emusonacid! legacy

Try to handle your Layer- Sounds via " Voices " in one Preset. Much better editing . ( Groups import/export Voices etc ) . Refered the Manual for more Details.

The features you need are COMBINE (page 320 Manual) and COPY(page 315 Manual)

COMBINE
Make sure the desired multisample is combined into the same group by hitting the preset edit button
Then hit F2 (Sample Zone) followed by F5 (Combine)
Now when you select the copy command the whole multisample range is copied to the destination preset

COPY (Adding the multisamples to the destination preset)
While in preset edit mode Select the preset you wish to copy
Highlight G1(Group 1)
Hit F1 (Utilities)
Hit F4 (Copy) and place source preset into destination preset
Change the group number of the newly added multisample set to group 2

By changing the group number you can now individually alter pan, volume, transpose chorus, slide filter etc of either multisample set.
Then just export the newly created preset and this will save only the needed samples from the samplers current memory, and it will ignore ones not used in the preset

This took me a while to learn, I hope it helps

Re the layer option
I always combine, copy, layer my presets then and save my stacks as they load back in the same way as I exported them. There may be other ways but this method works well for me. I also often stack 3 or 4 copies of the same preset, assign them to different group numbers then apply different pan settings and add the following cord ...

Source - LFO2 -------- Destination - fine pitch --------- Amount - 7 ( or whatever)

Set LFO 2 Sync to free run and set different rates for each group (to ensure each group has a different LFO detune rate)
Maybe Xpose one of the groups up or down 12 semitones
Maybe set different chorus amounts on some groups
Offset the sample starts of each group by different amounts ( to stop phase cancelation)
You can find sample offset by highlighting G ( Group) ..... f5 ( Edit Group).... F2 (Tuning)......page2 tuning has Start Offset
You can get some super thick sounds this way.

No F5 option
If you do not get the F5 option it is for 2 reasons....

1. Your curser is not on the G1 ( group 1) area
2. It's already combined

Get out of layer mode!

Combine does not combine layers it simply combines a presets multisamples into one group ready to copy into another existing preset.
It's copying the group to a destination preset that stacks the voices
Make sure you then select the destination preset to hear the results......

eg preset 001 Strings 1 copy to Preset 007 Synth Strings
Select Preset 007 it should now contain 2 groups Strings and Synth Strings.

Stick with the EMU it took me about a year of reading and poking around to master it, but it is so worth it with the fab filters and it has a modular architecture under the hood so the possibilities are almost limitless

monsterjazzlicks wrote:Hi JF,

Ok, i pressed PRESET MANAGE, whist on Trumpet 001, then F4 COPY, then i selected DESTINATION PRESET which is Violin 002. Then it asks me if i want to OVERWRITE PRESET Trumpet ?? The only option here is to press OK (or abort the execution). Then i can RENAME the PRESET (eg. 'Tumpet & Violin').

The end result is that the Violin 002 is overwritten with Trumpet 001

Paul

Yep you need to be in PRESET EDIT mode, and have the group number you want to copy highlighted

What you are doing wrong is copying a preset in Preset manage and this will overwrite the preset destination with a copy of the selected preset.
Whereas in PRESET EDIT mode it ADDS the preset!

REMEMBER you are EDITING a preset, not MANAGING your presets

Thats great JaFunk ta. Works perfect !!

Now you can do this it would be possible to build presets that are layered
Just remember to set a different GROUP number for each layer and you can easily balance all the levels, pan, split points etc
Then EXPORT this newly created preset

Consider this as you read my never say never reply in your midi volume question.

When you say EXPORT, do you just mean SAVE ??

Just want to ge sure i am hearing you right.

Cheers.

No Export is different to save (read the Manual)

JAHFUNK wrote:No Export is different to save (read the Manual)

Ok, i see now. Export lets you keep the original Preset where it is, and store the modified Preset to another Bank. Cheers.