EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hiya, 

> Since I hardly ever use big samples, it's not very 
> interesting for me, 
> but for people who do orchestral scoring e.g., this is most 
> likely great.
>

Well there are advantages to using the EXS but I have to say that
Gigasampler is still better for this sort of thing.
I dont do orchestral scoring as such, but have a large collection of
orchestral instruments that get used in ballady pop music that i
(regrettably) seem to be doing for people these days.

When you load a new song with loads of exs instruments and plugins the
song can take up to 25 seconds or so to load up fully.
The thing is though that I find myself using the same instruments on the
same channels over and over for different songs. SO with Giga running on
a separate PC, my Logic autoloader is free of any of this sort of thing.

If I had my 20 odd channels of strings, oboe, horns and such loading up
each time I wanted to start a new track, or go back to an old one it
would piss me off a bit considering the sounds were already there in the
old track anyway.
I'm not expecting this to change and it isnt a gripe at all... just a
different way of working.

I dont think EXS is necessarily the best way for orchestral scorers to
go for this fact. EXS to me is much more suited to the way you work
joeri.. .loads of loops and kits. When working on my own stuff
(industrial/metal) I tend to use the exs over giga. Actually I can
remember the last time I used giga for my own stuff.

JR