Sound Library

The Sound Library at a glance#

Click Sounds in the sidebar. You see one row per sound of the SET — both normal sounds (samplers) and drum kits. Click a row to select it: the sound becomes the “current sound” for the keyboard, the Samples section and the Oscillators section.

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1. 1How many sounds the SET has.
2. 2Search sounds… — type part of a name to filter the list instantly.
3. 3All Types / Sounds Only / Drum Kits Only — show only one kind.
4. 4A selected row (highlighted). Click any row to select it.
5. 5Type — “Sound” for a normal sound, “Drum Kit” for a drum kit.
6. 6Where the samples live — RAM, Factory ROM, Mixed or Unknown (see the table below).
7. 7Number of oscillators (layers) the sound uses.
8. 8Format version of the sound (for example 2.0, 3.0, 5.0) — newer keyboards use newer versions.
9. 9▶ Demo — plays a short phrase with this sound (drum kits play a groove).
10. 10Reminder: your computer keyboard plays the selected sound.
11. 11The on-screen keyboard — click a key to play the selected sound.

What the samples badge means#

Three ways to listen#

1. ▶ Demo on any row — plays a short phrase chosen for the sound (bass, guitar, accordion…). A drum kit plays a short groove. It does not change your selection.
2. The on-screen keyboard — click a key. Where you click matters: the top of a key plays soft, the bottom plays loud (the note and velocity appear next to the keyboard title). Keys that the sound does not use are dimmed.
3. Your computer keyboard — with a sound selected (and no text box active), your PC keys become piano keys:

The right-click menu#

Right-click any sound to open its menu. The sound is selected at the same time.

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1. 1Play Sound — plays middle C (C4) once.
2. 2Export — save the sound as SF2, VOI/KIT, KORG sampler or WAV.
3. 3Details — opens the Sound Details window (zones, parameters, effects).
4. 4Delete Sound — removes the sound (and, if you want, its samples).

Export a sound#

Choose Export in the right-click menu. Pick one of four formats:

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1. 1Export as SF2 — one SoundFont file (.sf2) with every sample and key zone. Opens in almost any sampler or DAW.
2. 2Export as VOI — a Medeli voice (.voi). For a drum kit this button reads Export as KIT (.kit).
3. 3Export as Korg Sampler — a mini KORG SET with the sound, its multisample and its samples (.PCG + RAM.KMP + .PCM).
4. 4Export Wave Sounds — every sample as a separate WAV file, named after its root note (C4.wav, D#4.wav…).

Sampler version 2.1 or 3.0?#

Export as Korg Sampler asks for the sampler version, because older and newer keyboards store multisamples differently:

Sound Details — look inside a sound#

Choose Details in the right-click menu. The window shows how the sound is mapped on the keyboard, key by key.

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1. 1A keyboard covering the full range. Click a key to hear it and inspect it (hold the mouse to keep it sounding).
2. 2The zone strip: each coloured block is one sample and the keys it covers. Click a block for its info.
3. 3Information about the key you clicked: the sample name and its zone — original note, from/to, level, pitch and loop points.
4. 4▶ Play — hear the clicked key again.
5. 5Parameters of the oscillator: octave, transpose, tune, velocity range, key range and voice mode.
6. 6Effects used by the sound (MFX1, MFX2…) with their send levels.
7. 7Oscillators of the sound with their number of zones. Click one to show it.
8. 8Right-click an oscillator → View samples lists its samples, each with a ▶ button.

For a drum kit, every key can be a different instrument, so the window shows more per key:

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1. 1Every coloured block under the keys is one drum sound. Click a key.
2. 2ROM badge: this key uses a factory sample of the keyboard (not stored in the SET).
3. 3Sample: note, level and loop (drums are usually “off (one-shot)”).
4. 4Voice Assign & Routing: single trigger, exclusive group, pan, note on/off receive, sends to MFX 1 and 2.
5. 5Sound: attack, decay, transpose, cutoff, resonance and tune of this key.
6. 6Kit Effects of the drum kit.
7. 7For drum kits the right column shows Drum Kit and how many keys it has.

Delete a sound#

Choose Delete Sound in the right-click menu.

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1. 1The sound you are about to delete.
2. 2Also delete assigned RAM samples — also removes its samples from the PCM banks. Only samples that no other sound uses are removed.
3. 3If you leave it unticked, only the sound entry is removed from the .PCG file; the samples stay.
4. 4Cancel or Delete.