EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 10:50 PM 5/8/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>At 16:22 Uhr -0400 08.05.2003, niall munnelly wrote:
> >is the exs24 a doable thing?  i'm trying to convince myself not to buy an
> >akai z8 at a pretty good price =)
>
>I think the things to consider are:
>
>1. Usability: The Akai is good and sounds good, but what about
>editing samples, mapping (even though this is not the strongest on
>the EXS, it still beats the little display, or does the Z8 come with
>the software control?)

The sampler comes with a mac based editor which can use your choice of 
audio editor (such as peak, etc).


>2. Timing: the timing of internal instruments  seems to be a lot
>better as you go around the MIDI thingy (*shudder*)

I am sure the timing is better in Logic, but people have been making music 
with MIDI long before EXS with no problems.


>3. Accessability: You have your whole library at your fingertips, all the 
>time.

You can keep your entire Akai library on your computer with the Akai and 
access it from there at will.


>The downside: With the machine you described you may not be able to
>use as many samplers as you would like (even though I think you can
>use more than you could do with the Akai), but you can always bounce
>to audio and free up CPU power.

The biggest benefit to me is launching a song and all the samples and 
everything. With the Akai you have to load the sounds seperately.

Colin Miller