EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

will_ritter <will_ritter@...> wrote:>I'm sure that this has been covered 100fold by now, but >unfortunately I have missed 
>it.

>Can anyone direct me to threads or help me answer the >question of should I replace 
>my Emu E4xtUltra with the EXS?


                                                                                     ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY NOT!In my opinion,and I work routinely with both,The E4 blows the EXS away by every standard except memory,of course.The only relative advantage of EXS over hardware in general is streaming samples from disk.However,this is true of several soft-samplers.But I haven't heard any yet that sound as good as the E4.Also,Kontakt,which I have used the demo of,and Halion,which I have not used,seem to have superior synthesis capabilities to the EXS.It is my definite opinion that Kontakt does,and I am intrigued by the new features of Sampletank 2.I know nothing about Mach Five,but by the ads and press releases it specs out well,including apparently, EOS compatability.But I for one,will continue to use the Emulator,as well as my Yamaha A4000,a good machine available dirt cheap these days with a good,9 disk factory library and amazing effects.My advise to you is shop around for the features
 and library compatability you need and add a soft sampler,but don't sell the Emu.By the way, Chicken Systems Translator will do EOS to EXS,but with a weird bug where the filter is all the way closed.Note,however,that I am using EXS Mk 1.But the really good news is that Translator will do EOS to sf.2 very well,and just about all the major soft-samplers will load sound fonts.Good hunting.