EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Heya guys

I was just wondering what the whole point of Battery, DR 008, LM, Waldorf
Attack, LM4 mk II, etc was. What's the advantage of using a VSTi drum
machine instead of EXS24? Can't you get the same level of programming by
just setting all the drum sounds to "one shot" and using the Matrix editor?
I think I read that Attack synthesizes some of the drum sounds itself but I
don't think the others do that.... Anyone have a reason *not* to just use
EXS24 for all drum programming?

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

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--- In exs-users@y..., "Martin, Jeremy" <sadus@i...> wrote:
> Heya guys
> 
> I was just wondering what the whole point of Battery, DR 008, LM, 
Waldorf
> Attack, LM4 mk II, etc was. I think I read that Attack synthesizes 
some of the drum sounds itself but I
> don't think the others do that.... Anyone have a reason *not* to 
just use
> EXS24 for all drum programming?

I use DR-008 which is great. It is low on CPU and it has synthesis 
features. Sort of a cross between Attack and Battery, only better 
than both IMO. I havent done any comparisons against EXS and dont 
know if theres any difference in CPU usage. I use it mainly for 
synth drum sounds but it´s features and semimodular design goes far 
beyond that.

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

For me, Battery is much easier to quikly load sounds into and 
trigger them than EXS24, I mostly use EXS24 for my 
preformatted libraries. 

Battery is great for quickly loading one shot samples, and being 
able to shape them with its built in bit depth cruncher, volume 
envelope shapers, and maximizer..........plus quickly being able to 
change the start and stop time of a sample and reverse  it, and 
trigger multiple  snares, all directly from the front panel.....

Quite nice in my opinion, the Waldorf Attack is a drum 
synthesizer, so it makes it own unique noises........