EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Herge,

EXS is easy to learn, integrates perfectly in 
Logic, sounds great and uses very little cpu 
(great if you need to sound like an 18-piece 
ensemble). If you're not planning to do much 
experimentation and/or transformations of your 
samples, then it's perfect. I can't speak about 
Halion, except that I've read that the interface 
is a bit complicated or not well laid out. It does 
a few things that EXS won't do, but I also have 
read that it's not crash-proof. Kontakt looks 
amazing (I'm on Mac, and it's only for PC for 
now), offer more in terms of manipulating your 
samples (more filters, for eg), but it takes up 
more crunching power, so you are more limited in 
terms of orchestration. As well, it doesn't stream 
from your hard-disk (EXS does, Halion?), so you'll 
need plenty or RAM. One other thing to consider: 
(at this point in time) only Halion can import 
Giga-format samples. Which brings me to my next 
suggestion: Have you thought of GigaSampler? You 
can read users' comments here, in the 'forum' 
section: http://www.northernsounds.com/

Good luck.

Ned



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