EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

evil_wicked@...  wrote: 

>
> ad 1) Setting up multi samples
> =======================
> I have downloaded 4 samples from Hello Synthesizers:
>
> OBXA_Bass1_E1
> OBXA_Bass1_E2
> OBXA_Bass1_A2
> OBXA_Bass1_A3
>
> Now I am trying to make an instrument out of them by using "Load 
> Multiple Samples", and then after selecting the 4 samples above, 
> using the option "Auto map".



I have had to fix a few of their sets as well. It seems there are two ways of
naming notes -- sometimes an ascending succession of white notes are numbered:

A1 B1 C1 D1 ...  G1 A2  --- new octave  begins on A

Other times the numbering is:

A1 B1 C2 D2 -- new octave number begins on C

When in doubt of the keynote of a sample I use something like CoolEdit's
frequency analyser or an external tuner to detact the actual pitch.


>
> ad 2) Looping a sample
> =================
> Is there an easier way of doing this than fiddle-with-the-end-loop-
> frame-of-each-sample-until-it-sounds-okay?


Crossfading can help but getting the best possible loop is necessary. There are
some useful key shortcuts for speeding adjustment of the loop in the Sample
Editor. There is a company (name I can't remember) which has a product which
optimises sample loops but I don't think it was cheap.

>
> ad 3) Different "ring out" times for samples in a multi sample 
> instrument
> ====================================================
> Unless looped, an instrument made of multiple samples may have 
> different "ring out" times depending on where on the keyboard you 
> play it (because some samples in a multi sample have different 
> lengths.) I am not sure how big a problem this will be actually, but 
> it just strikes me that the instrument may sound silly if you play it 
> un-looped and someone notices the different ring out-times! Does this 
> matter and if so, is there an easy way of adjusting all samples so 
> they have the same length?



Use Kontakt instead ;-) -- it has an option of keeping playing time constant
when pitch shifting a sample. 

Otherwise, with the EXS24,  you can choose a shorter decay time than the
samples take to play -- and set sustain to zero in the ADSR. 

Regards,
Murray