EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@k...> wrote:

> 
> Funny how everyone advices to use some other software, and no-one 
> really answers the question :).  The answer is: yes, it can be done. 
> What you can infer from the other posts though is that it's not too 
> easy.  When you load an audio file in the EXS, you can set the 
> sample's start and end point (in samples).  Obviously this allows you 
> to set e.g. start=0 / end=44100, and start=44100 / end=88200 for two 
> different zones that use the same sample.  It's equally obvious that 
> this becomes quite cumbersome if you want to use 20 sections in 30 
> different audio files (requiring to set start/end on 600 sections by 
> hand).
> 
> For just a few zones it's not all that bad thgough: you can import 
> the sample in the EXS, click the 'edit start/end' button which will 
> open the sample in Logic's Sample Editor, and there you can 
> graphically drag start and end markers around.  When you're done, 
> close the Sample Editor, and the EXS will use the start/end values 
> you've just set.
> 
> -- 
> Hendrik Jan Veenstra   h @ k n o w a r e . n l
> Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com/

Thank you very much for your info! I was about to start looking at Native 
Instrument's Kontact for sampler instead of the EXS. It seems that compared to the features of Kontact, EXS doesn't really offer much except that it is 
E Magic and so is Logic. Thanks again!


J