EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi all,
I'm looking for beautiful Pads, not too analog but very smooth and large....
any idea ? Akai or Roland Cd or Hardware ??
thx
Igor

In a message dated 1/31/02 8:20:14 AM, yael@... writes:

>Hi all,
>I'm looking for beautiful Pads, not too analog but very smooth and large....
>any idea ? Akai or Roland Cd or Hardware ??
>thx
>Igor

We'll...we think so...

ADDRESS

;-)

-EP

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From: PersingEP@...
To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?



In a message dated 1/31/02 8:20:14 AM, yael@... writes:

>Hi all,
>I'm looking for beautiful Pads, not too analog but very smooth and
large....
>any idea ? Akai or Roland Cd or Hardware ??
>thx
>Igor

We'll...we think so...
ADDRESS
;-)
-EP
*******
What do u mean ?? a new VST Instrument dedicated for Pads :o))
where, where, where !!

Igor

Where have you been?? :-)

http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/atmosphere.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yael [mailto:yael@...]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:51 PM
> To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> What do u mean ?? a new VST Instrument dedicated for Pads :o))
> where, where, where !!
> 
> Igor

Uh, "we think so..." what? You think what? You didn't answer the question.
I'm interested in member feedback to this question as well, especially if
the solution can be ported over to the exs.

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> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:22:56 EST
> To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/31/02 8:20:14 AM, yael@... writes:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I'm looking for beautiful Pads, not too analog but very smooth and large....
>> any idea ? Akai or Roland Cd or Hardware ??
>> thx
>> Igor
> 
> We'll...we think so...
> 
> ADDRESS
> 
> ;-)
> 
> -EP
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Check out Eric's message Wed 01/30/2002 5:18 AM: he said that the samples
used in the new instruments could -not- be directly ported over to EXS. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HELP@... [mailto:HELP@...]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:58 PM
> To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> 
> Uh, "we think so..." what? You think what? You didn't answer 
> the question.
> I'm interested in member feedback to this question as well, 
> especially if
> the solution can be ported over to the exs.

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From: Martin, Jeremy 
To: 'exs-users@yahoogroups.com' 
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:56 AM
Subject: RE: [exs] the Best Pad ?


Where have you been?? :-)

http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/atmosphere.html
*******
WWaaa exactly what I'm looking for :o)
eric did u made it for me ??
Thx
Igor ( who go to bed now...)

<HELP@...> wrote:
> I'm interested in member feedback to this question as well, especially if
> the solution can be ported over to the exs.

There's some AKAI CD called "XXL Pads". I listened through them in some shop
where they had them converted to EXS and I didn't find most of them too
great. But maybe that's just my taste or they didn't convert too well. I
don't know about any other dedicated CD.
As I would like some nice pads as well I might concentrate on finding a few
samples to construct my own, but I allways found it hard to do rich pads by
using samples as finding proper looppoints, especially on evolving/moving
pads, isn't exactly easy.

Regards,
Sascha

Right... April, sure I can wait that long. :-|

How about making me a beta tester, wink-wink nudge-nudge.

Let's redirect this question, what sample libraries (that can be imported to
the EXS24) are available at this time that list members might really like to
use as high quality pads. I have a lot of work to do before April.

> From: "yael" <yael@...>
> Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 01:07:34 +0100
> To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin, Jeremy
> To: 'exs-users@yahoogroups.com'
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:56 AM
> Subject: RE: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> 
> Where have you been?? :-)
> 
> http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/atmosphere.html
> *******
> WWaaa exactly what I'm looking for :o)
> eric did u made it for me ??
> Thx
> Igor ( who go to bed now...)
> 
> 
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I am looking forward to Atmosphere though.

Thanks Sascha. That's the idea, to bad it wasn't a great disc.

> From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...>
> Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 01:09:45 +0100
> To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> <HELP@...> wrote:
>> I'm interested in member feedback to this question as well, especially if
>> the solution can be ported over to the exs.
> 
> There's some AKAI CD called "XXL Pads". I listened through them in some shop
> where they had them converted to EXS and I didn't find most of them too
> great. But maybe that's just my taste or they didn't convert too well. I
> don't know about any other dedicated CD.
> As I would like some nice pads as well I might concentrate on finding a few
> samples to construct my own, but I allways found it hard to do rich pads by
> using samples as finding proper looppoints, especially on evolving/moving
> pads, isn't exactly easy.
> 
> Regards,
> Sascha
> 
> 
> 
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Little bit of a workaround but Absynth creates great Pads, and you can
record to audio a multisample of your creations (from the standalone
application) and create an EXS instrument, or use it as a VST instrument.
For the price of a good sample CD you get an amazing Softsynth. The presets
and user created patches available online have some great pads already.


Neil Goldstein
Portland, Oregon

  > <HELP@...> wrote:
  >> I'm interested in member feedback to this question as well, especially
if
  >> the solution can be ported over to the exs.
  >



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In a message dated 2/1/02 4:04:23 PM, yael@... writes:

>http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/atmosphere.html
>*******
>WWaaa exactly what I'm looking for :o)
>eric did u made it for me ??
>Thx
>Igor ( who go to bed now...)

Actually yes....it has IGOR burned into the rear panel if you look closely.

;-)

-EP

In a message dated 2/1/02 4:23:53 PM, HELP@... writes:

>Uh, "we think so..." what? You think what? You didn't answer the question.
>I'm interested in member feedback to this question as well, especially
>if
>the solution can be ported over to the exs.


Sorry...I meant to include the address of our product:

http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/atmosphere.html

-EP

In a message dated 2/1/02 4:32:27 PM, HELP@... writes:

>Let's redirect this question, what sample libraries (that can be imported
>to
>the EXS24) are available at this time that list members might really like
>to
>use as high quality pads. I have a lot of work to do before April.

DR1, DR2 and Bizarre Guitar are our most popular Pads and Ambient oriented 
sample libraries. (none of this stuff will be on Atmosphere BTW)

Of course there are beautiful Vocal pads on SOV too:

http://www.spectrasonics.net/distortedreality.html
http://www.spectrasonics.net/distortreality2.html
http://www.spectrasonics.net/bguitar.html
http://www.spectrasonics.net/symphonyvoices.html

Shameless plugging I know, but you wouldn't be dissapointed with any of these.

-EP

What do you think of these?

http://www.saschafranck.de/exs/LargePad1.zip
I like this one quite a lot, unfortunately there's a fifth in the sample so
it doesn't fit for all chordtypes. But to my ears this sounds pretty rich.

http://www.saschafranck.de/exs/dawn.zip
Rather basic, I use it every now and then though. Two patches inside, one is
very basic (tip: add some Ensemple to it) and one is L/R detuned.

Both of them are quick shots I made using copyright free samples you can
find on the web easily (for example on those rather large soundfont sites).
If anybody likes, I could post a bunch more of them, but as I'm still only
on a modem connect it might take a while - good pads usually are rather
large.

Regards,
Sascha

I'll check it out. And thanks, Eric, for the interim suggestion.

> From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...>
> Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 02:40:08 +0100
> To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [exs] the Best Pad ?
> 
> What do you think of these?
> 
> http://www.saschafranck.de/exs/LargePad1.zip
> I like this one quite a lot, unfortunately there's a fifth in the sample so
> it doesn't fit for all chordtypes. But to my ears this sounds pretty rich.
> 
> http://www.saschafranck.de/exs/dawn.zip
> Rather basic, I use it every now and then though. Two patches inside, one is
> very basic (tip: add some Ensemple to it) and one is L/R detuned.
> 
> Both of them are quick shots I made using copyright free samples you can
> find on the web easily (for example on those rather large soundfont sites).
> If anybody likes, I could post a bunch more of them, but as I'm still only
> on a modem connect it might take a while - good pads usually are rather
> large.
> 
> Regards,
> Sascha
> 
> 
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Hi Sascha

--- In exs-users@y..., "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@s...> wrote:
> What do you think of these?
> http://www.saschafranck.de/exs/LargePad1.zip
> http://www.saschafranck.de/exs/dawn.zip

Thanks once again for sharing your stuff. The samples are great each 
in their own way. You have nailed the loop points well which, as you 
stated yourself earlier, is quite difficult with evolving samples.

Kind regards,

Soren Riis-Vestergaard

Allthough Distorted Reality is a great library, it is also aging fast 
as many people have bought and used it on everything from 
Aleve commercails to corporate presentations . If you want fresh 
pad sounds I suggest that you rent a bunch of old synths like the 
Arp2600 and Roland Jupiter 6 and sample them through some 
vintage equipment. Also look for a guitar with good sustain and 
get an e-bow and play around with a few Boss pedals putting 
them in different order etc. After that you can try and run your 
recordings thru applications like metasynth etc. This will create a 
library of sounds that are yours and yours alone. That way your 
sound will be more personal and original.


--- In exs-users@y..., "yael" <yael@n...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm looking for beautiful Pads, not too analog but very smooth 
and large....

> any idea ? Akai or Roland Cd or Hardware ??
> thx
> Igor