EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I posted this on the logic list, but then realised I should have 
sent it here....

I just tried to import "Voices of the Apocalypse" which is in 
Gigasampler format into the EXS. This sample library does what most 
giga patches do which is allow you to crossfade between soft samples 
and loud samples with the mod wheel. The giga import function seems 
to have messed this up.

In the new EXS patch I now have, it made 2 groups, each containing a 
PP sample and a FF sample for each note with no velocity switching 
set up. So, when you play this, 4 samples play, it's super loud, 
sounds bad, and eats up 4 voices with one note. I've had to go in 
and delete one of the groups, rename the existing one to PP and make 
a new one called FF, then go through and set each sample to it's 
appropriate group.

When I saw the new "Select by" function in the EXS Editior, I was 
hoping that this would allow crossfading between groups. It almost 
does, but not quite. Currently it just let's you switch from one 
group to another based on controller value, or note #.

What we need (and is needed for a proper Giga import) is the abilty 
to set a volume offset by controller range. In the case of this 
choir patch, the volume offset for PP samples would be controller 1 
range 127-0 and the FF volume offset would be controller 1 range 0-
127. This would cause the PP samples to fade out as you moved the 
mod wheel up, and the FF samples would fade in, nice and expressive.

I realise this could be done with the environment, but it would be a 
pain in the ass to set up for a whole orchestra.