EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: James Ryan <jeryan@...>

>Has anybody tried or bought the Post Musical Instruments Grandioso
>Bosendorfer 290 Virtual Instrument (uses a Kontakt type interface)?  If so,
>do you like it?  Is it a resourse or memory hog?  Does it sit well in an
>orchestral piece, rock piece, etc?  Any problems.

I have the Giga version, and there isn't a better sampled piano 
available. That's not saying it's the only one you need - as Sean 
McCoy posted, it's a concert piano and not a close-miked rock one - 
but it's pretty amazing. Yes, it sits perfectly in an orchestral 
piece - that's what it's good at, since it has nice hall ambience.

You'll probably be okay with the Bosendorfer if you run it from RAM 
instead of streaming. But yes, Kompakt uses a lot of resources, 
although they keep coming out with new versions that attempt to 
improve the performance and another one is due any day. DFD 
(streaming) is not really a 100% happening thing with Kompakt in OS 
9, and the current Logic version has problems with some NI stuff in 
OS X (without pointing the blame in any direction, but that's the 
bottom line).

Kompakt is not as efficient as EXS at streaming, at least not at this point.

But I really recommend that piano. I'm happier running it in Giga, 
though, even though it's 16 bits.
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Nick Batzdorf
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