EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 19.03.2004, at 15:37, MATTHEW MARTIN wrote:

> Am I alone in being a bit frustrated by the majority of drumloops I'm 
> using insofar as they don't actually 'loop' without some bit of 
> trimming? ...


If you write notes to play drumloops with the EXS this happens because 
many sample loops are not exactly at the same speed as Logic. That's 
why I do not longer use the score for this but rather play the samples 
as audio regions. Yes, this bypasses the EXS but I do not want to 
adjust each good drum loop I've purchased from a different vendor...

Wanna try this? Just open the instrument editor, select the sample you 
want and click on the small "E" to open it in the sample editor. Let 
Logic create an overview, close audio and instrument editor. You'll 
find this sample file in the audio window. Drag it to the arrange 
window. Sounds complicated, but isn't if you have done it once.

Now the important step:
In the arrange window, select the imported object and set the locator 
above to cover the length where the object should be played. Then go to 
the Options/Tempo menu and select the first entry "Adjust to object 
length and locator positions" (I do not know the exact name in the 
english version). This sets the tempo of Logic to the length of the 
object.

You can see the tempo in the tempo list and most likely it is slightly 
different from what you've set for the song. If it is a good sample it 
will loop now correctly. The backdraw is that you loose all EXS 
functionality and you have to set the tempo each time you use a 
different or the same sample at another position in your song.


Peter Ostry