EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On a fine day, 01-06-2003, hottesttoddy wrote:

>  > Ohw, that's by far the worst suggestion I could imagine...  So if
>  > you have a 250 MB piano and make 5 variations of it, you would end up
>  > having 1.25 GB of data???  Not a very nice idea.
>
>Think this through a bit more before dismissing the suggestion out
>of hand.

<thinking through...>  Uhm, still don't like the idea :-).  I simply 
don't like proprietary formats where a bunch of files are packed into 
one archive-like construct, such that you can no longer access 
individual files without using special software (the EXS in this 
case).  A file should simply be a file -- out there in the open and 
ready for me to do with it whatever I like.

>You wouldn't need to duplicate a 250 MB piano five times!
>You would just store all the variations within the Instrument /
>Sample file the same way you can with Soundfonts.

So if I have one collection of samples and use different filter 
settings for various songs, I would be forced to back up the entire 
xxx meg worth of samples instead of the few kb that an instrument 
file is?  Still don't like the idea...

>This would be much more convenient since all your variations would be stored
>within one file for easier file management and portability.

A solution for the backup/portability problem would be an option to 
"collect all used soundfiles", much like QuarkXpress allows you to 
"collect all files for output" when sending print-stuff to a 
print-shop.  But then, the EXS already _does_ have this option, 
doesn't it?  So I fail to see the problem, to be honest.

>I don't think my suggestion is completely daffy as this is the
>approach Native Instruments is taking with the next version of
>Kontakt.

I didn't say it was daffy.  I just said I didn't like it -- matter of 
taste.  And the fact that some company decides to implement something 
some way doesn't necessarily mean your idea is _not_ daffy :-).

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