Keymap and Kontakt, Structure, MachFive and Halion

Keymap and The Other Samplers

Keymap is all about using open or standard formats and allowing free information exchange. Keymap imports WAVE, AIFF, SD2, MP3 and AAC format audio, and exports audio in WAVE and AIFF formats. All the sample files created by Keymap contain information about the placement of the sample in an instrument map, and the position of loop points, so that those samples can immediately be loaded and used in any audio application supporting these parameters.

We choose to support directly the Apple EXS24 instrument format because:

• The EXS format is one of the oldest and most supported instruments formats available

• You can convert almost any other instrument format from/to the EXS format

• The EXS format is arguably Apple’s “official” format for the Mac platform, being the sample format used in GarageBand, Logic Pro and Logic Express.

When exporting projects to the EXS24 format, samples using complex Keymap-only features are rendered and/or split in order to be compatible with the EXS24 audio engine or other traditional two channel sample engines.

The list of 3rd party samplers directly supporting the EXS24 format includes Native Instruments Kontakt, Digidesign Structure, MOTU MachFive2, and Steinberg Halion.

Logic 8 Integration
Instrument Editor
Group Editors
Setup Editor
Sample Editor
Harmonic Resynthesis
Resources Window
Surround+Space mixer
Batch Creator
Spectral Tuner
Keymap and Kontakt, Structure.

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