EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: Jason Greenberg <jason@...>:

> I'm pretty new to the EXS, so can someone please let me know what the
> multi channel EXS or multitimbral mode would be used for???

> Is this for saving processing kind of like using a single reverb for
> several tracks? I'm trying to make some sense of this but can't seem to.

> Please help me figure this out, Jason

Here's one example (my pet peeve, anyway):

- You have a drumkit in EXS, kick, snare toms, hat, ride, crashes, etc.
- You need to have different filter & envelope settings (not just offsets)
  for each type of drum and cymbal, to make them respond realisically to
  playing (from the keyboard or from a MIDI drumkit)
- You need to be able to play/record the whole kit together in realtime

With EXS as it is, you can't do this..

- If you want to play the whole kit together, you can't have different
  settings per drum (the offsets just don't cut it, at least not for me)
- If you put each drum in a separate instantiation of EXS, then you lose
  the ability to play/record the kit all together in realtime

If Emagic adds these capabilities to the rumored upcoming update to EXS,
that'll make a big difference, especially if thay also improve the
Envelopes, Filters, and Modulation Routings along the lines of the more
sophisticated options in ES2 (or the competition's offerings in Kontakt)..
:-)

Cheers,
Joe Albano
ROOFTOP PRODUCTIONS
NYC, NY