Korg Kronos/Nautilus & Korg Pa5X can support real stereo samples , all the rest PaSeries are working with
paired L/R separate channels that consume 2 notes of polyphony per one playing note.
Kronos actually recognize left/right channels and create one stereo if samples are identical in duration & loop
points and consume then one note polyphony per stereo sample and preserves advertised polyphony.
Older Pa4X/1000 for instance have a polyphony of 128 notes , but using samples pairing mode of L/R MS then
two notes are consumed per playing note and the real polyphony using a stereo piano is 64 notes !
Pa5X also supports paired stereo samples/multisamples but polyphony will drop to 80 from 160 notes.
Pa5X real stereo imported samples/multisamples are merged to one sample/MS per stereo note so polyphony
of 160 notes is preserved and this is one major upgrade in Pa5X sample engine , 160 vs 64 notes polyphony of Pa4X
in stereo samples , and stereo samples are the 90% of factory sounds in any nowadays arrangers/workstations.
So bear in mind that when you load Pa4X stereo sample resources , your Pa5X's polyphony is downgraded to 80.
Most Pa5X power users have already tried to import Wav stereo samples for time sliced percussion or drumkits
but when you want to create f.e. a real piano you can't waste so many hours to import 88 key samples per velocity
MS and then manually map all of them per multisample velocity layer ... too much time wasting for nothing.
After Pa5X OS v1.3.1 , some issues in sampler engine have been addressed (never clearly announced) , that users
can import ready multisamples of sound libraries that you own or have created by external software samples in the
best SF2 stereo format that Pa5X fully supports now , just importing SF2 files via Sample Edit/import with no more
than 4 velocity layers.
For conversion into SF2 , do not use programs like Awave Studio that export in mono paired multisamples and also
use 16B sampling bit rate and not more than 48KHz , its essential for compatibility.
Here you can download SF2 example file , where you can experiment with importing Concert Harp.sf2 or use
Concert Harp.KST with ready to use Harp sound loaded in a complete Sound & KBS Set form.
Hope this helps
paired L/R separate channels that consume 2 notes of polyphony per one playing note.
Kronos actually recognize left/right channels and create one stereo if samples are identical in duration & loop
points and consume then one note polyphony per stereo sample and preserves advertised polyphony.
Older Pa4X/1000 for instance have a polyphony of 128 notes , but using samples pairing mode of L/R MS then
two notes are consumed per playing note and the real polyphony using a stereo piano is 64 notes !
Pa5X also supports paired stereo samples/multisamples but polyphony will drop to 80 from 160 notes.
Pa5X real stereo imported samples/multisamples are merged to one sample/MS per stereo note so polyphony
of 160 notes is preserved and this is one major upgrade in Pa5X sample engine , 160 vs 64 notes polyphony of Pa4X
in stereo samples , and stereo samples are the 90% of factory sounds in any nowadays arrangers/workstations.
So bear in mind that when you load Pa4X stereo sample resources , your Pa5X's polyphony is downgraded to 80.
Most Pa5X power users have already tried to import Wav stereo samples for time sliced percussion or drumkits
but when you want to create f.e. a real piano you can't waste so many hours to import 88 key samples per velocity
MS and then manually map all of them per multisample velocity layer ... too much time wasting for nothing.
After Pa5X OS v1.3.1 , some issues in sampler engine have been addressed (never clearly announced) , that users
can import ready multisamples of sound libraries that you own or have created by external software samples in the
best SF2 stereo format that Pa5X fully supports now , just importing SF2 files via Sample Edit/import with no more
than 4 velocity layers.
For conversion into SF2 , do not use programs like Awave Studio that export in mono paired multisamples and also
use 16B sampling bit rate and not more than 48KHz , its essential for compatibility.
Here you can download SF2 example file , where you can experiment with importing Concert Harp.sf2 or use
Concert Harp.KST with ready to use Harp sound loaded in a complete Sound & KBS Set form.
Hope this helps
Statistics: Posted by AntonySharmman — Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:40 pm