Sampler instruments are distinct from plug-in settings, which are loaded and saved in the plug-in window header. Each has advantages and disadvantages for handling parameter values in the Parameter window.
Typically, you store the current Parameter window settings into the loaded sampler instrument. This overrides the settings currently saved in the loaded sampler instrument. Alternatively, you can save a new sampler instrument.
A plug-in setting, by comparison, stores all parameter adjustments made in the Parameter window, but these settings are distinct from the sampler instrument being loaded. A plug-in setting contains only a pointer to an associated instrument, which means that loading a setting also loads the assigned sampler instrument.
This separation between plug-in settings and sampler instruments enables you to use sampler instruments as you would use waveforms in a synthesizer. For example, you could create a plug-in setting with guitar-like envelope, modulation, and filter parameter values. You would then use the Sampler Instruments pop-up menu to load an instrument without any existing settings, such as a flute, to create a plucked or strummed flute sound.
Important: Using sampler instruments as described requires that they contain no settings.
Choose Options > “Save Instrument as” to create a copy of the sampler instrument (see EXS24 mkII Options pop-up menu commands).
Choose Options > Delete Settings from Instrument to remove the settings from the copied instrument.
Note: All of the factory-supplied sampler instruments contain settings, so you need to follow the steps above to use these instruments in this way.