EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

You know, advanced as this has all become, the thing that still makes 
working with sample libraries something of a compromise is that you 
have to call up different programs for different variations of  the 
same sound. Marcato and legato strings, for example. Things like 
keyswitching and extreme controller mapping help*, but it's still not 
quite there as far as I'm concerned.

The Yamaha VL1, in many ways the benchmark for an electronic 
instrument, has a parameter called...I forget what it's called, but 
it measures the rate at which the breath controller values change, 
not just the static value. So if you blow in quickly, you get the 
sound of a faster attack; blow gradually and you get a totally 
different sound.

I know that the main reason the awesome Yamaha VL1 didn't sell was 
that you had to learn how to use a breath controller - which is 
(excuse me) way overblown, because it's so freaking easy - but isn't 
that really what we want samplers to do? It sure seems like a much 
less kludgey way to play a part. (I play the VL1 with an EWI, which 
is awesome combination.)


* Am I right that the EXS only reads keyswitching that's been 
programmed into a Giga sound, that you can't program it yourself? I 
looked in v.2 and didn't find it.
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Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, fax -5434, cell 818/601-4874