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Sampling
The EX Sample mode lets you “sample” sounds via a microphone or line source which can be
used in AWM voice elements (samples are assigned to voice elements via the Voice Edit OSC
display — page 80), or mapped to individual keys of the keyboard in the Key Map mode (page 72).
It is also possible to sample directly from the internal EX tone genator system, so you can
sample sounds and phrases for Key Mapping, for example, without requiring any external
equipment at all. The Sample mode also includes a range of wave editing features which can be
used to “fine tune” your samples for optimum sound.
During use samples are kept in the internal wave RAM memory. The EX5, EX5R, and EX7 are
supplied with a 1-megabyte wave memory which can be expanded up to 65 megabytes by
installing optional SIMM memory modules (page 278). An additional 8 megabytes of non-
volatile flash memory becomes available for sample storage if the optional EXFLM1 Flash
Memory Board is installed (page 278). Sampled waveforms can be saved to floppy disk, or to
an external storage device via the optional ASIB1 SCSI Interface (page 278). Wave files in
standard WAV, AIFF, or AKAI format produced using other equipment can also be loaded via
the Disk mode Load Wave function (page 266) and used by the EX5, EX5R, and EX7.
Setting Up and Sampling From an External Source
■Connecting the Source
The first step in setting up for sampling from an external source is to connect your source —
microphone or line — to the EX5, EX5R, or EX7. If you will be using a single microphone, connect
it to the L/MONO A/D INPUT jack on the EX5 or EX5R (the EX7 only has a single A/D INPUT
jack). If you will be using a pair of microphones with the EX5 or EX5R, connect them to the
L/MONO and R A/D INPUT jacks. Standard dynamic microphones with an impedance of about
150 ohms are recommended (the EX instruments do not support phantom-powered condenser
microphones).
AWM Waves
1~1024 Preset Samples
1~1484
DRAM (volatile)
1~1024
FLASH (non-volatile; option)
1~1024
Sampling
Load from a
commercially
available disk
8MB
(EXFLM1)
1MB (can be
expanded up
to 65MB)
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