EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Yesterday, I received my copy of the full version of Garritan Orchestral 
Strings. I had originally bought the light-AKAI version to test it out, and 
based on my experience, I had decided to bite the bullet and go for broke.

All I can say is: FANTASTIC. It's the best sample library I've ever heard. 
The sounds are extraordinarily beautiful and well-balanced, there's a 
wealth of articulations, the programming is exceptional, and the transfer 
to the EXS worked flawlessly. The documentation is in a class of its own, 
really. BTW, there's a HUGE difference between the light and the full 
version - don't hesitate to go for the full if you can afford it. All the 
we in EXS-land are missing is the sample crossfade option... but I'm sure 
we'll get it in a future upgrade.

If a grand seems a lot to you, consider that 5 years ago, I bought the 
Denny Jaegger Violin library for the same price - it offers only violins, 
and half of the 3-cd set (versus 18 cds for GOS) is made up of lower 
quality versions of the samples for ram-limited samplers. Oh, and don't get 
me started on what the Miroslav Vitous library will give you for that same 
grand...

(very happy) Ned



http://www.nedfx.com

       Ned Bouhalassa

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

At 08:58 AM 08/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Yesterday, I received my copy of the full version of Garritan Orchestral
>Strings.......
>
>All I can say is: FANTASTIC. It's the best sample library I've ever heard....

>(very happy) Ned


Thanks a lot, Ned.  This email will probably cost me a thousand 
bucks.  Would you mind explaining this to my wife?

Velocity cross fading works fine once you fiddle with it a bit.  
Problem is the velocity ranges don't get imported correctly from .gig 
files so once you adjust this, just choose Control 1 in the mod matrix 
for sample select, slap a bit of crossfading on it and you're good to 
go.

Virtual MaestroTools also works fine with the EXS for both the LEG and 
ALT patches.  The WARM patches, i dunno, never used them.  No reason 
why you couldn't use the EXS filters to achieve the same thing.

Just received the new GOS update this week.  The new KI Hollywood 
strings patch is kinda whack with the built in giga conversion but I'm 
sure those 3rd party programs will do a better job...  or else a little 
editing is needed...

On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 12:24  AM, exs-users@yahoogroups.com 
wrote:

> Velocity and KSwitch = Yes!
> Mod Wheel X-Fade, Warm and others = No.
>
> I have not tried Maestro tools yet. I may give it a shot this 
> weekend...
>
> Ned

Hey Ned,

Are you getting error messages about missing samples or just plain 
weirdness?  I converted the .gig files in OSX, which handles longer 
file names no problem.  But there is some strangeness in the 
conversions...  some notes are mapped to different pitched samples at 
different velocity levels.  I've found some screwy loops too.  And it 
seems some of the programs aren't using the fancy attack thresholds and 
whatnot that King spent so long on!!  Lemme know how the CDXtract 
conversion goes, eh?

cheers,

Mike

On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 07:25  AM, exs-users@yahoogroups.com 
wrote:

> I got the GOS update too, and noticed some screw up with the Hollywood
> Violins and the Cellos (only on Macs). Has to do with the names of the
> samples being too long (37 characters), which confuses EXS. KindIdiot, 
> who
> programmed the patches, was working on a PC, and didn't take into 
> account
> our Mac limitations. Bernard Chavonnet, maker of CDXtract, told me 
> that his
> software should fix that problem. I'm going to try it this weekend, as 
> I'd
> love to check out _all_  the new GOS goodies!
>
> Ned

Well...I'm not Ned,

But when I translated the Hollywood strings I got major screwups.  Most 
if not all...can't remember...were completely unusable.  It was so 
messy I figured I'd just wait on them.  I did the translation in OSX 
and I tried translation with Translator with little success as well.  
Translator requires OS9...but I don't think the long name problem is an 
issue with Translator...either way...no luck?    It sounds like you're 
having better luck than I did.  The same sample was assigned to every 
pitch...so loops and attacks weren't in the picture yet.  Did you use 
the Logic converter or Translator?  Thanks.

Julie



On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 01:21  AM, Mike Auty wrote:

> Hey Ned,
>
> Are you getting error messages about missing samples or just plain
> weirdness?  I converted the .gig files in OSX, which handles longer
> file names no problem.  But there is some strangeness in the
> conversions...  some notes are mapped to different pitched samples at
> different velocity levels.  I've found some screwy loops too.  And it
> seems some of the programs aren't using the fancy attack thresholds and
> whatnot that King spent so long on!!  Lemme know how the CDXtract
> conversion goes, eh?
>
> cheers,
>
> Mike
>
> On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 07:25  AM, exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> wrote:
>
> > I got the GOS update too, and noticed some screw up with the 
> Hollywood
> > Violins and the Cellos (only on Macs). Has to do with the names of 
> the
> > samples being too long (37 characters), which confuses EXS. 
> KindIdiot,
> > who
> > programmed the patches, was working on a PC, and didn't take into
> > account
> > our Mac limitations. Bernard Chavonnet, maker of CDXtract, told me
> > that his
> > software should fix that problem. I'm going to try it this weekend, 
> as
> > I'd
> > love to check out _all_  the new GOS goodies!
> >
> > Ned
>
>
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Hi Ned, Julie, Mike and others,

from my betatesting, I know that Chicken Systems is working hard
on an OSX version of Translator. For sure, Garth will be happy
about input regarding conversion topics.

So maybe you'd like to contact him at support@...?

Garth is very responsive to questions and I am quite sure he
will check what can be done.

All the best,
Thomas

>"We had been on a mission to educate the developers not to exceed 27 chars "
>Really? Why not programming all the soundbanks with 8 chars names,  so it
>will be compatible with the new upcoming DOS version of your software?
>
>Seriously, test all the possibilities before to release a final version
>otherwise call it beta or alpha...
>
>Nikko


I have a better idea, Nikko: why don't you try it yourself? It's 
simple - just get a book on programming, sit down at your keyboard, 
and start typing out code.
-- 

Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434