EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> > "The Legato Tool included with the current Demo Cube works with
> > GigaStudio only. We're just developing the Performance Tool 
(including
> > the Legato Mode) for the the EXS24 mk II. It will work for both 
OS 9 and
> > OS X as well as the PC version of the ESX mk II. It reqires Logic 
5.5."
> 
> Very interesting but what does this tool make ?
> How is it working ?

As I understand it right this tool sits in your midi stream and 
renders a convincing legato play for strings, wind instruments and so 
forth. It is not just tieing notes together. The tool listens to 
timing and intervals and decides in realtime which following sample 
to choose that fits nicely with its predecessor. The EXS instrument 
needed for that has a hugh set of samples to pick from. They are 
selected by key switches. Sort of articulations on a note to note 
basis. 
Maybe I didn't understand the demo right, but someone will correct me 
here then.
The reason I posted this is the last remark. The tool will be 
published for MkII and requires logic 5.5. So the guys from VSL see 
Logic pc platform as a market for their product, months after Emagic 
pulled the plug on their pc productline. Not that I will buy a top-
notch library like VSL very soon, but it gives some confidence in the 
current Logic/EXS combi on pc. It _is_ alive and powerfull. That's 
reassuring just after the V6 launch.

Herbert Boland
www.zepmusic.com