EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: "robcatlender" <rob.catlender@...>

>I have a clarinet melody that needs staccato and legato sounds. So I need 2
>sample-types.
>What is the best way to work: make 2 tracks; one for the staccato and one for
>the legato sounds and divide the notes between them? That's a lot of work !!

Try it when you have several articulations up! Yes, sequencing well 
is a lot of work.

>Or is there a better way?

That's the way to do it most of the time, but you can also create 
keyswitching programs in the EXS and switch between the two sounds 
that way. Basically, you open up the editors, copy all the 
groups/layers from the source instrument, and paste them into a new 
layer on the target instrument. Then choose keyswitch as the way you 
switch between them (I forget the language, but it should be 
self-explanatory).

You don't have to stop at two instruments, of course; a friend of 
mine sets up two groups of keyswitching instruments, one with the mod 
wheel down and the other with it up. There's a point where it becomes 
unwieldy, but sometimes it's easier to do this way than having a lot 
of tracks.
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Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434