EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Thanks Sascha,

so the best is still to use the full automatic sampling capabilites of the 
E-MU Ultra sampers..

>The song you're talking about is just some template to let you record the
>samples.
>However, it does not cut them, name them properly and adjust any loop
>points.
>I'm using such a template song as well, containing sequences playing the
>instrument in question in:
>- Octaves, from C0 to C7
>- Tritones, from C0...
>- Major thirds...
>- Minor thirds...
>- Diatonic seconds in C...
>- Chromatic... (especially useful when sampling drum machines)
>Those are all playing back at Velocity = 127.
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>Then I have the same sequences again, this time playing at more than one
>velocity:
>- 65 + 127
>- 45 + 85 + 127
>- 35 + 65 + 95 + 127
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>Depending on the attack/decay/release time of the instrument in question I
>just lower or raise the tempo.
>
>Obviously it's not that hard to do yourself such a template song.
>
>Anyways, as said, you still need to do yourself all the cutting (just using
>"strip silence" and "convert regions into individual audiofiles" still won't
>name them properly, let alone the fact that strip silence isn't exactly
>working too well on low levels).
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>Then: if you plan to sample some VST instruments, there's a great little
>program called "Chainer".
>Originally planned to be a VST standalone host (which it actually does quite
>well) and a VST plugin, "chaining" VST instruments and plugins, it can also
>be used to sample VST instruments and FX in standalone mode (for obvious
>reasons this won't work for Emagic's instruments, too bad... the blessings
>of proprietary "standards"...).
>You can just setup a combination of VST instruments and effects, tweak to
>your likings (it even includes a randomizing function) and then use some
>export function. In that dialog you will be able to set the number (and
>notes) of the keys you want to be exported and name the exported file
>properly. Folliwing the number of keys you assigned, it will then render
>some wavefiles with appropriate note number additions (such as
>"FM7_FatPad_C0) which the EXS could then automap properly.
>Of course, if you need looped samples, you will still have to do that
>yourself, either straight in the EXS or in some proper audio editor, but if
>you set the threshold to a high value, this might eventually not be
>required - sure, the files are getting larger, but in times of large HDDs
>one could just ignore that.
>
>The nice thing about "Chainer" is that you can actually run a layer of VST
>instruments in combination with all sorts of VST effects and then render
>everything down.
>In case you have a multiclient soundcard or an additional card for MME
>purposes only, you can even keep Logic and "Chainer" opened simultaneously.
>
>Just give it a try:
>www.xlutop.com
>(the demo won't save any presets, but the export function will work just
>nicely)
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>Regards,
>Sascha
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