EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: What kind of samples conversion would 
you like for the EXS24 ? 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Roland S series, 25 votes, 27.17%  
- Kurzweil, 14 votes, 15.22%  
- GigaSampler, 22 votes, 23.91%  
- Yamaha A series, 4 votes, 4.35%  
- 94b Guillemot, 2 votes, 2.17%  
- Something else, 3 votes, 3.26%  
- EMU series, 22 votes, 23.91%  

INDIVIDUAL VOTES
- Roland S series 
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     - mofateam@... 
     - lancetrickey@... 
     - tun.weber@... 
     - yael@... 
     - ngold@... 
     - audiobobma@... 
     - mark@... 
     - HELP@... 
     - scott_yahoo@... 
     - emaruffi@... 
     - anders@... 
     - CLEY@... 
     - adam2410@... 
     - gi-meyer@... 
     - musos@... 
     - stevet@... 
     - thornton@... 
     - eric.sa@... 
     - david@... 
     - jess@... 
     - dmuckala@... 
     - bwind@... 
     - dnanet@... 
     - cworkman@... 
- Kurzweil 
     - lancetrickey@... 
     - ngold@... 
     - HELP@... 
     - scott_yahoo@... 
     - anders@... 
     - CLEY@... 
     - adam2410@... 
     - gi-meyer@... 
     - jtiensuu@... 
     - eric.sa@... 
     - david@... 
     - muzicable@... 
     - dnanet@... 
     - cworkman@... 
- GigaSampler 
     - simpsond@... 
     - elkoro10@... 
     - lancetrickey@... 
     - mtumelero@... 
     - yael@... 
     - gosborn1@... 
     - HELP@... 
     - rho_dez@... 
     - emaruffi@... 
     - anders@... 
     - CLEY@... 
     - adam2410@... 
     - gi-meyer@... 
     - stevet@... 
     - jtiensuu@... 
     - thornton@... 
     - eric.sa@... 
     - muzicable@... 
     - galactechfunk@... 
     - jos@... 
     - dnanet@... 
     - cworkman@... 
- Yamaha A series 
     - adam2410@... 
     - gi-meyer@... 
     - jeff.parent@... 
     - cworkman@... 
- 94b Guillemot 
     - elkoro10@... 
     - cworkman@... 
- Something else 
     - glenn@... 
     - dnanet@... 
     - cworkman@... 
- EMU series 
     - pw@... 
     - simpsond@... 
     - mofateam@... 
     - lancetrickey@... 
     - glenn@... 
     - sleeper@... 
     - ed@... 
     - HELP@... 
     - emaruffi@... 
     - terjeeithun@... 
     - CLEY@... 
     - adam2410@... 
     - stevet@... 
     - jtiensuu@... 
     - eric.sa@... 
     - david@... 
     - muzicable@... 
     - jess@... 
     - dmuckala@... 
     - bwind@... 
     - dnanet@... 
     - cworkman@... 


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The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: User defined folder for exs-instrument 
search (not the hole drive) and
the EXS should search the samples in 
the instrument folder first. 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- yes, 16 votes, 94.12%  
- no, 1 votes, 5.88%  



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The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: Top wishlist features for EXS24
 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- More sample conversion (see other poll), 25 votes, 15.15%  
- Multiple outs & separate bus allocation, 32 votes, 19.39%  
- Velocity crossfades between layers, 26 votes, 15.76%  
- Additional modulation routings, or modulation-matrix, 26 votes, 15.76%  
- Drag and drop of zones and samples, 37 votes, 22.42%  
- Bypass scan of all the instruments when loading, 19 votes, 11.52%  



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The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
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POLL QUESTION: Top wishlist features for EXS24 continued
 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Set the range and sample assignment of the keygroups via midi keyboard, 27 votes, 15.43%  
- User defined folder for exs-instrument search , 15 votes, 8.57%  
- Change a given parameter for several selected zones or groups at one time, 25 votes, 14.29%  
- Switch and/or crossfade via midi events (eg sustain pedal), 11 votes, 6.29%  
- Cross-fades between groups, e.g. cross-fading between a cello group and a viola group as you move up the keyboard , 16 votes, 9.14%  
- Amplitude envelopes a la Roland (4 x time parameter, 3 x level parameter), 5 votes, 2.86%  
- Ability to edit zones graphically on the keyboard graphic, 23 votes, 13.14%  
- "Import multiple samples" imports files in correct alphabetical order - it currently reverses them, 11 votes, 6.29%  
- Editor window's keyboard should highlight to correspond with midi input and/or sample zone being edited, 16 votes, 9.14%  
- A selection of envelope presets (via a drop menu), 8 votes, 4.57%  
- When loading or adding samples, starting note should be user-definable (not just C1), 18 votes, 10.29%  



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Hi Joeri,

You must have seen these results by now. Hope you can pass this info 
on to the good folks at Emagic.

Regards - Colin

>The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the
>final results:
>
>
>POLL QUESTION: Top wishlist features for EXS24
>
>
>CHOICES AND RESULTS
>- More sample conversion (see other poll), 25 votes, 15.15% 
>- Multiple outs & separate bus allocation, 32 votes, 19.39% 
>- Velocity crossfades between layers, 26 votes, 15.76% 
>- Additional modulation routings, or modulation-matrix, 26 votes, 15.76% 
>- Drag and drop of zones and samples, 37 votes, 22.42%
>- Bypass scan of all the instruments when loading, 19 votes, 11.52%


>POLL QUESTION: Top wishlist features for EXS24 continued
>
>
>CHOICES AND RESULTS
>- Set the range and sample assignment of the keygroups via midi 
>keyboard, 27 votes, 15.43% 
>- User defined folder for exs-instrument search , 15 votes, 8.57% 
>- Change a given parameter for several selected zones or groups at 
>one time, 25 votes, 14.29% 
>- Switch and/or crossfade via midi events (eg sustain pedal), 11 votes, 6.29% 
>- Cross-fades between groups, e.g. cross-fading between a cello 
>group and a viola group as you move up the keyboard , 16 votes, 
>9.14% 
>- Amplitude envelopes a la Roland (4 x time parameter, 3 x level 
>parameter), 5 votes, 2.86% 
>- Ability to edit zones graphically on the keyboard graphic, 23 votes, 13.14% 
>- "Import multiple samples" imports files in correct alphabetical 
>order - it currently reverses them, 11 votes, 6.29% 
>- Editor window's keyboard should highlight to correspond with midi 
>input and/or sample zone being edited, 16 votes, 9.14% 
>- A selection of envelope presets (via a drop menu), 8 votes, 4.57% 
>- When loading or adding samples, starting note should be 
>user-definable (not just C1), 18 votes, 10.29%

I came back online too late to participate but I'm amazed that no 
one mentioned:
- ability to adjust volume (not velocity) from the arrange window
- ability to load samples from the arrange window
- given the inability to load samples from the arrange window, 
being able to directly audition samples within the environment 
without previously selecting the audio instrument in the arrange 
window.

Perhaps these things are too basic to be included in a feature 
wishlist - they are so fundamental that third party samplers like 
Unity and Samplecell implement some or all of them.

Better yet, perhaps these issues have actually been addressed, 
or we could do it all along and I'm just a bonehead!!


-- In exs-users@y..., exs-users@y... wrote:
> 
> The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
> final results: 
> 
> 
> POLL QUESTION: Top wishlist features for EXS24
>  
> 
> CHOICES AND RESULTS
> - More sample conversion (see other poll), 25 votes, 15.15%  
> - Multiple outs & separate bus allocation, 32 votes, 19.39%  
> - Velocity crossfades between layers, 26 votes, 15.76%  
> - Additional modulation routings, or modulation-matrix, 26 
votes, 15.76%  
> - Drag and drop of zones and samples, 37 votes, 22.42%  
> - Bypass scan of all the instruments when loading, 19 votes, 
11.52%  

> 
> 
> 
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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users 
> 
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The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: Allow crossfading between two layers
of samples in one exs24 instrument via
use of controller. (eg modwheel) 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Yes, 11 votes, 100.00%  
- No, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- Dont understand the question, 0 votes, 0.00%  



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The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: What percentage of your compositions do 
you use EXS besides midi and other 
audio related files? 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Less than 5%, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- 5-10%, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- 10-25%, 1 votes, 7.14%  
- 25-50%, 2 votes, 14.29%  
- 50-75%, 1 votes, 7.14%  
- 75-100%, 9 votes, 64.29%  
- Don't understand the question, 1 votes, 7.14%  



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> I'm the bozo who said he didn't understand the question.

Still, 7.14 per cent is a sizeable Bozoid minority pressure group.

Paul.

-- 
Paul Crouch,
basses played while you wait
1, Hogs Edge,
Brighton,
BN2 4NQ,
U.K.

I'm the bozo who said he didn't understand the question. I didn't know if I
was being asked, "What percentage of my songs involved the use of the
EXS24?" versus "How big a role did the EXS24 play in each song (what
percentage of the song was made with the EXS24)?" This is a fine point, but
I couldn't tell by the phrasing which of these meanings was meant. -Jer

> The following exs-users poll is now closed.  Here are the
> final results: 
> 
> 
> POLL QUESTION: What percentage of your compositions do
> you use EXS besides midi and other
> audio related files?
> 
> CHOICES AND RESULTS
> - Less than 5%, 0 votes, 0.00%
> - 5-10%, 0 votes, 0.00%
> - 10-25%, 1 votes, 7.14%
> - 25-50%, 2 votes, 14.29%
> - 50-75%, 1 votes, 7.14%
> - 75-100%, 9 votes, 64.29%
> - Don't understand the question, 1 votes, 7.14%

--- In exs-users@y..., "Paul C." <horseless.paul@v...> wrote:
> > I'm the bozo who said he didn't understand the question.
> 
> Still, 7.14 per cent is a sizeable Bozoid minority pressure 
group.
--

will we be forced to wear bobble hats and eat lentils?

informal poll:

what percentage of exclusively non japanese speaking exs 
users have made more sense of it by flipping to the japanese 
language preferences?

Thoughts from the mind of exs-users@yahoogroups.com, 02-05-2002:

>POLL QUESTION: What percentage of your compositions do
>you use EXS besides midi and other
>audio related files?
>
>CHOICES AND RESULTS
>- Don't understand the question, 1 votes, 7.14% 

?Que?  OK, who was that?

:-)

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
Omega Art: http://www.ision.nl/users/h/index.html

--- In exs-users@y..., Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@k...> wrote:
> Thoughts from the mind of exs-users@y..., 02-05-2002:
> 
> >POLL QUESTION: What percentage of your compositions do
> >you use EXS besides midi and other
> >audio related files?
> >
> >CHOICES AND RESULTS
> >- Don't understand the question, 1 votes, 7.14% 
> 
> ?Que?  OK, who was that?
--

i dunno....musta been some bozo

(titter titter)

andy

> i dunno....musta been some bozo
> 
> (titter titter)

I hope that's tongue-in cheek :-P

I tried to explain... ok, I give up.

--- In exs-users@y..., <HELP@M...> wrote:
> > i dunno....musta been some bozo
> > 
> > (titter titter)
> 
> I hope that's tongue-in cheek :-P
> 
> I tried to explain... ok, I give up.

course it is...

feel free to have a laugh at my expense anytime :-)

*still shaking his head in disbelief that the exs has the ability to 
select instruments but not via key commands*

andy