About Samples and Zones

For a clear understanding of the terminology used when describing the various operations that can be performed in the key map display, it is important to clarify the distinction between a sample and a zone:

•	A Sample is a piece of audio that can be loaded into the NN-XT and played back.

•	A Zone could be viewed as a “container” for a loaded sample.

All loaded samples are placed in “Zones” in the key map display. You can then organize the zones as you please, and make various settings such as key- and velocity ranges separately for each zone.

In other words, the settings you make are actually performed on the zones, but affect the samples in them. Hence, when we talk about making settings for a zone, it is synonymous with making settings for a sample - the sample that the zone contains.

•	Two or more zones can play the same sample, but with different parameter settings, making them sound completely different.

•	A zone can be empty, playing no sample at all.