EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi there! 

I wondering what everyone's favorite drums sample CDs are.  It can be 
accoustic, electronic, anything..  

The reason I'm asking is that I purchased an "Electronic Retro Drum 
Machine" CD on ebay for $25 and it features many old electronic kits 
from Roland, Akai, Casio, and so only but my only complaint is that 
the audio levels are really low!  I mean REALLY low!  It was cheap 
and in native EXS24 format so it was worth a try.  I also picked up 
the Wizoo Platinum24 Electronic Drums and the Platinum24 Latin 
Percussion (both converted from Akai format to EXS24 using the EXS24 
importer).  They aren't bad, but again, for whatever reason it seems 
like the volume is just a tad bit low.  My Xtreme Analog and Xtreme 
Digital CDs have so much more presence than these other CDs. 

Sometimes there is truth to "Ya get what ya pay for!" and that is why 
I'm asking.  Maybe there are some other EXS24 sample CDs out there I 
should look into.  I'm just not aware of what's good or bad but I 
certainly don't want to waste any more money.  

Thanks! :)

Mark

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At 01:38 AM 11/30/2003, you wrote:
>Hi there!
>
>I wondering what everyone's favorite drums sample CDs are.  It can be
>accoustic, electronic, anything..

I like the Wizoo Mixtended Drums and Peter Erskine's Living Drums, but if I 
had to pick just one out of the libraries I have, Drumkit From Hell would 
be it.

http://www.soundsonline.com/sophtml/details.phtml?sku=TT100

I have recently purchased Drumkit From Hell, excellent sounds but the 
levels are very low. Can someone help me out with the process to 
increase the velocity settings on all the samples.

Many thanks, Paul.

Sean McCoy wrote:

>At 01:38 AM 11/30/2003, you wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi there!
>>
>>I wondering what everyone's favorite drums sample CDs are.  It can be
>>accoustic, electronic, anything..
>>    
>>
>
>I like the Wizoo Mixtended Drums and Peter Erskine's Living Drums, but if I 
>had to pick just one out of the libraries I have, Drumkit From Hell would 
>be it.
>
>
>  
>



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"Paul Millard" <pmillard@...> wrote:


> I have recently purchased Drumkit From Hell, excellent sounds but the
> levels are very low. Can someone help me out with the process to
> increase the velocity settings on all the samples.

Hmm, can't say I noticed any level problems with my copy of DKFH.

Did you use the supplied EXS instruments, or use something else to convert
from another format?

The EXS24 also has an output level slider - you can raise that to turn up
the default level of the EXS24, or you could insert a gainer plugin on the
EXS24 audio instrument channel.

Ben Hall
www.benhall.co.uk

I have recently purchased Drumkit From Hell, excellent sounds but the 
levels are very low. 

If you converted the CD from another format(ie AKAI) it is possible you
used a very low default setting.  I believe they are -6 -3 0 +3 +6, for
drums you should always go with 0.  Just check that. 

Gary Pozner

I am going to try this for my Wizoo Electronic Drum Machines CD.  I 
didn't even think about changing the volume level, although it's an 
obvious thing I should have done.  Thanks for pointing it out. 



--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Ben Hall" <benj@s...> wrote:
> The EXS24 also has an output level slider - you can raise that to 
turn up
> the default level of the EXS24, or you could insert a gainer plugin 
on the
> EXS24 audio instrument channel.

On 11/30/03 10:38 AM, "Mark" <dfusion2000@...> wrote:

> Hi there! 
> 
> I wondering what everyone's favorite drums sample CDs are.  It can be
> accoustic, electronic, anything..

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on one very special day, Mark at dfusion2000@... wrote:

>  I also picked up
> the Wizoo Platinum24 Electronic Drums and the Platinum24 Latin
> Percussion (both converted from Akai format to EXS24 using the EXS24
> importer).  They aren't bad, but again, for whatever reason it seems
> like the volume is just a tad bit low.

As someone else mentioned, make sure your settings for converting aren't set
to lower the volume. Usually the default is something like -3 db or -6b. Put
it up to 0 before you convert. That should help.

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