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Importing styles, samples & drum kits

Bring files from anywhere into your SET: styles from KORG, PA5X, Yamaha, Medeli and Ketron (converted automatically), and samplers or drum kits from SoundFont, Medeli, Yamaha and KORG Triton/Kronos files — into KORG SETs and Medeli AKX sets.

4 min read · 4 sections · Beginner
In this chapter you will learn
  • Which style formats you can import into a KORG SET, and how
  • Which sampler and drum kit files you can import, and where
  • Importing into Medeli AKX packs
  • What is kept and what is not

Everything you can import — at a glance#

WhatInto a KORG SET / KSTInto a Medeli AKX set
Styles.STY (KORG bank) · .stg (PA5X) · .sty Yamaha · .sty Medeli · .kst Ketron · .mid with section markers — right-click an empty style slot → Import StyleAny of those formats — right-click a Styles pack → Import Style…
Samplers (sounds).sf2 · .voi (Medeli) · .uvn (Yamaha) · .kmp + .ksf (KORG Triton / Kronos / Nautilus) — right-click an empty slot of a sampler bank → Import Sampler.voi · .uvn · .kmp — right-click a Samples pack → Add .voi / .uvn / .kmp files…
Drum kits.sf2 · .kit (Medeli) · .uvd (Yamaha) — right-click an empty slot of a drum kit bank → Import DrumKit.kit · .uvd — right-click a DrumKits pack → Add .kit / .uvd files…
From a KORG SETDrag from SET B (see Combining SETs)Drag KORG styles, samplers and drum kits onto the packs

Import a style into a KORG SET#

  1. 1
    Right-click an empty style slot

    In SetManager → STYLES, find an empty slot (“- - -”) in SET A and right-click it. Choose Import Style.

    PA SET Explorer
    sm-style-empty
    1. 1An empty slot.
    2. 2Import Style.
  2. 2
    Choose where the style comes from
    PA SET Explorer
    sm-import-style
    1. 1Any format is converted with the Converter and inserted into the empty slot.
    2. 2From Community — one of your downloaded Community styles.
    3. 3From Resources — a style of your Resources library.
    4. 4Browse… — any style file on your PC: KORG .STY bank or PA5X .stg, Yamaha / Medeli .sty, Ketron .kst (or a .mid).
  3. 3
    Done — the style is in your SET

    Here a Yamaha Tyros style (“Ardeal VA.T108.STY”) was converted and inserted into slot 37:

    PA SET Explorer
    sm-after-import
    1. 1The imported Yamaha style, now a KORG style.
    2. 2“Style imported”.
    3. 3Other empty slots — ready for more.
    4. 4The bank’s “New Style” template.
    5. 5Another change waiting for Save.
The file is…What happens
A KORG .STY bank with several stylesA list opens — pick the style you want.
A PA5X .stgInto a KORG SET it is rebuilt as a KORG style; into a PA5X KST folder bank it stays .stg.
A Yamaha .sty / Medeli .sty / Ketron .kstConverted to KORG automatically.
A .midAccepted only if it has style section markers (Main A, Intro A, Fill In AA…). Otherwise you get a clear message.
Pro tips
  • The format is detected from the file’s content, not only its name — so a Medeli .sty and a Yamaha .sty are never confused.
  • Want more control (tracks, chord rules, tempo)? Convert it first in the Converter with Style Settings, then import the converted file.
  • Importing also works on an empty slot of SET B.

Import a sampler or drum kit into a KORG SET#

  1. 1
    Right-click an empty sound slot

    In SetManager → SOUNDS, right-click an empty slot. In a sampler bank the menu says Import Sampler (.sf2 .voi .uvn .kmp)…, in a drum kit bank Import DrumKit (.sf2 .kit .uvd)….

    PA SET Explorer
    sm-sound-empty
    1. 1An empty slot of the User 2 bank.
    2. 2Import Sampler (.sf2 .voi .uvn .kmp)…
  2. 2
    Pick the file

    Choose your file. For a KORG multisample pick the .kmp (its .ksf samples must be next to it).

  3. 3
    Check and import
    PA SET Explorer
    Import Sampler / DrumKit with a SoundFont.
    1. 1The file you chose.
    2. 2Where it goes: SET A · USER02 · slot 8.
    3. 3Sampler or DrumKit (decided by the bank).
    4. 4What is imported: samples, zones, velocity layers, tuning, volume, pan (kits) and reverb/chorus sends. Envelopes and filter use KORG defaults.
    5. 5Import.
    Import Sampler / DrumKit with a SoundFont.
    If the .sf2 contains several presets, a Preset list appears: choose which one to import.

Import into a Medeli AKX set#

PA SET Explorer
Right-click menu of an AKX Samples pack.
  1. 1Right-click a pack (here the Samples pack)…
  2. 2…to see its menu.
  3. 3Add .voi / .uvn / .kmp files… — Yamaha .uvn and KORG .kmp are converted to Medeli .voi.
Right-click menu of an AKX Samples pack.
Pack typeRight-click itemFiles
Styles packImport Style…Any style format — converted to Medeli by the Converter.
Samples packAdd .voi / .uvn / .kmp files….voi as is · .uvn and .kmp converted to .voi
DrumKits packAdd .kit / .uvd files….kit as is · .uvd converted to .kit

Packs also have an Import from Community button to pick one of your Community downloads. See the Medeli AKX chapter.

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