EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>Thoughts from the mind of Eli Krantzberg, 15-07-2002:
> >Suppose you set up a bunch of different EXS instruments with 
> >different articulations loaded into each. Then create a cable 
> >switcher type of fader object with a cable going to each one 
> >of them. Set the input definition for the cable switcher to be 
> >a specific midi note (if this isn't directly possible, then I 
> >suppose you could convert the incoming message via a 
> >transformer). Make the cable switcher your track instrument.
> 
> [a few minutes after my previous post]
> No, doesn't work.  Only the EXS instance cabled to the 1st outlet of 
> the Cable Switcher ever plays (if the switch is in the right 
> position, that is).  Toggling the switch will simply cause no output 
> to occur.


Btw, with all this talk about the limitation of only being able to play one
AudioInst in realtime -- have any of you guys been able to test out the
workaround posted last month on the LUG? I still don't have v5 yet so I
can't test this myself.


--- In logic-users@y..., "kalamataguy" <kalamataguy@y...> wrote:
> I am playing 6 instruments from 6 KB midi controllers
> simultaneously.
> see:
> Logic Forums   » Logic Composers   » Environ-Mental   » 
> 3 - midi controllers to play three instruments simultaneously. 
> How?  at:
> http://community.sonikmatter.com/cgi-bin/emagic/ultimatebb.cgi


For everyone too busy to read through the huge thread, here's the 
most important part:
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From: oink on Sonikmatter

Ok, what I have found is that in split mode, midi channel 1 will play 
instrument 1 constantly. Any other channel will play whatever track 
is selected. 

If I cable transformers in to the individual port connections to the 
sequencer input to turn my 2 controllers into 4, then use the channel 
splitter track which is cabled to 4 instruments, all 4 will play with 
no latency differential. I just wish I had 4 controllers to test this 
further.

The MIDI channel assignment on AudioInstruments in this situation is 
irrelevantant. Just leave them at cha 1. 

The important thing is to cable the individual MIDI ports, of each 
controller, on the Physical Input Object, directly to the sequencer 
input [default name:to Recording & Thru] You can cable monitor 
objects in-line to check this is where the controller-keyboards are 
coming in. 

The next thing is to make sure the controller-keyboards are sending 
on unique MIDI channels.[if they are all on cha 1 use transformers to 
change the channel in-between the physical Input and the sequencer 
input.]

Then you cable a channel-splitter's outputs [which correspond to the 
channels the controller-keyboards are sending on] to the 
corresponding AudioInstrument objects.

Enage Split mode [auto demix] .

Make the channel-splitter the track instrument.

Rec-enable the channel-splitter track, and the Instruments.

Make sure the sequencer is running [this doesn't work while stopped].

Then play.

You might find the recorded sequences show up on the wrong tracks, 
with channel 1 being on the channel splitter track, channel2 on the 
channel 1 track etc. Just move them over.
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