EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Julie Larson wrote:

>  > Yikes....it's true....I just read it in the manual.  I was planning on
>>  using nodes to enable me to run VSL.  I figured that I could off load
>  the fat VSL tracks to the node.

No. Nodes are only for Logic plug-in processing power.

>  How are people doing this?

By installing at least 3.5GB in a G5 , preferably 4.5GB.

>Maybe I
>  > shouldn't buy VSL for EXS....Can you run Kontact as a plug-in and node
>>  enable that?

Nope. And while Kontakt is an excellent sampler and I both use and 
have no desire to dis it, you will be able to run more EXS on one 
machine.

>  I'd love some input.....

EXS works really well, and it's very efficient. I personally think it 
makes the most sense for a Logic user to go with EXS as much as 
possible, simply because of the integration. If you're running OEM NI 
libraries, no problem, but given a choice I'd definitely go with EXS.

From: Scott Schram <scott@...>

>We have VSL for EXS, and use it successfully with several tracks
>(nothing frozen) on a dual 2.0 G5 with 4 GB of ram.

Depending on the VSL instruments - i.e. Performance Legatos have many 
more samples than simple short note programs - you should be able to 
load 50 or more tracks.

>  It requires\ufffd
>using virtual memory because the total size of the samples is much
>larger than the RAM.

...which of course is a good thing, because it means the samples are long.

>It's possible that OS 10.4 Tiger will help, there are overall\ufffd
>improvements for the users of G4s, and even greater improvements for\ufffd
>G5 users.  I'm referring to the improvements to the concurrency of
>the kernel of the operating system as detailed in the review below.

I've heard that Logic 7.1 isn't 64-bit enabled yet, but I'll find out 
as soon as Tiger arrives here.
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