EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Thoughts from the mind of Eli Krantzberg, 06-10-2002:

>Sascha Franck wrote:
>
>>  highlandsource wrote:
>>  > and then after all that piddling around you too can discover for
>>  > yourself just how utterly crap the emagic factory samples are!
>>  > every other maker of sample thingies gives us tons of usable
>>  > samples, and emagic?
>>
>>  While I agree in general, I find myself using quite some patches/samples for
>>  a good bit.
>
>I agree that for the most part the sounds are fairly average. But 
>one stellar exception, to me, is the Mark ll piano. This, with a 
>little modulation delay and reverb, is absoloutely stunning. Almost 
>as good as the EVP IMHO. Different, but in the same "class".

Yes, quite a nice piano ideed.  And personally I also quite like the 
hammonds.  Not at all as flexible as the real thing of course, and 
probably the B4 is way cooler & better, but lacking that, I find 
myself smiling somewhat when playing any of the hammond patches... 
Oh, and the clavinet is fun too (although I wouldn't know where to 
use it in my music).

I guess I like quite a few of them actually :-).  Most wouldn't be 
suitable for a standalone role in a mix -- like solo piano, or 
realistic string orchestra -- but I think many of them are rather 
decent general-purpose sounds that might sit well in a mix, in a kind 
of fill-in role.

The only thing that bugs me though is the samples from synths.  I 
never really understood what good that is.  The entire idea of a 
synth runs somewhat counter to the idea of a sampler...  And then you 
get 3 moog basses... out of a possible million or so...  ???  Oh 
well...

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