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Define a “base” group and switch between groups with MIDI notes
If you want EXS24 mkII to automatically switch between two string sample groups, for
example—one for staccato samples and one for legato samples—you could set the Select Group
By menu to MIDI notes, and assign a different MIDI note to trigger each group. You can then use
a note that is not triggering a sound as a remote group switch.
The following assumes that several groups already exist. See Create EXS24 mkII groups.
1 Click the Groups view button, then choose the Select Group By command from the View menu.
The Select Group By fields are displayed in the Group view.
2 Choose Note in the pop-up menu shown in the Type column for the first group you want
to switch.
This is the base group. The default note number is C-2, shown in the No. column field.
3 Drag vertically in the No. column field to change the note number of the base group.
This should be a note that has no assigned zone. When you play this note, this group is
selected—all other groups are unselected.
4 Choose Note from the pop-up menu shown in the Type column for the second group you want
to switch.
5 Drag vertically in the No. column field to change the note number of the second group.
This should be a note that has no assigned zone. When you play this note, the second group is
selected—all other groups are unselected.
Refine group selection conditions
You can use multiple group selection criteria to refine your group selections. For example,
you could specify that only a particular range of specified controller message values switches
between different articulations, for example. This could be further refined with a second Select
Group By selection with MIDI channel specified as the group selection criteria.
Do one of the following:
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Click the plus sign in the upper-right corner of the Select Group By column.
Select Group By (2) fields are displayed in the Group view.
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Click the minus sign to remove a Select Group By condition and to broaden the group
selection criteria.
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