EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

on 4/10/02 11:38 PM, Hendrik Jan Veenstra at h@... wrote:

> Thoughts from the mind of Richmond, James (James) ** CTR **, 10-04-2002:
> 
>>> We were using some Miroslav Vitous EXS orchestral instruments
>>> that I have
>>> translated from my Sample Cell CD Roms.
>>> We could not get the EXS to receive any Vol Pedal info.
>>> I tried the same pedal on my other modules and it worked fine.
>>> I loaded up the Sample Cell version and it also would not respond.
>>> So...........does this mean that Vitous doesn't expect any
>>> one to use volume
>>> pedal control or won't the EXS or Sample Cell respond to a
>>> Volume pedal via the master keyboard.
>> 
>> Use an expression pedal and configure it to send cc #7.
> 
> Ehrm... isn't a volume pedal a pedal that sends CC7 ???
> 
> To Phil: the samples have nothing to do with it.  Every EXS
> instrument should be able to respond to CC7 messages, imo.  It's the
> EXS's resonsibility to turn the volume up or down, regardless of the
> sample being loaded.  Unfortunately I can't check, since my EXS demo
> expired and the order I placed hasn't arrived yet :).
> 
> What you could do for starters is connect a Monitor Object to Logic's
> Physical Input and check to see that indeed controller 7 arrives when
> pressing the volume pedal.  Maybe check the midi channel too...
I can see that the pedal is sending midi by looking at the lights on my
MTPAV.
How do I get the EXS to respond? Other midi instruments respond by ticking
the volume box in the parameter panel but EXS does not have one.
Phil Buckle.