EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I am using a P4 with 2.2a and 1 Gb of Ram. I am using mostly 
orchestral instruments (like Miroslav on Akai etc...)and I like a 
software that has the minimum of bugs and a good integration with 
Emagic.  Quality of translated sounds is also important.

Thank you in advance for all your answers !
Herge
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For orchestral the most important things is the "POLYPHONY"...
This Polyphony will decrease if the sampler VSTi use too many CPU..
the best choice will be to choose the lowest CPU sampler user ;o)

Halion can have some good features because it reads Giga Dimensions ...
Kontakt seems to be a little more CPU "hungry" than Halion

EXS24 is the lowest CPU user but maybe u'r afraid because u'r on PC ...
even with Logic 5.2, exs24 can be a good choice...

Igor

Herge,

EXS is easy to learn, integrates perfectly in 
Logic, sounds great and uses very little cpu 
(great if you need to sound like an 18-piece 
ensemble). If you're not planning to do much 
experimentation and/or transformations of your 
samples, then it's perfect. I can't speak about 
Halion, except that I've read that the interface 
is a bit complicated or not well laid out. It does 
a few things that EXS won't do, but I also have 
read that it's not crash-proof. Kontakt looks 
amazing (I'm on Mac, and it's only for PC for 
now), offer more in terms of manipulating your 
samples (more filters, for eg), but it takes up 
more crunching power, so you are more limited in 
terms of orchestration. As well, it doesn't stream 
from your hard-disk (EXS does, Halion?), so you'll 
need plenty or RAM. One other thing to consider: 
(at this point in time) only Halion can import 
Giga-format samples. Which brings me to my next 
suggestion: Have you thought of GigaSampler? You 
can read users' comments here, in the 'forum' 
section: http://www.northernsounds.com/

Good luck.

Ned



http://www.nedfx.com

       Ned Bouhalassa

n e d @ n e d f x . c o m

--- In exs-users@y..., Ned Bouhalassa <ned@n...> wrote:
 One other thing to consider: 
> (at this point in time) only Halion can import 
> Giga-format samples.

Kontakt imports giga also.

Best regards
Mikael Adle
http://www.mp3.com/MikaelAdle

> Kontakt imports giga also.
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> Best regards
> Mikael Adle
> http://www.mp3.com/MikaelAdle

But did you manage to get the release samples imported?

Nope here.

Eppo Schaap
Galbatron Epic Symphonic Electronica
www.galbatron.com
music: www.mp3.com/galbatron

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--- In exs-users@y..., "Eppo Schaap" <eschaap@w...> wrote:
> > Kontakt imports giga also.
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> > Mikael Adle
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> But did you manage to get the release samples imported?
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> Nope here.
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I´ve only tried some free banks from the net. Maybe the release 
samples are special.

Mikael Adle