EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

MOTU got back to me surprisingly fast! According to Nathan at MOTU tech 
support, the PCI-424 driver is indeed multi-client, which he said he 
himself had tested and could verify. So, based on all the information I've 
gathered here and on the VSL forum, it is currently at least theoretically 
possible to run EXS with up to 3.5 Gb of samples loaded into RAM, 
simultaneously with Kontakt, either standalone or using a VST host, with 
another 3.5 Gb of samples loaded, doing all sequencing with Logic, 
triggering the Kontakt samples via Core Midi's IAC, with individually 
assignable outputs for the two samplers off of a single PCI-424.

Anybody willing to test this out?  The problem is that for the cost of 
another 4 Gig of Mac RAM, you can buy a decent PC and eliminate the 
risk.  And even with a 2.5 GhZ G5, 7 gig of streaming samples could provide 
a serious test of CPU power, not to mention disk throughput.

As obviously attractive as the idea of having that much sample playback 
power under one hood is, I think it's still not yet as practical as 
multiple machines.  Maybe once we're dealing with all 64-bit programming, 
but not now.