EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 01:19 AM 11/12/03 +0000, you wrote:

>Can anyone direct me to threads or help me answer the question of should I 
>replace
>my Emu E4xtUltra with the EXS?
>
>My needs are:
>Good warm sounding rich strings, drums, ambience, piano, bass, synths for 
>my home
>studio.
>
>Extremely low latency and warmth/quality of sounds along with convenience 
>is more
>important to me than quantity of sounds available.
>
>I'm happy with the way the evp88 and evb3 sound with my audiophile 24/96 
>card, so
>I guess that the EXS would sound fairly good as well.

If you have these type of sounds with your Emu as it is, you can convert 
them to EXS-24 using Translator www.chickensys.com/translator - they 
usually will sound as warm, although if there is extensive programming 
across the voices you might loose some of the real-time feel.

For latency, if you get a fast Mac you probably won't see a difference, but 
there is one. You might not like it at first, at worse, but you'll get used 
to it.

And you don't have to think of it as a replacement - think of it as an 
addition, and let the EXS-24 phase the Emu out naturally - that way you'll 
know for sure.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User