EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Thoughts from the mind of h_b_jensen, 20-11-2002:

>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".
>
>This places the ranges like this:
>E1 sample, key note E1, zone range C-2 to A#1
>E2 sample, key note E2, zone range B1 to F#2
>A2 sample, key note A2, zone range G2 to D#3
>A3 sample, key note A3, zone range E3 to G8
>
>But it doesn't sound properly, i.e. there is a "bug" at F#2 to G2 (at
>the place where two zones "meet".) Otherwise it sounds fine.

What do you mean by 'bug'?  If e.g. the G2 doesn't sound like a G2 
(but maybe a G#2 or something), just adjust the 'keynote' parameter. 
If the naming of the samples is wrong (the A2 isn't really an A2), 
it's helpful to have a properly tuned instrument (outboard synth) 
play along with the EXS, for comparison.  Adjust keynotes for all 
zones until the 2 instruments sound in tune.

The solution you picked up from a previous post, involving using 
different ranges, is no good.  Which range to use in a case like this 
isn't that important usually.  Just have the transition somewhere "in 
the middle" -- like somewhere midway between E1 and E2 with the above 
samples -- i.e. around A1 or B1.  If that doesn't sounds right, 
experiment until you find a switch-point that sounds better.  And 
sometimes it'll always sound shitty, and you'll hear the transition 
from one sample to the next, no matter what you try...

If I didn't understand the question right, please explain more 
clearly what sort of 'bug' you mean.

>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?

No...  How could there be?  The optimal loopppoint depends completely 
on the sample being used.

>(HDR in 16 bit only, someone please give me that LA Platinum upgrade
>for Christmas!)

If you upgrade to Gold5, you'll get 24-bit recording as well.  No 
need for Platinum in that respect.  And the upgrade to 5 is worth 
every penny...

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
Omega Art: http://www.ision.nl/users/h/index.html