EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: "luvcrazdog" <luvcrazdog@...>


> We're running some tests now.  Specific questions to you:
> 1 What's your experience with EXSP24?  Is there a way to run it  
> stand-alone?

I haven't used it, but if I remember right it won't run VSL. It's not  
a real solution.



> 2 What are the advantages/disadvantages of using it outside of  
> Logic as a
> way of exceeding Logic Pro 7.2 limit of 128 EXS24 instruments?

128 EXS24 instruments isn't a limitation, since you'll run out of  
memory or CPU before then.



> 3 What's your experience with building one EXS24 instance, with  
> say, 24
> different STRING articulations.  I now realize the VSL VI are way more
> powerful than the EXS24's modulation possibilities.

I prefer to use separate EXS24s. Rather than assigning them all to  
tracks, though, I create a screenset with the Audio Environment with  
all the EXS24s on one side and an Arrange window on the other side;  
command/clicking on one of the EXS channel strips assigns it to the  
currently-selected track in the Arrange window.

You don't need so many tracks that way, but your articulations are  
still cued up so you can audition them and assign them as needed.

> Might make an interesting article for your magazine-ULTIMATE 8MG RAM
> MAC SYSTEM or ULTIMATE 16MG RAM SYSTEM.  A lot of composers want
> to design a single or dual Mac system.  You have written more about  
> this than
> anybody:  what is the ultimate system, Nick?

Unfortunately, the ultimate system still requires more than one  
machine, in fact it requires more than two machines. There's a fine  
balancing point between eking the most out of every machine and  
asking machines to do too much (in which case you wait too long for  
things to load and sometimes run into slowdowns and glitches).





> Appreciate your thoughts, comments.
> J. Marti
>

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