EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Thanks for the additional information.
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> anyway, on a more positive note....you've checked out the motu
> 828 and are impressed? when you say its around 20% better
> than the vx pocket, what do you mean by that?

It pushes about 20% more ASIO DSP. I took a song that maxed out my VXPocket
ASIO (the song quits half way through) which uses several EXS24s, an ES1, a
VST synth, and probably 12-15 various insert and bus FX. Not only did the
828 get through the song, but I was able to add one additional PlatinumVerb
and still play the entire piece. I estimate this (to be more accurate) at
about a 15% increase in stability and ASIO bandwidth, enough to address any
song I have conceived up to date. My VXPocket falls slightly short on a
couple tracks and I have to start bouncing. I would recommend the 828 to
anyone depending on FireWire for I/O, such as with the Cube. A word of
caution: I did this test at the store, and installation was irritating.
Installing the drivers on the Mac requires the "easy installation" of the
MOTU Audio Desk, a requirement I found annoying although you can delete the
application after the fact. Additionally, the control panel and rivers
required FireWire 2.4 or above, a version that doesn't even ship with many
MacOS9.1 disks. This really pissed me off. Someone at the store had to go
upstairs once I obtained the URL path to the drivers on the Apple site.
Thanks to a friend that works at the store, I had a SCSI zip drive on hand
to bring it into my computer (he also had the SCSI adapter for my G3 SCSI
powerbook). It took 4 frickin' hours to get it installed because of all
these surprises, but provided you have the drivers ahead of time and install
the "easy" (not "custom") installation of the ASIO/AudioDesk, you'll be up
in a few minutes. Once FireWire was in place and I performed the default
install, Logic recognized it right of the bat and I was off and running.
Hope this helps... Jer
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Apple PowerBook G3 400Mhz
Mac OS 9.04
Logic Audio Platinum 4.7
384 MB of Ram (50MB dedicated to Logic)
Digigram VX Pocket sound card (driver 2.6.0)
Opcode MIDIport 32 with OMS 2.3.8
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Global Express Media LLC
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