EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Can anyone tell me what "lm" means at the end of a Samplecell program  
name?

Many thanks


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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com

Hi Paul,

I used to be a Samplecell user and loved it! You have to remember, it  
was a different world back then :-) Samplers were limited in RAM and  
believe it or not, Samplecell's 32 meg capabilities were quite trend  
setting!

LM refers to "limited". Many samples libraries shipped with LM or  
limited versions of the their instrument mappings as a memory saving  
convenience. The LM (lm) versions often didn't have as many multi  
samples or as many velocity layers - and so took up less ram,  
allowing you to load more instruments at once. The idea was to use  
them when you were only using the instruments for limited types of  
parts where you didn't need the entire sample range represented in  
full glorious ram hogging detail.

Enjoy! Some of those old samplecell sounds killed!!


On May ,1, 2008, at 2:07 AM, Paul Najar wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what "lm" means at the end of a Samplecell program
> name?
>
> Many thanks

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Eli Krantzberg
http://www.elikrantzberg.com
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com








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On 01/05/2008, at 10:06 PM, Eli Krantzberg wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> I used to be a Samplecell user and loved it! You have to remember, it
> was a different world back then :-) Samplers were limited in RAM and
> believe it or not, Samplecell's 32 meg capabilities were quite trend
> setting!
>
> LM refers to "limited". Many samples libraries shipped with LM or
> limited versions of the their instrument mappings as a memory saving
> convenience. The LM (lm) versions often didn't have as many multi
> samples or as many velocity layers - and so took up less ram,
> allowing you to load more instruments at once. The idea was to use
> them when you were only using the instruments for limited types of
> parts where you didn't need the entire sample range represented in
> full glorious ram hogging detail.
>
> Enjoy! Some of those old samplecell sounds killed!!

Thanks for the detailed information Eli. Yes I remember the SC as  
well. I also have fond memories of my first sampler - an Ensoniq  
Mirage ;-0. The lm is as I had suspected. By today's standards it's  
not even worth converting them I reckon. Just convert the full  
versions and I'm done.

Kind regards



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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com




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Yeah, the lm versions are an archaic relic of our shared collective  
past :-)


On 1-May-08, at 7:59 PM, Paul Najar wrote:

> Thanks for the detailed information Eli. Yes I remember the SC as
> well. I also have fond memories of my first sampler - an Ensoniq
> Mirage ;-0. The lm is as I had suspected. By today's standards it's
> not even worth converting them I reckon. Just convert the full
> versions and I'm done.

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Eli Krantzberg
http://www.elikrantzberg.com
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com

Am 02.05.2008 um 01:59 schrieb Paul Najar:

> I also have fond memories of my first sampler - an Ensoniq
> Mirage ;-0.

Now that's interesting: what was your first sampler?
Mine was a Roland S-330 (bought in 1988, still have it).

Ingo