EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Eric P wrote:

> In a message dated 7/22/02 4:44:07 PM, goosefan@... writes:
>
> >So, let me ask a question.  What if I buy one of your
> >sample CD's and decide that it sucks or just doesn't
> >really have the sounds that I thought it would
> >provide...I'm stuck with it for life???
>
> Technically, this is true of all pro CDs on the market.

And this is kind of the downside of sample CD's for me - some CD's you
purchase to have a nice new library of sounds - fair enough, scan the
market, go listen and play with them at a dealer, buy the good ones.

However, they are a sizeable investment to anyone who's not making a good
living at this stuff (for the pros, they are actually pretty cheap!). Often,
I'll be sitting composing some music, and I'll be like :- "Ok, I need a good
multisampled muted trumpet". And for that I have to buy Quantum Leap Brass,
a 6 CD-set for something like \ufffd600... it's not gonna happen. Whereas I would
happily pay \ufffd30 for a single multisampled instrument, or maybe up to \ufffd80 for
a family (kind of like typeface useage). This works out more expensive per
sound than buying the entire CD, but you have the luxury of choosing what
you want. If you want the complete set, then buy the full library -
otherwise, you buy as you go.

There are a number of online single-sound purchase/download companies
around, but none (that I've found anyway) are really offering the
multisampled sounds of the sort of quality as the really good companies.

I know there are practicalities (delivery formats and so on) to consider but
I'd love to see companies like Spectrasonics going down this route - I'm not
sure if they feel that by splitting their libraries up like this they are
devaluing their products?

> PS. Of course, our job is to make sure our products don't suck!

And from what I've seen, you do a fantastic job Eric...

Ben Hall
www.benhall.co.uk