EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...>

>> Anyone have any suggestions for improving EXS performance (or modifying
>> it's voice stealing method) when dealing with voice hungry instruments
>> like the Bosendorfer Imperial Grand?  I seem to be getting a lot of voice
>> dropping on the Bosendorfer when using the pedal heavily, those 64 voices
>> go fast it seems..

> Sounds like you simply want more than 64 voices, right? .. Basic idea:
> connect a transformer to 2 EXS instances, and have the transformer send
> all notes below e.g. C3 to the first instance and the other notes to the
> second instance (assuming your entire part isn't played with 2 hands below
> C3 :-).  At the same time, you should make sure that pedal messages (CC64)
> reach both EXS's.

Hi Hendrik -

It might also be worth trying the following: Divide low and high notes into
2 groups _within_ the Instrument. Since one group apparently won't steal
notes from another, this might help to manage the voice stealing so it
isn't as noticeable musically.. For example, with piano the most noticeable
stealing I hear is long ringing bass notes being obviously stolen by
right-hand noodling.. splitting high/low notes by groups often stops this
for me; of course notes in the upper-register group are still being stolen
by the noodling, but not as noticeably as hanging bass notes cutting out,
often not noticeably at all..

I expect this won't extend the maximum polyphony of an EXS instance, and
when max polyphony is reached then assumedly any notes can be stolen, so if
playing style or layering of samples results in max polyphony being reached
regularly, then of course the dual-instance solution would be the way to
go.. However, the dual-group approach might manage the problem enough
(depending on musical style) to be an acceptable workaround sometimes,
avoiding the need, in those cases. to fudge with i/o plugs etc..  :-)

Cheers, Joe Albano
ROOFTOP PRODUCTIONS, NYC NY
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