EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Thoughts from the mind of Sascha Franck, 11/22/02:

>Hendrik Jan Veenstra wrote:
>>  If anyone can think of some sort of sensible way to use the "Select
>>  by Group" stuff, I would be very curious to know.
>
>From what I know, one purpose of this feature would be to allow for very
>realistic string sounds. You could then have all your "bow downs" on one
>group and the "bow ups" on another.

Ah, that's a nice idea indeed, yes. It would require you to play the 
notes detached though -- i.e. not completely legato -- since 
otherwise the EXS doesn't switch groups.  And that in turn sort of 
defeats the idea of up & down bows, which in general _are_ legato...

>Might also make sense for more variations in hihat patterns or even guitars.

I wonder if in such cases randomizing sample-choice wouldn't be more 
effective (as I described inmy post) instead of this "fixed cycling 
order".
It's a pity there isn't a true "random select" function (or I didn't 
discover it yet).  Using a random LFO has its own problems, like 
samples changing sound while keeping a key depressed.  It would be 
nice if you could have the EXS pick a random sample on every note-on, 
and then have it play _that_ sample without changing it for the 
entire durationof the note.
And yes, it's trivial to build an environment patch that causes this 
behaviour -- e.g. send a random CC88 on every note on, and have the 
mod-matrix such that CC88 selects a sample -- but it would be nice if 
it was part of the EXS...

>And there might be tons of other possibilities...

Uh... yes...  Such as...? :-)

>>but isn't it completely braindead to have the +/- buttons 
>>(instrument select) on opposite sides of the instrument popup?
>
>Uhm - how comes I heard that complaint before (I won't tell where...)?

Did you?  I didn't...

>You're 100% right on that one, two up/down arrows right above each other
>would make more sense.

I'm really amazed at blunders like this.  Clearly the Emagic dudes 
know what they're doing, and they're a clever bunch, but things like 
this really make me go "tsk, tsk"...

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Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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