EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi there,

I'm looking into buying the VSL but would like to know if there are 
people on this list having experiences with it with the setup I have:

Dual G4 533Mhz
1 GB RAM
Logic 6.2.1

Or should I save the money for now and wait until I will get a G5 next year?

To not make it a yes and no question: Are there people who can 
describe in short the kind of orchestrations they used and how many 
instances, with or without freezing (read the thread about the 
freezing problems), sample management etc.

I've been to a store the other day and the clerk told me to get a 
dedicated PC to run the VSL (of course they sell that too :-)

Cheers
Hans

From: Hans Hafner <hanshafner@...>

>I'm looking into buying the VSL but would like to know if there are
>people on this list having experiences with it with the setup I have:
>
>Dual G4 533Mhz
>1 GB RAM

Right off, you'll want to max that out to 1.5 GB. It only costs $50 or so.

>Logic 6.2.1
>
>Or should I save the money for now and wait until I will get a G5 next year?

You should be able to do quite a lot on a single machine like that, 
but I'm much happier with the dual gig I have now than the dual 450 
(roughly comparable to your machine) I used to have.

>To not make it a yes and no question: Are there people who can
>describe in short the kind of orchestrations they used and how many
>instances, with or without freezing (read the thread about the
>freezing problems), sample management etc.

Based on the fact that my dual gig is able to run between 1-1/2 and 
2x as much as the 450, my guess is that you should be able to run a 
couple of articulations of each instrument. Polyphony shouldn't be a 
problem if you're orchestrating properly.

>I've been to a store the other day and the clerk told me to get a
>dedicated PC to run the VSL (of course they sell that too :-)

They're right. I have a GigaStudio machine in addition to the dual 
gig Mac, and I plan on adding at least one more in the near future.
-- 

Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434