EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> Has anyone tested yet to see if EXS imports *all* dimensions from Giga
> files? And does it actually have multiple articulations now, as was shown
> off before? 


> Don't know about that yet. I am testing a few right now. It certainly
loads the
> Giga Piano and the sustain pedal brings in the resonance model. In Cool
Vibes
> the mod wheel switches between damped and undamped and that is working
too. So
> far so good. :-)
> For the first time I am playing it through my favourite compressors and
> reverbs. Fantastic!

Sweet!!

> The EXS24 multi-out capability will be good but if we need to set up five
> auxillaries for a drum kit and can't save that entire setup the advantage
over
> the current workarounds for EXS 24 is diminished -- at present I load
multiple
> copies of a drum kit or cut it into sections for easy recall. Assigning to
a
> set of different auxillaries is only a little quicker -- it would be great
if
> you could do this once and save the entire setup with named auxillaries
(eg
> Snare, Kick, Hats etc)

The update info says it saves the multiple output assignments of the
zones/groups with the .exs patch.. I'm not sure what exactly is preventing
you from only having to do this once for each kit? The update info doesn't
mention the possibility of naming the various outputs though, maybe that's
the problem?

Cheers
Jeremy
http://www.ixks.com/~sadus

Jeremy Martin wrote: 
>
> > The EXS24 multi-out capability will be good but if we need to set up five
> > auxillaries for a drum kit and can't save that entire setup the advantage
> over
> > the current workarounds for EXS 24 is diminished -- at present I load
> multiple
> > copies of a drum kit or cut it into sections for easy recall. Assigning to
> a
> > set of different auxillaries is only a little quicker -- it would be great
> if
> > you could do this once and save the entire setup with named auxillaries
> (eg
> > Snare, Kick, Hats etc)
>
> The update info says it saves the multiple output assignments of the
> zones/groups with the .exs patch.. I'm not sure what exactly is preventing
> you from only having to do this once for each kit? The update info doesn't
> mention the possibility of naming the various outputs though, maybe that's
> the problem?


Sure -- you can save the EXS24 instrument with a bunch of outputs assigned to
the groups eg Snare Group to outputs 3-4. But then you need to create an
Auxillary or three and in their input sections you need to select the output
3-4 of Instrument 3 or whatever. I suppose a couple of well setup autoloads
where your drums are already assigned to the right set of named auxillaries
would pretty well do the trick . 

Regards,
Murray

Murray McDowall wrote:
> Sure -- you can save the EXS24 instrument with a bunch of outputs assigned
to
> the groups eg Snare Group to outputs 3-4. But then you need to create an
> Auxillary or three and in their input sections you need to select the
output
> 3-4 of Instrument 3 or whatever. I suppose a couple of well setup
autoloads
> where your drums are already assigned to the right set of named
auxillaries
> would pretty well do the trick .

Are you aware of the fact that the EXS multiouts are assigned dynamically?
Not that this is directly related to your "problem", but I found that to be
a very good thing. So, if you don't need any additional outs you can just
keep the EXS stereo and everything will run through the main out, regardless
of how much individual routings you did in your patch.
Then, if you keep things consistent you will just know which sound is
running through which individual out.

Then, about the additional features you spotted at the Logic demo, I would
think these will be part of a bigger EXS update.

Regards,
Sascha

Sascha wrote: 
>
> Are you aware of the fact that the EXS multiouts are assigned dynamically?


Yeah I spotted that in the lainfo file. 

>
> Not that this is directly related to your "problem", but I found that to be
> a very good thing. So, if you don't need any additional outs you can just
> keep the EXS stereo and everything will run through the main out, regardless
> of how much individual routings you did in your patch.


Good idea -- you don't need to use duplicates in both forms (stereo/multi).

>
> Then, if you keep things consistent you will just know which sound is
> running through which individual out.


Yes -- some sort of template where you always put the snare in the first aux
and the kick in the second etc would achieve this. 

>
> Then, about the additional features you spotted at the Logic demo, I would
> think these will be part of a bigger EXS update.


Sounds nice -- do you think us PC guys will see this? If you can't say -- well
never mind -- we'll all know in time I s'pose ;-)

Sascha -- on another subject completely -- have you been using the four output
version of Pentagon 1 in Logic 5.2?
If so  what sort of tricks can you do with the extra outs? 

Regards,
Murray

Murray McDowall wrote:
> Sounds nice -- do you think us PC guys will see this? If you can't say --
well
> never mind -- we'll all know in time I s'pose ;-)

As said before, us testers have to sign some NDA, so you are right, if I
knew something I wouldn't be allowed to tell (and I am somewhat serious with
those NDAs). But in this case I can just assure you that I don't know
anything.
Just as you I am hoping for those features to be available in EXS/W as well.

> Sascha -- on another subject completely -- have you been using the four
output
> version of Pentagon 1 in Logic 5.2?
> If so  what sort of tricks can you do with the extra outs?

Oh! Now that you remind me - never tried that! I wonder what it will offer
(if it's just multitimbrality I won't need it I guess).

Cheers,
Sascha