EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

With regard to:

>...... I turned off "one shot" and raised
>the "release" parameter up so the sample would play out, put it
>on "mono" but still new notes don't stop the previous one from
>playing...  What is "mono" supposed to mean????

What "mono" are you referring to? If you mean the mono/stereo choice 
of the Audio instrument itself, then certainly this won't make a 
difference as it refers only to the outputs.

What you need to do is assign the Zones you want to control to a Group.
Do this:
Select your instrument in the EXS24 main window.
Click the EDIT button (next to the instrument name).
In this new Instrument Edit window go to the Group menu and choose <New Group>.
If there are no existing groups, it will be Group #1 (you can re-name it too).
Next to <Voices> (which probably says Max), select 1. (= one voice only)
Now go to each Zone in your patch and in the <Group> field, select Group #1.

You have now assigned all your zones (samples) to Group#1 which is 
only capable of playing 1 voice.
Your samples will now cut off as you wanted.
This is the classic "hi-hat" mode of drum machines - ie a closed 
hi-hat cuts off an open hi-hat and so on.

You can use this principle to create monophonic (not to be confused 
with mono) basses, wind instruments, etc, that only play one note at 
a time.

The whole one shot story you were talking about simply refers to the 
way each sample is played - once or looped or alternated etc.

Hope this helps.

Regards - Colin