EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> Just a "heads up." If you are the owner of Sam Products (horns,
> trombones, trumpets) please note that even the EXS updates you download
> may not be seen properly in your menu. You need to go to your Sam
> folders in the Sampler Instrument Folder and make sure all the names
> have the ".exs" extension.  Some names may have been to long, so the
> ".exs" got cut off.  You can fix this by shortening the name and adding
> ".exs" at the end.  And then you should see it in your EXS24 menu.

> Gary Pozner

 
Gary,
Are there  differences in the programs provided for the EXS on the SAM
website?  I just converted them off the CDs using CDXtract and they seem to
work fine.  Any advantages to the Web EXS progs?  What I found with using
either the web lot or the EXS converter is that you get a lot of options in
one big folder and finding things was not all that easy.  In using CDXtract,
I set up distinct folders for each subcategory and it made getting to the
program I wanted much quicker i.e. Main(close) / keyswitches, Main(close) /
Modwheel X-fades.  

Another HUGE problem when you do any kind of reorganization with Project
Manager or Redmatica¹s EXS Manager is the sample names for Close, Medium and
Far miked instruments are identical.  So in reorganizing it is possible to
mix far samples with near and really mess things up.  What I do is keep each
distance set in separate folders, both programs and samples.  That way you
can organize or relink using specific target folders and keep things in
order.  Don¹t make the mistake of trying to relink or reorganize the whole
library at once!  Disastah!

Cheers,
James


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