Ultrabeat can directly import EXS instruments, in addition to loading audio samples and its own settings. This provides enhanced sound design and rhythm processing options for EXS instruments, along with the ability to play and control EXS drum kits with the intuitive drum mixer layout.
There are two key elements that you use to import sounds and sequences into Ultrabeat:
Import button: Choose a kit that contains sounds or sequences you want to import.
Import list button: Hide or show the import list, then add drum sounds or sequences from Ultrabeat settings or EXS instruments to the active kit.
Click the Import button.
Select the source Ultrabeat setting or EXS sampler instrument in the dialog, then click Open.
A list of all sounds found in the selected setting, or samples in the EXS instrument, is shown to the right of the Assignment section Mixer.
Drag the sound name from the import list into the target row in the Mixer section.
Note: Hold down the Command key to include all sequences.
Control-click (or right-click) the sound name in the import list, then choose Copy (Voice & Seq) from the shortcut menu.
The selected sound and its sequences are copied to the Clipboard.
Control-click (or right-click) the sound you want to replace in the current drum kit, then choose one of the following shortcut menu commands:
Paste Voice: Replaces the selected sound with the sound from the Clipboard but does not replace existing sequences.
Paste Sequence > (submenu): Opens a submenu that enables you to replace all, or individual sequences, of the target drum sound. Sound parameters are not affected.
Pasting a single sequence replaces the currently active sequence (as set in the Pattern menu) of the target drum sound. This allows you to copy sequences into any of the 24 possible pattern locations.
Swap with Clipboard: Exchanges and replaces the selected sound (and associated sequence) with the sound from the Clipboard.
Drag an EXS instrument filename from the Finder directly onto the Assignment section.
Ultrabeat reproduces the EXS layout as closely as possible. Layered EXS zones are set up as layered drum sounds, using the sample playback mode of oscillator 2. See Use Ultrabeat oscillator 2 sample mode.
Note: This method does not allow paging through the EXS instrument if it contains more than 25 sounds (samples). Ultrabeat maps only sample zones and layers that fall within the Ultrabeat drum sound range of C1 to C3. All other samples (zones) are ignored.