EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> Hendrik Jan Veenstra wrote:
>> Ah...  That's interesting...  And kind of funny, in a way.  I mean,
>> here we are, all worrying about CPU cycles, and software updates, and
>> the fastest RAM, and USB and Firewire, and ASIO vs DIO, and all sorts
>> of technical gibberish that most people would find completely
>> unintelligible -- and apparently (almost) everyone here knows what
>> we're talking about.  And then it appears that this same sort of
>> techno-geek-literacy we all share does _not_ apply when it comes down
>> to the instruments we play music with...  I mean, that *is* somewhat
>> curious, in a way, isn't it?  Not that it matters that much.  Not at
>> all in fact.  Still it's a somewhat curious state of affairs imho.
>>

For me, the difference is that CPUs, RAM, updates, USB, 802.11,  
PCMCIA, and other computer industry techno-phrases are all explained 
very well in manuals or are at least documented in some book or another 
by O'Reilly & Associates.  I've been making music with Logic for a year 
and with Cakewalk for four years before that.  I bought EXS-24 about 6 
months ago, and the only thing the documentation told be about LFOs or 
VCOs is that they were there.  Even the notoriously spotty Logic 
documentation at least filled me in on the differences between ASIO and 
DIO and what I would want to use in what situation.  The EXS-24 has 
left it all up to either having a background in synthesis/samplers 
(which I don't have) or trial and error.

Not that I have anything against trial and error!  I think it's 
probably the best way to learn.  I'm just saying I can see how we got 
to this state of affairs when we can all talk on the same level about 
tech, but not about instruments or samplers, or whatever the heck a VCO 
is -- the tech knowledge is more accessible.

Cheers,
-josh emmons