EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: Eddie Sullivan <esullivan@...>

>  >> You didn't specify what PT system you had. Of course if you are 
>going to use
>  >> older technology on a new operating system there are going to be 
>issues. If
>>>  I needed to run a large orchestral sample library, I would instinctively
>  >> know that I was going to need more processing power than a MIX system.

Me:

>  > Of course, the EXS24s run on the host computer, not the MIX system.

ES

>Now I'm really confused, how is OS 9 helping you again???

I have a complicated system  with lots of software that's working 
really well. Until Panther, OS X hasn't provided any real reason for 
me - and most musicians, I should add - to move over. Panther does 
offer some advantages for what I'm doing, though, because of the way 
it deals with memory. You can load a lot more VSL into it than on OS 
9.

But the dust hasn't settled with Panther yet.

>Do you think that the ESB TDM software can help you? You can upgrade your
>Didgidesign hardware and use ESB TDM to allow the ESX24 to take advantage of
>the DSP on board. This may give you the power you are looking for.
>See http://www.digidesign.com/news/details.cfm?story_id=483

I've been using ESB with my MIX system for years, dude. It's great. 
If you search the archives, last week I posted what the differences 
are between EXS24s running on DAE and DTDM channels (I'm not trying 
to be arrogant, I just don't want to post it again). They both run 
native, though.

>  > And by the way, HD systems aren't running on Panther yet either!
>
>We are testing this here- official support from Digi is literally days
>away...
>See http://www.digidesign.com/news/details.cfm?story_id=537&localonly=N

 From that release it looks like MIX hardware will also run on 
Panther. I'm  confused about whether Phase 3 of their testing applies 
to MIX systems on Panther or just on G5s.

Me:

>I just feel that this isn't the time to invest in more
>>  computers, because machines that do the job seem to be right around
>>  the corner. Hopefully the G5 will be that machine, but 64-bit Athlon
>>  processors may be another alternative.

ES

>We're still talking about your dilemma with the EXS24? The EXS24 doesn't
>work on Windoze...

Right, I should have explained that the VSL runs on GigaStudio as 
well as EXS24, and the East-West/Quantum Leap Symphony Orchestra runs 
on a dedicated version of Kompakt, which is bisexual on Windows and 
Mac. I also have a GigaStudio machine.

By the way, I'm not sure whether the EXS24 MK II made it to windows? 
The original one certainly did, though.

>We are in a business that is always changing, I look to the forums here for
>insight and am available to help anytime... I'm no genius, a lot of this
>because it is so new is still a bit subjective..

Yup, and different people use these toys in different ways.
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Nick Batzdorf
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