EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>  > I use aliases with the Vienna Symphonic Library for the convenience
>>  of having the entire library on one drive, programs and all. Not a
>>  rational thing, but it just seems easier having everything in one
>  > place.


From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...>

>Have you move to a G5 ?

Have I moved to a G5. No. There's no point before Panther is released 
to access all that memory, and even then I'm not in a rush. It's much 
cheaper to keep adding Windows machines at 1/3 the price if they're 
just going to sit there and play samples. My strategy is to use the 
Mac for loading extra stuff that individual projects require (and for 
sequencing and everything else, of course), and to keep the Windows 
machines loaded and ready to go. Right now I only have one Giga 
machine, but I plan to add a second one in the near future.

That's how I feel today, anyway. Maybe I'll change my mind tomorrow!

>How do VSL behaves ?

How does VSL behave. (My French is laughable - I'm not trying to 
insult you be correcting your English!)

VSL behaves very well on a dual gig G4. I can load the same amount of 
24-bit VSL into its 1.5 GB of RAM as I could load 16-bit VSL into my 
Giga machine when it had 1.5GB (now I have 2 GB, so it loads more). 
But you can run far more voices in EXS than in the present version of 
Giga. I get 180 stereo voices on the G4 off a single Firewire drive, 
vs. Giga's max 160 mono voices.

On the other hand, VSL isn't particularly polyphony-intensive.
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Nick Batzdorf
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