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EXS Preset copy paste apply etc

EXS Preset copy paste apply etc

2006-11-28 by remixvillain

Message posted by remixvillain <remixvillain@...>:

Does anyone have an idea if this is possible or point where the hell this is
in the manual, i would appreciate it...
if you load sample preset into EXS, and tweak the LFO and parameters of EXS
but want to change the sample,
it doesn't seem to support applying a "parameter preset"
To make it clearer, if you load up a sine wave (or whatever preset) into EXS
and change attack, filter and LFO
to your taste, and then decide you need a square wave sound, is there a way
to take the tweaked
settings I made with the sine wave preset and apply the parameter changes to
the
square wave preset?


Thanks very much in advance.

Re: EXS Preset copy paste apply etc

2006-11-28 by Joe Albano

From: "remixvillain" forums@... lug_forums:

>  Does anyone have an idea if this is possible or point where the hell
>  this is in the manual, I would appreciate it.. If you load sample preset
>  into EXS, and tweak the LFO and parameters of EXS but want to change the
>  sample, it doesn't seem to support applying a "parameter preset". To make
>  it clearer, if you load up a sine wave (or whatever preset) into EXS
>  and change attack, filter and LFO to your taste, and then decide you
>  need a square wave sound, is there a way to take the tweaked settings
>  I made with the sine wave preset and apply the parameter changes
>  to the square wave preset? Thanks very much in advance.

Well, in your example you could just replace the sine wave with a 
square wave in the EXS Edit window and Save As a new instrument, but 
I assume you might also want to do this with more complex Sampler 
Instruments without having to go through the hassle of using the EXS 
Edit window.. This question comes up periodically - here's a post I 
made a while back that explains how to do it..

First off, you need to be clear on the two different ways to store 
parameter settings in EXS..

- Parameters can be set and saved to the Instrument preset (saved via 
the "Save settings to instrument" in the Options menu on the right 
side of the EXS GUI, and accessed from the big, central pulldown menu 
in the EXS GUI)..

- The same parameter settings can be saved as a "Setting", from the 
small pulldown menu on the upper left of the EXS GUI. You'll need to 
use Settings to do what you want..

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When you save an EXS "Setting" it's attached to the Instrument 
(complete with samples) that it references, so when you load the 
Setting the Instrument/Samples are also automatically loaded. To 
apply a Setting to a *different* Instrument, you have to do the 
following..

- Save a Setting you want to re-use (Let's call it Setting A)
- Load up a different Instrument you want to apply that Setting to
- In the Options submenu (right side EXS GUI) choose the menu option
    "Delete settings from instrument"
- Choose "Save instrument as" from the same submenu and give it a new
    name (let's call it Instrument A)
- Load Setting A - this will blow out the Instrument you just saved
    (Instrument A), but that's ok
- Now load Instrument A. Normally this would blow out the Setting
    and Instrument currently loaded, but since you just saved Instrument A
    with no settings, only the Instrument will be blown out, and the new
    Setting (Setting A) will remain loaded along with Instrument A
- Now you can save the settings from Setting A to Instrument A
    via the EXS GUI Options submenu with "Save settings to instrument"
- You can also save this new Instrument A with Setting A as a new Setting,
    with "Save Setting as" from the Settings submenu (left side EXS GUI) -
    this will create a Setting which references/loads Instrument A

It's a bit of a kludge, but it's much easier to do than to describe - 
once you get the routine down it's pretty quick.. Perhaps someday 
Apple will implement the ability to save/load or copy/paste *just* a 
Setting without its associated Instrument, which would make this 
process a little less ass-backward.. ;-)

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Cheers, Joe Albano
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