EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 28.12.2004, at 08:23, Andris Sice wrote:

>>  Mine sounds OK, rather good...I might have a tin ear though.
>>  It is very soft. I needed to insert a gainer plug to reach acceptable
>>  output level.
>>  Is that true for others?


To get the full dynamic range they took the loudest sound a player can 
produce as an upper limit for recording. You need a really good master 
keyboard to utilize that huge headroom. If you hammer on a cheap, 
unweighted synth- or controller keyboard to produce a velocity of 127 
with 10 fingers you might destroy the instrument :)

You can test the available range: go to the score editor, write two 
chords of 10 notes each and let them loop. Raise the velocity of all 
notes to 127. The level meter goes up just below 0 dB depending on the 
notes. Now add a sustain pedal and you are slightly over: they gave us 
the maximum they could.

Of course, for daily use the Old Lady is too soft and if you are not a 
trained pianist on a premium keyboard it will always be too soft for 
you. Just add the gainer and/or try the expression function of a 
transformer to get a velocity curve you like.


Peter Ostry