EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I have an EXS and wouldn't give it up for anything.
Go buy it!

EXS:

Not good for live shows (latency). Input latency is a bit of a bother. I
have to quantize everything. If I'm going for real feel, I have to play
another (outboard) keyboard, then reassign to the EXS. Because playback is
tighter-than-tight, it's no longer a problem at that point. Generally,
though, I don't have to do that since I usually quantize everything anyway.
This really doesn't slow me down at all.

Playback is a dream--impeccable timing (sample accurate). Notes triggered at
the same time will not even flange--they just get louder. Any playback
latency has everything to do with your CPU and soundcard. As far as the EXS
goes, it doesn't get any better.

I love it. Some folks complain about the fact that wave form is globally
controlled (one for all samples in a program) and also about the fact that
you can't insert an effect per sample (you can per program/instrument of
course), but these issues pale to the benefits that the EXS offers. I will
never use my ASR-10 again.

> From: joedubass@...
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> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 05:59:39 EST
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> Subject: Re: [exs] EXS24 - Is It Loved?
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> I have an EXS and wouldn't give it up for anything.
> Go buy it!
> 
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Good point. If you really wanted to you could get an Apple PowerBook with a
Magma PCI expander and install a Hammerfall into that, to get the
performance capability of a tower in a mobile machine (without the G4 chip,
but a G4 laptop should be out this year). The magma runs between $600-$800
and can be found at http://www.Sweetwater.com. Members of NIN use them with
ProTools hardware in their hotel rooms while on tour.

And, your right Joeri. 1.5 on input is very nice.

Jer
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Apple PowerBook G3 400Mhz
Logic Audio Platinum 4.6.1
384 MB of Ram
Digigram VX Pocket sound card
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Jer Olsen, President
Global Express Media LLC
"The Mecca for Musicians"

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> From: Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...>
> Organization: Belway Productions
> Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com
> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:44:32 +0100
> To: exs-users@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [exs] EXS24 - Is It Loved?
> 
>> Not good for live shows (latency). Input latency is a bit of a bother.
> 
> ??? With a Hammerfall card, you have latency down to 1.5ms. For me, that's low
> enough to play fine. :-)
> On the other hand: I would NOT recommend a computer setup for live
> performances
> in any situation! Too many things can go wrong.
> 
> Bye,
> Joeri
> --
> Joeri Vankeirsbilck
> joeri@...
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> Not good for live shows (latency). Input latency is a bit of a bother.

??? With a Hammerfall card, you have latency down to 1.5ms. For me, that's low
enough to play fine. :-)
On the other hand: I would NOT recommend a computer setup for live performances
in any situation! Too many things can go wrong.

Bye,
Joeri
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joeri@...

Belway Productions      -     http://www.belway.com
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