EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

LAM 5.x comes with about 10 or so instruments for EXS-24.  If I get the real (non-demo)
version of EXS-24, does it come with any more instruments or samples?  It seems like
a pretty paltry selection otherwise.

Thanks, smeet



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Can anyone tell me if there is a demo version out there for the EXS24?  I'd like to take
it for a test drive before I purchase it.  I'm actually leaning towards Reason, but I'd
like to give the EXS24 a chance before I decide.

Any information would be appreciated.

GROOVE ON!!!

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> a pretty paltry selection otherwise.

Indeed it is. I don't use any of them.

This is what things were like before Logic 5:
You purchased the EXS and got a CD with it. This CD was used for
installation an there were a bunch of instruments on it as well - actually
some more instruments than the ones coming with LA5 and the "included" EXS
demo.
After registering for the EXS you were getting a second CD, containing only
EXS instruments made by Wizoo.
And while we may discuss about the general quality (IMO: in general somewhat
mediocre but sometimes useful, but some instruments even were kinda nice), I
have no clue whether that procedure has changed, due to the different
authorization approach coming along with LA 5. But I'd think after
registering you will still get your additional EXS instruments CD.
I hardly use any of those patches though, I found better soundfonts on the
web, converted the few AKAIs that I own and/or was mostly creating or
modifying my own patches.

Regards,
Sascha

Thoughts from the mind of Sumit Das, 06-06-2002:

>LAM 5.x comes with about 10 or so instruments for EXS-24.  If I get 
>the real (non-demo)
>version of EXS-24, does it come with any more instruments or 
>samples?  It seems like
>a pretty paltry selection otherwise.
>
>Thanks, smeet

The package comes with a CD with EXS programs, and after registering 
you're supposed to receive another CD (which I'm still waiting for, 
just as my type-A codes, but that's another story).

Contents of the 1st CD:

B3 Slow-Fast.exs
CCLoopz.exs
Clean Guitar.exs
DiscoBaz.exs
EXS 808.exs
Finger Bass.exs
FM Piano.exs
HHLoopz.exs
Plucc.exs
Slap Bass.exs
Steel String.exs
Stereo Drums.exs
Stereo Grand.exs
Stereo Strings.exs
Strings+Grand.exs
Suitcase.exs
Ultimate.exs
WarmPad.exs

Decent but not shocking...

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Thoughts from the mind of J-Mac!, 06-06-2002:

>Can anyone tell me if there is a demo version out there for the 
>EXS24?  I'd like to take it for a test drive before I purchase it. 
>I'm actually leaning towards Reason, but I'd like to give the EXS24 
>a chance before I decide.

Reason and the EXS are 2 very different beasts imo.  And if you 
upgrade to LA5 you get a 28-day demo for all Emagic instruments.  For 
LA4 there's no EXS-demo as far as I know.

>GROOVE ON!!!

Yeah... right... :)

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

As Hendrick says, the EXS24 and Reason are very different 
creatures. I've used both. Reason feels like a toy to me. I use it 
when I want a lo-fi or electronic-type sound, not for my "serious" 
work. That is to say, while Reason is fun to play with, the EXS 
fundamentally changed the way I work. 

On the other hand, EXS24 is not a one-stop solution in the way 
that Reason is. Reason has the sampler, synth, loop player, 
effects processor, etc. EXS is just a sampler--a sampler much 
better than Reason's built in sampler, but a sampler 
nonetheless. 

I don't know of any software demo, but there's an MP3 demo on 
Emagic's product info page: 
http://www.emagic.de/english/products/instruments/exs24.html. 

Hope that helps.


--- In exs-users@y..., J-Mac! <fingers4u2_98@y...> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if there is a demo version out there for the 
EXS24?  I'd like to take
> it for a test drive before I purchase it.  I'm actually leaning 
towards Reason, but I'd
> like to give the EXS24 a chance before I decide.
> 
> Any information would be appreciated.
> 
> GROOVE ON!!!
> 
> =====
> 
> 
> 
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