EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@k...> wrote:

> No, it's not.  And yes, it can be done.  But no, not in the EXS itself.
> 
> Enough yes and no's? :-)
> 
> The way to do this is by setting the sample to loop in the EXS 
> Instrument Editor.  Then create an environment patch that filters out 
> note-offs, so that only the note-on reaches the EXS, creating a 
> 'hanging note'.  And then you have to think of a way to switch the 
> note off again.  This could be "switch off as soon as a note-on on 
> the same channel is received" (like a monophonic synth), or "switch 
> off as soon as the same note on is received again" (making the note 
> work like a toggle).
> The 1st part is easy: use a transformer to convert notes to 
> controllers, use a 2nd transformer to filter out controllers with 
> value=0, and then convert controllers to notes again with a 3rd 
> transformer.
> The other part -- a mechanism that allows you to switch off the 
> hanging note again -- is trickier, since it requires you to store the 
> note-number of the currently sounding note.  This can be done with 
> e.g. a fader that assumes the value of the last played note.
> 
> I hesitate going into too much detail, as it is my experience that 9 
> out of 10 times when I start writing stuff like this, people respond 
> like "oh... yeah.. sounds cool, but... uhm... I don't really 
> understand what you're talking about at all" :-).


Thanks for the reply Hendrik, but you said it best yourself, it's way 
too much trouble. This is the only way? I'm better off looping a 
region and using a long audio file as the sample, right?