EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

"nicolas@..." <nicolas@...> wrote:

> Most hardware piano (Roland, Korg...) have 256 Mb soundbanks max (most
> around 32 Mb).
> And they are used on stage by big stars, no one complains.
> Piano is a percussive instrument, it should be possible to have a descent
> piano that is 'small' so it leave space for more samples in our samplers,
> and will run in memory.
> I totally agree with you, there is a sample inflation and it seems that the
> bigger is the better.
> But where this will end? Now you spend more time in setup up than playing
> music!

Maybe playing with a loud band, piano as a percussive intrument is just
fine.

But how about a nice sustained passage, with many long notes, overlapping
chords, pedal down, long fades.

Seems to me the longer the sample and the more variations in samples per
velocity, the more realism we get.

Depends how much energy you want to put into the quality of your sound.
It¹s a trade off for sure, but it¹s a personal choice.  Why be limited,
let¹s have all the options.