About audio file formats

The audio file format support differs depending on which computer OS you are using.

The NN-19 can read audio files in the following formats:

•	In Windows 7:

.wav, .aif, .mp3, .aac, .m4a and .wma.

•	In Mac OSX 10.7:

.wav, .aiff, .3g2, .3gp, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .mpeg, .mpa, .snd, .au, .sd2, .ac3, .aac, .adts, .amr, .caf, .m4a .m4r and .mp4.

•	SoundFonts (.sf2)

SoundFonts are an open standard for wavetable synthesized audio, developed by E-mu systems and Creative Technologies.

•	REX file slices (.rx2, .rex, .rcy)

REX files are music loops created in the ReCycle program or when editing audio clips inline in Reason (see “Bounce Clip to REX Loop”). The NN-19 lets you either load REX files as patches or separate slices from REX files as individual samples.

•	Any sample rate and practically any bit depth.

About the Sample Patch format

Reason’s Sample Patch format (.smp), is based on either Wave or AIFF files, but includes all the NN-19 associated parameter settings as well.

•	The audio files may be stereo or mono. Stereo audio files are shown with a “S” symbol beside its name in the display.

Loading a Sample Patch

When you create a new NN-19 device, it is automatically loaded with a default patch. If you want to start from scratch, with no samples loaded, you can select “Reset Device” from the context menu or Edit menu. For NN-19 to produce sound, you need to load either a sample patch, or a sample - or sample a sound yourself using the Sampling function (see “Sampling”).

A patch contains “everything”. All the samples, assigned key zones, and associated panel settings will be loaded. Loading a sample patch is done using the Browser, just like in all other devices that use Patches.

1.	Click the Browse Patch button on the front panel to set browse focus to the NN-19 device.

2.	Navigate to the folder that contains the NN-19 patch you wish to load, select it and click Load in the Browser.

Alternatively, drag an NN-19 patch from the Browser and drop it on the NN-19 device in the rack.

The panel is dimmed in orange and the Patch Replace symbol appears in the center.

Loading REX Files as Patches

REX files are music loops created in the ReCycle program or when editing audio clips inline in Reason (see “Bounce Clip to REX Loop”). In Reason, REX files are primarily used in the Dr. Octo Rex loop player, but they can be used in the NN-19 as well. Possible extensions are “.rx2”, “.rcy” and “.rex”.

1.	Click the Browse Patch button on the front panel to set browse focus to the NN-19 device.

2.	Navigate to the folder that contains the REX loop you wish to load, select it and click Load in the Browser.

Alternatively, drag a REX loop from the Browser and drop it on the NN-19 device in the rack.

The panel is dimmed in orange and the Patch Replace symbol appears in the center.

When loading a REX file, each slice in the file is assigned to one key, chromatically, starting from C1. All parameters are set to their default settings.

When using REX files in the Dr. Octo Rex loop player, it is possible to make a track play the slices in order to recreate the original loop. To do the same in the NN-19 requires a few extra steps.

1.	Use the Browser to load the REX file into an NN-19 sampler.

2.	Create a Dr. Octo Rex loop player and load the same REX file into o Loop Slot of this device.

3.	Use the “Copy Loop To Track” feature on the Dr. Octo Rex to create playback data (a group) on the track assigned to the Dr. Octo Rex.

4.	Move that group to the track that plays the NN-19 and play it back from there.

5.	Delete the Dr. Octo Rex loop player.