Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

EXS24 mkII zone parameters
The zone parameters provide extensive control over each zone, or sample, in your
sampler instrument.
Zone parameters
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Zone Name field: Displays the zone name. New zones are automatically assigned a consecutive
number. Click a zone number to enter a name.
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Audio File menu: Displays the audio filename. Move the pointer over a name to reveal a help
tag with additional information, such as format, bit depth, sample rate, and so on. To display
the full file path in the help tag, press Command before the help tag appears. Click the arrow
to open a shortcut menu that contains the following commands:
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Load Audio Sample: Opens a dialog where you can select an audio file. Default key
command: Control-F.
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Open in Audio File Editor: Opens the selected sample in the Logic Pro Audio File Editor (or
the sample editor chosen in the Open External Sample Editor preference). Default key
command: Control-W.
Note: This command is available only when Destructive audio editing is enabled in your host
application preferences.
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Reveal in Finder: Shows the full path of the loaded audio file in the Finder.
Tip: Double-click the name of a sample in the Audio File > Name column to open the
audio file in the Logic Pro Audio File Editor. When no audio file is loaded, the audio file
selector opens.
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Pitch fields: Key determines the root note of the sample—in other words, the note at which
the sample will sound at its original pitch. Use the Coarse and Fine fields to tune the sample in
semitone/cent increments.
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Volume field: Adjusts the overall output level of the zone.
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Pan field: Adjusts the pan position of the zone. This parameter works only when EXS24 mkII is
used in stereo.
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Scale field: Balances the level of a sample across the selected key range. A negative value
makes lower notes softer than higher notes; positive values have the opposite effect.
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Output menu: Determines the outputs used by the zone. Choices include the main outputs,
and paired channels 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, or individual outputs 11 through 16.
This allows individual zones to be routed independently to aux channel strips (in a multioutput
EXS24 mkII instance).
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Key Range fields: The two key range parameters allow you to define a key range for the zone.
Playing notes outside this range does not trigger the sample assigned to this zone.
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Lo: Sets the lowest note for the zone.
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Hi: Sets the highest note for the zone.
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Pitch checkbox: Click to change the sample pitch when triggered by different keys. When
disabled, the sample is always played at its original pitch, regardless of the note played.
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