EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi Soren (I guess this has got to be S\ufffdren, no? But I know, the internet
isnt compatible with all these...),

> I do understand that the ability to use one UI setting for like
> instruments (pads for instance) can be a time saver but I personally
> find that the ability to save instruments and presets presents too
> much of an overlap to make real sense to me.

Actually you're right with that...

> Better to browsw through
> you instruments (.exs files) having saved different variations under
> different, meaningful names.

Sure, I do this as well. But...

> The UI settings you use to examplify
> your method, don't they take about two seconds to apply on a
> tentative basis just to check out if a given instrument might be the
> right one in your song?

I don't know. There's some settings requiring very careful adjustments, such
as the LFO 1/2 amount sliders, the Glide slider, the Filter ADSR amount
sliders and also the Filter ADSR sliders. Sometimes it takes well over a
minute to adjust them properly, so it's quite some time saviour to have some
of your preferred setting being copied instantly to a "UI-less" patch.

> You method, Sascha, is more intelligent and deep than mine but also
> less clear if you want to see all your options in one view.

It's defenitely less clear... I mean, sometimes I even manage to confuse
myself ;-))
Anyways, usually I prefer to use the EXS patches (makes especially sense
since in LA5 you will be able to scroll through them by userdefined
messages), but for some more or less "raw" patches (I would consider most of
the patches I posted to be pretty much raw)  I still find it nice to have a
bunch of "UI-presets" to apply.
But then, there's another advance of using Plugin-Presets rather than EXS
instruments: Instead of opening them through the scrolling menu Logic offers
you can just use the a standard Windows (well, guess that's true for Macs as
well) open dialog to have all your settings visible on one big screen.
Btw, it would be kickass if those settings were loaded instantly as soon as
you touch them with your mouse, some sort of "preview setting in context"
mode, and if they only would actually be loaded when pressing OK.

Regards,
Sascha