EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- Hector Rios <forums@...> wrote:

> Message posted by Hector Rios <hcrios@...>:
> 
> My gear:
> Apple Power Book 1.25 GHz, 1.5GB RAM, Logic Pro 6
> with EXS24mkII
> 
> 
> Hello to all,
> 
> I received and installed yesterday a PMI Piano
> (Steinway D, 5.2GB) which
> sound incredibly beautiful and dinamic, when PLAYING
> IT SLOWLY. The problem
> is that apparently the Power Book or the EXS can't
> handle this size of
> instrument easily. When playing the piano normally,
> you have to almost
> literally wait until the RAM reads the information
> of each note or chord you
> are playing, but you cannot play smoothly. So, it's
> not practical to use
> this piano with the computer/sampler configuration
> that I have. The same
> problem happened to me earlier with a set of 500MB
> pianos (10 times
> lighter!: the iPianos). They are also from PMI, made
> for Apple's Garage Band
> but can be used in the EXS sampler, and are working
> perfectly smooth in
> Garage Band (!) but not in the EXS without trouble.
>
Are you using the 24 bit version? PMI usually has a 16
and a 24 and the 16 might be better for your setup.
Can the PB take more RAM? If so max it out. Best
investment you can make.
Also, under Options on the EXS try checking (or
unchecking the Virtual Memory.
JP