EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Posted by: "Neil Marsh" Neil@...   audioboyma
Mon Sep 3, 2007 11:58 am (PST)


> I'm selling off a couple of my synths to make room in my studio.
> They're old, but they each have a bunch of sounds that I have used in
> the past and would like to continue using, so I've decided to sample
> them. One of them's a percussion synth, so it wasn't difficult to get
> those recorded, but I'm uncertain about the other synths.
>
> Is there a general rule for what notes and ranges to record? Looking
> at the samples in my Logic/GarageBand collection, I see different note
> ranges. Some of them are sampled in whole steps (C, D, E, F#, G#,
> A#), some in half-octaves (C, F#), some in quarter-octaves (C, D#, F#,
> A). I'm inclined to go for thirds, as that seems like a commonly-used
> range and would result in sample sets that aren't too huge. (I'm not
> concerned about velocity ranges for these sounds, as most of them
> don't have any significant differences, other than volume, when hit
> harder or softer).
>
> Are there other factors I ought to consider before using this  
> approach?
>
> Thanks!


I'd recommend AutoSampler from www.Redmatica.com. It does this  
automatically.

Best, NB





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