EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Sorry to dissapoint you James (and others), but no, the AKAI version of 
Beatz certainly does not have a sliced-up version of the beats. AFAIK, the 
audio and AKAI are the same, only the AKAI is mapped out. Someone with the 
hande Ed has asked this very same question to Doug Rogers (head of 
East-West) on the East-West Forum of the excellent Northern Sounds sample 
discussion web site. You can follow the thread here:

http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=24;t=000251

BTW, Groove Control is only used in Spectrasonics products, like BackBeat, 
Retro-Funk and Stylus...

Ned

James Ryan wrote:
> I would guess it's to do with "groove control."  Probably the Akai version
> has each beat mapped to a key.  You then import the sequence for that groove
> into the sequencer, and when you play it back on the Akai channel, the
> groove plays correctly at the speed of your sequencer - any speed within
> reason.  Something like Recycle.  Actually, exactly like Recycle.  The extra
> $100 is probably for the effort to break all the grooves out into a Recycle
> or Groove Control format.




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       Ned Bouhalassa

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