EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi,

>Is there a way of running the EXS24 as a stand alone app and
>triggered 
>from a Protools midi track? We have the ESB. Also I can select the 
>EXS24 as a direct connect-able plug-in but cannot find a standalone 
>EXS24 app.

There is no stand alone EXS24. Emapple have chosen to sell it only as
part of Logic. Its the main reason i dropped it ages ago as my sampler. 
With the ESB you can access the EXS24 from within a Logic/PTools hardware 
setup. It works well, though some people find the initial setup difficult.

>Is that what the EXSP24 is? Or is that just for use with VST?

Its a VST plugin that is a playback-only version of the EXS24. There
are some parameters available to tweak like adsr and filter i believe,
but you cant save any settings.

>Phew!! I'm about as confused as I can get with this one......

Emagic have always had a convoluted way of doing things :-)

>Ideally I just want to run Protools with the EXS24 as a standalone
>OMS accessible plug-in. Triggered from a midi track in Protools and 
>returning on an Aux or Audio track in the Protools mixer. Is that
>just a dream?

Forget the EXS24 if you dont use Logic as your main seq. Look
at MachFive by Motu - it is cross-platform and supports rtas, hdtdm, 
vst, au, dxi, mas and imports exs24 progs as well as just about 
everything else. Its a beast of a sampler and by far the best out there
imho.

www.motu.com

cheers,
Adam