Kronos Loop Edit versus M3 Loop Edit

[jahrome]

I am assuming that the certain aspects (such as editing tools) of Kronos will be similar to other Korg products such as the M3 which is logical. However, there is one aspect I hope Korg reconsiders changing. This deals with Loop Edit.

Loop Edit on the M3 allows you to set playback parameters for a sample,
such as start, loop start, end address, loop on/off, and reverse playback on/off. So if a sample is assigned to several Multisample Indexes, changing Loop Edit playback parameters will impact the same sample across all Indexes. The way around this is by creating copies of this sample and renaming it. Then assign these copies to each Index.

I implore Korg to reconsider how they implement this. Instead of Loop Edit being tied directly to a sample, it would be a better function if it was tied directly to an Index. This would allow a user to assign the same sample across multiple Indexes without copying. Thus changing the playback parameters (start, loop start, end address, loop on/off, and reverse) of one Index would not impact another Index regardless if they use the same sample. This method is used in the old Ensoniq ASR-10. This method would allow a user to have different loops of the same sample across the keys without using additional memory.