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What Format works best with my Digital Sampler?
Our Sample Libraries come in three varieties, WAV, SoundFont and Audio CD. Most modern samplers and sampling keyboards will read WAV and that is quickly becoming one of the most common sample formats. Unfortunately, the WAV format does not allow for whole banks of sounds to be loaded in at one, you do have to load the samples one at a time.
Enter SoundFont, our SoundFont samples come as one file. Load it in, and you instantly have your entire library ready to go. So if your sampler supports SoundFont, that is the way to go. If you have a real old sampler, one that reads neither WAV nor SoundFont, choose Audio. this way, you simply record the actual sound into your sampler. This could be done by playing back a Audio CD with samples or playing back a WAV sample on the PC while simultaneously recording it into your sampler.

In short, SoundFont is the easiest, WAV comes in second, Audio takes the most effort to load but on the other hand, it works with absolutley every sampler. Below you will find a chart of the most popular Hardware and Software Samplers and Keyboards and the file formats they support.

 

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Sampler Type:

Format:

Steinberg Halion PC/Mac Soundfont
Emagic EXS24 / EXSP24 PC/Mac Soundfont
Native Instruments Kontakt PC/Mac Soundfont
Native Instruments Reaktor PC/Mac WAV
VSamp 3.3 (Software Synth for Mac) Mac Soundfont
Bitheadz Unity DS-1 PC/Mac Soundfont
E-mu (newer models) Hardware Sampler Soundfont
Akai (newer models) Hardware Sampler WAV
Roland (newer models keyboards and samplers) Standalone WAV
Korg (newer models keyboards and samplers) Standalone WAV
Yamaha (newer models keyboards and samplers) Standalone WAV
Ensoniq ASR-X Hardware Sampler WAV
Gigasampler PC/Mac WAV
Kurzweil (newer models) Hardware Sampler WAV
Creamware Pulsar PC/Mac WAV
All older Samplers or Sampling Keyboards: Audio CD

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