EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>I'm interested in getting any feedback y'all have on some of the more 

>recent sample library offerings. I'm particularly interested in the 

>crop of jazz and big band stuff that came out last year, including 

>Garritan's Big Band library, First Call Horns and the update to Kick 

>a** Brass. Also the ancient/ethnic offerings RA from East West, and 

>Origins, the brand new one from Ilio (which may be too new for anyone 

>to have yet). I've listened to a bunch of demos ranging from lousy to 

>impressive, but demos can be deceiving as they are frequently put 

>together around the instruments themselves. Real-world experiences 

>integrating these sounds into your pieces are at least as valuable.

 

The Garritan Jazz & Big Band Library definitely sounds promising - and their
demos are impressive - but so far I've found the required Kontakt player it
requires to be so unstable that I can't open more than 2-3 tracks without it
crashing Logic.  I inquired with Garritan - and they had (at the time) no
EXS24 driver for their library - and no plans to create one.

 

I *thought* I had seen someone mention that they had created an EXS
incarnation for this library (when first researching it) but since have been
unable to locate it.  I understand (but have not confirmed) that the samples
themselves may be encrypted on the DVD, so such a version may not be
possible for anyone but Garritan themselves.

 

- Bob Shuster