EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Tony Maxwell wrote:
> 1. It seems that all my sequences have to be on the track with the actual
EXS instrument (I
> can't place the individual drum sequences (i.e. snare, hat, etc.) on the
aux tracks. This
> makes it hard to edit the sequences, since they are all piled on top of
each other.

Aux objects are no instrument-like objects (in Cubase things are treated a
bit differently as you can at least play multitimbral instruments on their
appropriate tracks in your project window).
So, in case you want your sequences on separate tracks in your arrange, just
duplicate the main EXS instrument track and place them on there. You may
want to use the trackname function to give them appropriate names.

> 2. Looping only seems to work for the first sequence on the track. If I
record a 1-bar kick
> sequence, I can loop that, and the loop will play. But if I then record a
1-bar snare
> sequence on top of that and try to loop it, only the kick sequence loops.

That's normal.
In case you want the snare sequence to loop as well you will have to either
merge it with the kick sequence or place it on another track using the same
instrument.
Looped sequences can only loop one sequence, not a bunch of them placed on
top of each other - and maybe that's just clever because in the middle of a
multiple-sequence-looped part your visual orientation would just get lost.
In case you want to treat different sequences as one part that you can loop,
pack them into a folder, then drag the resulting file onto the EXS track in
question (you can even delete the folder track after that).

Regards,
Sascha

Tony Maxwell wrote:
> That's how I've done it until now, Tim. I guess I imagined that using only
one instance of
> the instrument would save on processing power. Maybe this is not true. Can
anyone
> confirm that 10 instances of an EXS uses that same as 1 instance assigned
to 10 different
> outputs?

Answer 1) Tim (and me neither) wasn't talking about using multiple instances
of the EXS, just multiple instances of the same object in your arrange -
quite a different thing.

Answer 2) The EXS is sharing both graphical and sample resources among each
instance that is being used, so on any modern computer you shouldn't notice
the difference in CPU load at all (if there is any...).

Best,
Sascha