EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hendrik Jan Veenstra [mailto:h@...] wrote:
But... I just tried, and the trick you describe is working in a 
strange way...  When having the 'Instrument' parameter active, 
dragging the vertical bar next to the track name will scroll through 
_all_ your EXS programs (or: drag the bar, and then use numeric +/- 
for fine-scrolling).  That's amazing, as I've got over 5000 EXS 
instruments, and you can access them all individually this way. 
However, for automation this is useless, as automation is limited to 
128 values. 

HB: I noticed that too. You would need a high resolution for this to
work.

When you try it, it seems automation takes big steps 
through the available instruments -- like increasing automation from 
value=1 to value=2 will change the EXS from instruments 120 to 260 or 
something.

HB: It's jumping all about the place it seems. 

Despite the fact that the trick is somewhat surprising, I wonder how 
useful it really is in practice -- except that it gives you a way to 
scroll through the EXS instruments without having to have an EXS 
instance open to receive the dedicated key commands.

HB: Agreed, but it makes browsing within a family of sounds more easy.
And you have a clear label in arrange with the loaded instrument name...


Herbert Boland
www.zepmusic.com