What is a Keygroup?

A Keygroup is exactly that – a group of keys! Making a sample is only half the story. Once you have a few samples, you need to map them out across the keyboard. This is done by assigning each sample to a Keygroup. Each Keygroup can have up to 4 samples. The Keygroup sets the range on the keyboard over which the samples will play. For example, with five piano samples taken at G of every octave, you would have 5 Keygroups spanning between C0-B1, C2-B2, C3-B3, C4-B4, and C5-G8. The same would be true of any multi-sampled instrument. Drums, however, often have a Keygroup for each note so that every drum is on a different note on the keyboard (i.e. Bass/Kick drum – C1, Snare 1 – D1, Snare 2 – E1, LoTom – F1, LoTom – G1, HiTom – A1, etc.).

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