EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Sascha Franck" <S.Franck@g...> wrote:
>
> Pete Thomas wrote:
> > I have a few saxophones available, most in demo form at the moment but
> > hoping to release them as full versions soon
> 
> They're quite nice, btw. Allways wanted to say thank you but forgot.
> 
> However, as a package, Garritan Jazz seems to be quite good.
> Just recently I've been lucky (err...) enough to purchase some left-over "Kick Arse Brass" 
CD for the EXS (they're now only shipping
> with a specialized but lousy playback engine), and even if I got it rather cheap I'm not 
impressed. Not a single "allround" section
> patch and only single instruments, so if you want to double your leads with, say, 
another trumpet, you got no choice. And it even
> becomes apparent if you do, say, a 3 part trumpet section that all the instruments are 
the same. From what I seem to understand,
> Garritan has made it just as with GPO, so there's multiple variations of individual 
instruments available.
> Just listen to the demos, there's not much yet, but they're not all that bad IMO. Should 
work rather fine for background section
> stuff and the occasional stabs. Not too sure about solo stuff when it comes to them 
horns - but honestly, who would do a programmed
> sax solo on anything meant to be serious? I certainly wouldn't.
> 
> - Sascha
>
Depends on how it has been scored, i.e. the knowledge status of a particular instrument, 
how about a Coltrane year?