Tutorial
Creating a new Drum Kit from multiple KSF, AIFF or WAVE files

 

Note: only for models including the sampling feature.

First, you must load all needed samples, and save them to the hard disk and internal memory. Then, you must assign the loaded samples to a Drum Kit.

  1. Go to Sampling mode.
  2. Load a sample (page menu > Load Sample). If needed, edit it.
  3. Write the sample (page menu > Write Sample). While in the Write Sample dialog box, assign it to a percussive family. Assign it a name.
  4. Repeat the above for the other samples.
  5. Exit from Sampling. You will go to the Sound mode.
    At this point, samples have been saved into (1) a hidden PCM folder inside the hard disk (used by the Autoload at startup function) and (2) mirrored in the internal RAM memory.
  6. While in Sound mode, select one of the "Empty" User DK locations. (You may also select an existing Factory DK, to start from existing data).
  7. Press MENU, and go to the Drum Kit page.
  8. Assign each of the newly loaded RAM samples to different zones of the keyboard. Please remember to select the RAM bank (instead of the ROM one) before selecting each of the samples, and that there are six velocity layers for each key.
  9. Write the Drum Kit (page menu > Write Sound).

At this point, as seen above, you have samples in (1) a hidden PCM folder inside the hard disk and (2) mirrored in the internal RAM memory. You also have the Drum Kit's header (i.e., the Drum Kit's name and pointers) in the internal SSD memory.

This means that if you turn the instrument off, then on again, samples are deleted from the (volatile) RAM memory, while the Drum Kit's header is still in the (non-volatile) SSD memory.

When you select the Drum Kit, if samples have not been reloaded into the internal RAM memory, it may not actually sound. Samples are automatically reloaded it the Disk > Preferences > PCM Autoload option was selected before turning the Pa1X on.

It it wasn't, you may load them by pressing the Disk > Preferences > Load PCM button.

To move your new DrumKit to a different Pa1X:

  1. Go to Disk > Save.
  2. Select the ALL folder, and press Save To.
  3. Create a new ".SET" folder, by pressing the New ".SET" button.
  4. When the Save dialog box appears, check the "User Sound & DK" and the "PCM" options, to save the DrumKit header and PCM samples into the new SET folder.
  5. Press OK, and select a target location.


The new DrumKit will be saved, together with its samples, into the newly created SET folder.