EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Sascha Franck" <S.Franck@...> wrote:
>
> Garth already explained the parameters wich you can change on a
group level
> (actually, it's even a tad worse as you can in fact only adjust some
offsets
> to what you have set on the EXS' GUI), so that's quite limited indeed.
>
> In case you're doing such things more often, I can highly recommend
getting
> another sampler. Inside Logic and for OSX, I'd say there's no better
choice
> than Kontakt - which allows for doing all these things with ease. You
> wouldn't even have to create a new instrument out of two existing
ones but
> smply load them into Kontakt on top of each other, then tweak the
individual
> instruments to your likings. That way you can easily apply totally
different
> envelopes, filters, FX and what not in a matter of seconds (or
minutes, in
> case you're a deep tweaker).
>
> Sure, that's quite some financial stretch, in addition Kontakt isn't
acting
> as quick as the EXS, plus it's indeed less efficient, too - but
after all,
> it's tweakers heaven, whereas the EXS is just a sort of workhorse
sampler (a
> rather nice one at that, but not much more nontheless).
>

Thanks for your comment.

As a sample developer, I am aware of the fact that Kontakt, Halion,
E-MU Emulator X, etc. are much more advanced samplers than EXS MKII.
However, the EXS is the one you can not leave out when developing
sample libraries - it is tied into Logic.

I managed to create quite good results playing with offests. But in
overall, EXS it is nowhere near of the synthesis and editing
possibilites of Halion3, Kontakt2 or.. the most advance, the E-MU
Emulator X.

In terms of stability and speed, EXS stil rocks... And I think, when
Apple introduces the successor of Logic (hopefully soon), it will also
incorporate a new sampler, maybe an EXS MKIII who knows...