Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hi Guys,

If you've any use for rare/ethnic instruments of a very high quality I've just taken delivery 
of the "Quantum Leap Rare Instruments" collection, which normally retails for $499.95, for 
just $19.95 (£10-£11). Shipping to the UK virtually doubles the price, but £20-£25 is still 
a good deal for a 3 CD-ROM set.

In my view it's worth it for the excellent celtic pipes/flute and fiddles alone! The samples 
are in Gigasampler (Gigastudio) format, but convert easily when called into the EXSP 
sample player.

If you're interested you can get it here:
http://www.soundsonline.com/product.php?productid=QLRIGIG

The full instrument set is:

ALPEN HORN (14 ft. wooden horn), HURDY GURDY (keyed instrument bowed with wheel), 
GEDULKA (Bulgarian fiddle), HIGHLAND PIPES (Scottish bagpipes), UILLEANN PIPES (Irish 
bapipes), LAUDENNAS (Sardinian triple reeded flute), IRISH LOW WHISTLE (Irish flute). ERHU 
(2 stringed Chinese fiddle, bowed), DUNG-CHEN (8 ft. Tibetan trumpet), TAIKO DRUMS 
(giant Japanese barrel drums), 34" CHINESE GONG, 23" THAI GONG. SARANGI (bowed 
classical Indian instrument), TABLAS, DUDUK (Armenian flute), MIDDLE EASTERN FIDDLE.

Here's hoping someone finds this useful!

Kind regards,

Nigel

Yes a very good deal. But I'll bet $19.95 that these came on home burnded 
cds? I bought several collections from ebay from the quantum leap series, but to 
find they were home burned cds, with "serial number generators". I never 
installed them and asked for my money back. If these Russian or Hungarian hackers 
can hack a serial number program, they might also install spyware or malware on 
your computer when you install. Then your computer will act up, or become a 
spam generating station unbeknownst to you.

In a message dated 2/24/07 7:18:07 AM, nigel_robinsonuk@... writes:
> I've just taken delivery
> of the "Quantum Leap Rare Instruments" collection, which normally retails 
> for $499.95, for
> just $19.95 (£10-£11). Shipping to the UK virtually doubles the price, but 
> £20-£25 is still
> a good deal for a 3 CD-ROM set.
> 




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That's a geat deal!  Thanks for the tip.   I've been looking for a  
hurdy gurdy instrument, and didn't think one existed.  But I was  
including EXS24 in my searches, forgetting that Giga was just as  
useable.

They also have a "Twisted Textures" audio CD for only $10.  Since I  
just placed the order, I can't vouch for its usability, but it's $90  
at Musician's Friend, and the demo sounds impressive, so it seems to  
be a good deal as well.

The only drawback is that overnight shipping was the only option they  
presented to me.  $12.75 for overnight shipping that I don't need  
seems a bit coercive, but hey - it's cheaper than shipping to the  
UK! :-)

Gregory


On Feb 24, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Nigel Robinson wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> If you've any use for rare/ethnic instruments of a very high  
> quality I've just taken delivery
> of the "Quantum Leap Rare Instruments" collection, which normally  
> retails for $499.95, for
> just $19.95 (£10-£11). Shipping to the UK virtually doubles the  
> price, but £20-£25 is still
> a good deal for a 3 CD-ROM set.
>
> In my view it's worth it for the excellent celtic pipes/flute and  
> fiddles alone! The samples
> are in Gigasampler (Gigastudio) format, but convert easily when  
> called into the EXSP
> sample player.
>
> If you're interested you can get it here:
> http://www.soundsonline.com/product.php?productid=QLRIGIG
>
> The full instrument set is:
>
> ALPEN HORN (14 ft. wooden horn), HURDY GURDY (keyed instrument  
> bowed with wheel),
> GEDULKA (Bulgarian fiddle), HIGHLAND PIPES (Scottish bagpipes),  
> UILLEANN PIPES (Irish
> bapipes), LAUDENNAS (Sardinian triple reeded flute), IRISH LOW  
> WHISTLE (Irish flute). ERHU
> (2 stringed Chinese fiddle, bowed), DUNG-CHEN (8 ft. Tibetan  
> trumpet), TAIKO DRUMS
> (giant Japanese barrel drums), 34" CHINESE GONG, 23" THAI GONG.  
> SARANGI (bowed
> classical Indian instrument), TABLAS, DUDUK (Armenian flute),  
> MIDDLE EASTERN FIDDLE.
>
> Here's hoping someone finds this useful!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nigel
>
>
> 



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Hey I'm sorry. They really are blowing this out for $20. There are some great 
deals after all. Thanks for sharing!


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I got it - along with BT's Twisted Textures which was about $150 when it came 
out, but is only $10 now. Don't feel bad about pay $20 for shipping from LA 
to England, I had to pay about $15 for shipping and tax, and I live an hour's 
drive away from them.

By the way, I have had great success with soundfonts from Sonivox (Sonic 
Implants). They import into EXS24 very easily too and sound great. They frequently 
have sales, and you can buy online and download, there is no shipping and no 
tax.

http://www.sonivoxmi.com/

I really like having things in EXS24 rather than stuff like Garritan that 
plays in the NI player, because of stability and loading times.



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Ha! Amazing deal.Nothing like loading  up ethno samples in a properly  
microtuned EXS24...
Shipping to The Netherlands is more expensive than the samples,  
though.  And Eastwest Europe doesn't seem to offer the same deal.

Thanks for letting us know.

best,

Zip


Zip Boterbloem
Media Mechanics
Zwaluwstraat 54
2025 VR  Haarlem
The Netherlands
+31627014758
zip@...





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Hi Guys,

It's great to see so many of you found it useful (I re-read it before posting and though it 
sounded a bit like some cheesy sales pitch!).

The manual talks about using key-switching to access some articulation. Anyone know 
how this is achieved (especially if you don't have an 88-note  keyboard)?

Re: "Twisted Textures" : I've not come across the Audio format, 'scuse my ignorance, but is 
this another format we can import easily into EXS/EXSP?

Nigel

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Gregory <glists@...> wrote:

>
> ...They also have a "Twisted Textures" audio CD for only $10...
> 
> Gregory
> 
> > On Feb 24, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Nigel Robinson wrote:
> >
> > ...I've just taken delivery of the "Quantum Leap Rare 
> > Instruments" collection... in Gigasampler (Gigastudio) 
> > format...
>>
> > Nigel

> Re: "Twisted Textures" : I've not come across the Audio format, 'scuse my 
> ignorance, but is
> this another format we can import easily into EXS/EXSP?
> 

Not immediately. You can always make EXS instruments with audio samples, but 
its quite a chore compared to Battery which is very easy to drag and drop 
audio onto the cells and have it set up automatically. I heard the samples of this 
Twisted Textures, and they are more suited for bringing in as audio files - 
pads and washes, etc.


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Cheers for that. You learn a new thing every day!

I had a listen to the "Twisted" demo, but I just can't bring myself to stump up the postage 
a second time. Given the choice I'd wait seven/fourteen days if the postage was cheaper - 
given the choice...

Nigel

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@... wrote:

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> 
> > Re: "Twisted Textures" : I've not come across the Audio format, 'scuse my 
> > ignorance, but is
> > this another format we can import easily into EXS/EXSP?
> > 
> 
> Not immediately. You can always make EXS instruments with audio samples, but 
> its quite a chore compared to Battery which is very easy to drag and drop 
> audio onto the cells and have it set up automatically. I heard the samples of this 
> Twisted Textures, and they are more suited for bringing in as audio files - 
> pads and washes, etc.
> 
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...I just received the Twisted Textures & the Bob Clearmountain  Drum library (Sets 1 & 2,) but I have one small problem. EastWeat  Sounds accidentally sent me one of the Clearmountain Sets in the Akai  format...
  Being a new-be to the ESX, will Logic "translate" Akai sample files or should I try to exchange the CD ROM?
  
  Thanks in Advance...
  
  charlie eisenhardt
  
 
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--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, charlie eisenhardt <c_eisenhardt@...> wrote:
>
> ...I just received the Twisted Textures & the Bob Clearmountain  Drum library (Sets 1 & 
2,) but I have one small problem. EastWeat  Sounds accidentally sent me one of the 
Clearmountain Sets in the Akai  format...
>   Being a new-be to the ESX, will Logic "translate" Akai sample files or should I try to 
exchange the CD ROM?
>   
>   Thanks in Advance...
>   
>   charlie eisenhardt

If you are reffering to the "EXS24", yes The Akai format is compatible with the EXS24

GR

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> If you are reffering to the "EXS24", yes The Akai format is
compatible with the EXS24


Oops! that darn dyslexia is bad when typing cryptic soft-synth names! :-]

Thanks for the feedback!

charlie