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Read root key from pop-up menu: Sets the method used by EXS24 mkII to determine the root
key or velocity (or both) of loaded audio files. You can choose from the following:
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File/filename: Initially reads information about the root key/velocity from the audio file itself
(in the header of the AIFF or WAV file) when loading it into a zone. If no information of this
type exists in the file header, a smart analysis of the filename may detect a root key/velocity.
If this second method doesn’t provide useful results, C3 is used as the default root key in
the zone.
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Filename/file: As above, but the filename is read before the header.
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Filename only: Reads from the filename only. If no root key/velocity information exists, C3 is
automatically assigned to the zone as the root key.
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File only: Reads from the file header only. If no root key/velocity information exists, C3 is
automatically assigned to the zone as the root key.
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File/Filename/Analysis: Initially reads information about root key/velocity from the audio
file itself (in the header of the AIFF or WAV file). If no information of this type exists in the
file header, a smart analysis of the filename may detect a root key/velocity. If this method
doesn’t provide useful results, the initial transient in the file itself is analyzed for velocity and
is applied as the velocity. The root key is derived from the initial pitch. C3 is automatically
assigned to the zone as the root key if no pitch is detected.
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Filename/File/Analysis: As above, but the filename is read before the header.
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Analysis only: Analyzes the file only and applies a velocity based on the initial transient level.
The root key is derived from the initial pitch. C3 is automatically assigned to the zone as the
root key if no pitch is detected.
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Root Key at File Name Position pop-up menu: Normally, EXS24 mkII intelligently determines the
root key from the file header of the loaded audio file. On occasion you may want manual
control over this parameter, if you feel that the root key is not being properly determined.
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Auto: Provides a smart analysis of numbers and keys from the filename. A number in the
filename can be recognized, regardless of its format—60 or 060 are both valid. Other valid
numbers can range between 21 and 127. Numerical values outside of these are generally just
version numbers. A key number is also a valid possibility for this use—C3, C 3, C_3, A-1, A-1
or #C3, C#3, for example. The possible range is C-2 up to G8.
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Numeric value: There may be cases where a sound designer has used multiple numbers
in a filename, which is common with loops, with one value being used to indicate
tempo—“loop60-100.wav,” for example. In this situation, it isn’t clear which, if either, of the
numbers indicates a root key or something else: 60 or 100 could indicate the file number
in a collection, tempo, root key, and so on. You can set a value of 8 to read the root key at
position (letter/character) eight of the filename—namely, the 100 (E6). Alternatively, setting a
value of 5 selects the 60 (C3) as the root key position.
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