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find the files; because only references to the files are stored in the bank,
not the files themselves, editing or deleting the wave files used in the
bank will change the way the banks sounds.
• • ‘Save settings and clone samples’ saves the bank as above, but
creates a new copy of all the wave data (in a subdirectory relative to
wherever you save the new bank file), and stores references to the
new copy of the wave data in the file. So you can safely move or
delete the old samples, if you want to. This is also convenient for
‘rounding-up’ all the samples used in a project in to one place.
• • ‘Save bank with samples’ saves the bank as above, but also stores
all the wave data in the file. Note that this can create very large files,
but it’s very convenient for archiving bankfiles, sharing them with
friends or colleagues, or moving them between computers. If you
want to share these bank files with friends over the Internet, we
recommend that you compress them with the WinRAR utility, as it
compresses them a lot better than WinZIP meaning shorter
download times.
3.1.3.3 Wizards
The Wizards menu allows you to access any installed DR-008 Wizard
modules. Currently available are wizards for importing LM-4 kits, and
resetting the DR-008 by clearing all the pads. Future Wizards will provide
functionality such as beat slicing, pitch scaling, and import of further
formats such as Battery *.kit, E-mu SF2 and others.
Importing an LM-4-kit
This Wizard allows you to import drum kits
made for Steinberg’s LM-4 drum sampler.
There are a wide variety of high-quality
multisampled kits available in ‘LM-4’ format.
The Wizard also allows you to ‘shift’ the location of the pads as they’re imported,
allowing you to import multiple LM-4 kits at once by shifting them up or down by
one or more octaves. The LM-4 Wizard normally uses the VeloSampler module for
sample playback, as it’s the only module that supports the 128-way velocity
switching contained in many LM-4 kits. However, not all kits require this – the
wizard allows you to use an alternative sampler module where possible.