/file name plus a “-L” and “-R”.
The File Converter will automatically look for samples like this and combine them
when possible. On the whole, every instance will be combined, but there are a couple
reasons when they will not be. Below are the specific qualifications necessary when
combining dual mono files into Emulator X stereo files.
Naming: The ends of the samples must have the same name including spaces, plus the
endings of the sample names need to be similarly formatted with a “L” and “R”.
Examples: “-L” and “-R”, “L” and “R”, “(L)” and “(R)”, etc.
13 - Appendix
The Emulator X File Converter
E-MU Systems 301