EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On Jul ,31, 2005, at 5:49 AM, des5080 wrote:

>  Hi David,
>
>  That sounds like it would work as well - that's an interesting 
> solution.
>
>  In effect you are still relying on monophonic mute groups to choke 
> the hat correctly, but
>  instead relying on multiple EXS instances to get the hihat polyphony 
> I require. I like it!


Hi,

I've been enjoying this thread, and have been letting it percolate in 
my head for a while. Another approach occurred to me. I'm not certain 
it will work, but at the very least might push the collective train of 
thought to explore in another direction.

Suppose you copied and mapped your open and closed high hat samples to 
an alternate set of zones up higher (out of the way) in the same single 
EXS instrument. Assign these duplicated zones to a unique group set to 
one voice polyphony, as with the original zones. Then create a 
transformer in the environment with it's condition set to react only to 
the incoming open hi hat note number coming from your controller, and 
set it in alternating cable mode so that each successive hit is 
alternating which cable it is going out of. Run a cable from one of 
that transformer's outputs to another transformer set to transpose the 
incoming note up to the note number corresponding to the second zone 
you have set up for the open hi hat. This way you can keep striking 
open hi hats and they will remain unchoked since they are alternating 
between the two (monophonic) groups.

Then set up a transformer to "see" the incoming closed hi hat triggered 
note only (but no alternating split, just a regular output), and have a 
second transformer in line to duplicate that incoming note and route it 
to the closed hi hat sample in the second group that is set up. And in 
this second group, pull the velocity down to zero for the closed hi hat 
sample. This way a closed hi hat note will be sent to both groups, so 
no matter which is the most recently triggered open hi hat sample, it 
will get choked. And even though each time you hit a closed hi hat, the 
sample will be triggered in both zones;  only one will sound due to the 
velocity being set to zero in the second set.

Whadda' ya' all think?



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