EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 06:54 PM 12/23/2003, you wrote:

>The SAM brass samples are often mentioned in this newsgroup.  The
>demos at Soundsonline seem to stress orchestral arrangements (at least
>those I found).  Does anyone have experience with jazz, rock or pop
>arrangements with the SAM brass?  Sax and trumpets in particular?  I'm
>particularly interested in (1) how they sound "out of the box" and (2)
>how easy they are to use out of the box (does one have to spend hours
>tweaking, e.g.?).

There are no SAM saxes, and since they seem to be an orchestrally-minded 
bunch, there may never be. SAM's stuff is sampled in a great sounding live 
hall, with quite a bit of ambience even on the close samples---too much for 
anything outside of orchestral arrangements, IMO.

I'm yet to be very impressed with any particular jazz or pop horn library, 
and find that to get decent results I have to carefully combine elements 
from my Quantum Leap Brass and older EMU and Roland brass and sax sample 
banks.

SAM Horns and Trombones are a piece of cake out of the box, while the more 
complex Trumpets have proved to be a bit difficult. I'm waiting for SAM's 
pending EXS24 release before diving all the way in.