EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>> It _would_ be interesting  to have a poll where we ask people if they
> have any understanding of terms  like ADSR, VCO, frequency modulation vs
> amplitude modulation, LFO mod to  filter cutoff, etc.

I'll delurk to answer this one.

I've only been into this stuff (computer audio, synthesis, music in
general) for a few years, and I'd say I have a fairly good grasp on most
of the terminology. Then again, I got into this stuff because I was
inspired by artists who tweak their gear to no end, and so that was my
motivation. On top of that, I am the sort of person who naturally explores
and tweaks technology--I've been using Macintoshes for eight years and I
know almost anything a non-programmer could know about OS 9, and quite a
bit more about OS X than the average person.

The EXS is my first (and only) sampler, but I picked up right away that
you can get extra mileage out of a sample set by creating a couple of
extra copies of the patch file with exs settings embedded into them. I've
been tempted to jump ship to Kontakt, but I'm poor right now and so will
wait to see about this "MKII" sequel to the EXS allows for more and better
tweaking.

I've got some nice multisample sets I made of the EVD6 before my demo
expired, all custom programmed (i.e., not the included presets), and they
all benefitted from an extra "synthy" version with a low filter and the
mod wheel mapped to filter amount. I'll see if I can get a few of these
posted in the next few days.

But, as a disclaimer, I've also picked up a lot of my tweaking knowledge
from endless hours playing with Max/MSP. After you build your own
animatable formant filter bank, things like the "cutoff" and "key" knobs
don't challenge you quite as much. :)

Oh, and speaking of Max/MSP... I have some patches I've turned into
plugins available free to any Mac/OS9 users. They're at {
http://www.postsomnia.com }. You don't even need Pluggo, just the now
freely available pluggo runtime libraries (linked from my site). The
Doktor Destrukto synth alone has four knobs to control the filter cutoff.
:p

/matt