EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> I bought the PMI iPianos for the Garage Band because
> I need to have some
> sort of light acoustic pianos and PMI indicated that
> the pianos can be used
> with the EXS sampler. These pianos are a compilation
> of 5 pianos, 2 or
> 3-layers, approximately 500MB, so they are not so
> big compared with other
> pianos of these days.
> 
> When I play the pianos in the EXS, their loading
> time is longer and the
> notes tend to have a little latency some times.
> Also, some notes, especially
> high notes, cut their release time, as if the
> sustain pedal were depressed.
> In the other hand, playing the SAME pianos in the
> Garage Band is delightful.
> The sound is solid and better than the piano
> instruments included in the
> program (obviously, in this sonic range).
> 
> I tend to think that this problem is due to the
> programming logistic for the
> Garage Band, and not because the EXS is not capable
> of handling this kind of
> sampled instrument, which I sincerely doubt. If the
> EXS were not capable of
> handling this, what could happened if I would like
> to have a 18GB piano like
> the Black Grand from Big Fish Audio, which I would
> like to buy, depending on
> the comments I receive here from you.
> 
> Could anyone explain what is happening here, and if
> the EXS can handle big
> sampled instruments, please? Thank you very much.

I am completely unfamiliar with the iPianos and garage
band. But I can say that I use the larger PMI pianos
in EXS without any of the probelms you mention. The
load time, while long, is no longer than other large
instruments. I have some SampleTekk pianos that have
to be split up into 3 seperate EXS instruments because
they are so large. But they too work fine once loaded.
JP