EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi Thomas,

>
> What probably could be done was to make a multi-instrument that connect to 4
> EXS24 - each having 1 string.
> However I don't know how to set this up.
>
> I need to be able to play with each string and playback on the same
> midi-track.
> Using a different track for each string can be done - but it is not very
> cool...



If you could play several simultaneous instances of the EXS24 live it would go
some of the way to giving you what you want. Currently only the selected VSTi
or Logic Instrument (eg EXS24) can be played live. The currently selected
instrument is handled quite differently -- lots more CPU load -- and if this
were spread over several instruments simultaneously Logic would be less CPU
efficient. Some cabling in the environment can get around this but the latency
is then not very good at all. The method involves setting up a multi-instrument
in the environment which is then cabled to multiple AudioInstruments -- just
pick them as destinations for each channel of the multi-instrument. 

I don't know if Emagic plan to fix this in Version 5 -- Cubase SX does this
without problems. Quite possibly this will be done in Logic 6.x -- on the Mac
only it would seem. 

As you have discovered,  the EXS24 lags a bit behind GigaStudio -- I think it
is a matter of developer resources -- Emagic is small and they have lots of
balls in the air. Perhaps we will see the sort of features you need to
replicate your Giga Libraries if we petition for them. It might be worth a
direct approach to the developers --  a well known Instrument builder like
yourself could perhaps persuade them where we mere customers cannot. :-)

Regards,
Murray