EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi,

Post Piano's Emperor arrived here today and is working fine in Kontakt but
on EXS24 PC the instrument definition is not loading the samples correctly
- white noise issues etc. The Kontakt version sounds great so the samples
are there on the drive OK - just the instrument definition doesn't seem at
home on Logic PC.

Michael Post suggested EXS Manager to straighten out the samples - he
confirmed that the instrument definition was built on a Mac and this is
likely to be a Mac PC thing - unfortunately the EXSManager demo for PC
produces a run time error and quits.

Has anyone got a working version of the Emperor Full.exs instrument
definition on PC? Perhaps you could email it to me if you have a minute.

Regards,
Murray

On Dec 21, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Murray McDowall wrote:

> Michael Post suggested EXS Manager to straighten out the samples - he
> confirmed that the instrument definition was built on a Mac and this is
> likely to be a Mac PC thing - unfortunately the EXSManager demo for PC
> produces a run time error and quits.

Hello Murray,
ExsManager *PC* is an old, unsupported project. Back in the time it 
could handle the existing libraries with no problems, but in the past 3 
years libraries have become more and more complex (Michiel did a really 
great job i think), and the internal structure of ExsManager PC simply 
can't handle this complexity. Just as a note, the OSX version has been 
redesigned from scratch and has not this kind of "complexity problems".

> Do you know how I can get around this problem with EXSManager - it is
> according to Michael Post the best prospect for getting this instrument
> working in the EXS24 for now.
> Has anyone got a working version of the Emperor Full.exs instrument
> definition on PC? Perhaps you could email it to me if you have a 
> minute.

I would try this: once you load the instrument in Exs24  (and it might 
be painfully slow the first time), open the editor, select all zones, 
then use the "zones/update selected file zone info from files"  menu 
item (should be in PC version as well AFAIK)

Then save the instrument, quit logic.
Now restart Logic load the instrument and this time it should play 
correctly...

Best Regards
Andrea at Redmatica

Andrea at Redmatica wrote: 
>
> I would try this: once you load the instrument in Exs24  (and it might 
> be painfully slow the first time), open the editor, select all zones, 
> then use the "zones/update selected file zone info from files"  menu 
> item (should be in PC version as well AFAIK)
>
> Then save the instrument, quit logic.
> Now restart Logic load the instrument and this time it should play 
> correctly...


OK - thanks Andrea. This procedure seems to have fixed the main problem with
the files - no more white noise. 

The only issue remaining is that the Release samples which are 16 bit/48kHz in
the Zones but, except for two files (A0 and A1), are 24 bit/48 kHz on the disk.


These files which start with letters (A0 to F6)  which are sitting in the
Emperor folder and due to the format difference are not  found by the EXS24
upon loading - it starts by reporting that it has found the D5 file in Old
Lady. I have manually associated the release group zones with the 24 bit files
and that seems to have fixed this latter problem and the instrument loads
correctly.

Regards,
Murray