EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Love the new features:
-HP and BP filters
-Mod Matrix! (Finally I can get my breath controller integrated 
without Environment workarounds. Finally there is an easy way to get 
AFTERTOUCH to control pitch, etc.)
-LFO 3, even if it is just a 'triangle' wave
-Expanded sample select/crossfade functionality

Heads up on:
-CPU usage. It is definitely using more CPU, especially with the 
filter on.
-Filter sound. Is it me, or do the filters self-oscillate much 
earlier? The whole resonance character seems to have changed 
slightly.
-When you use crossfading, the polyphony goes to the maximum number 
of group samples for the note or notes that you are playing, even if 
one or more of the samples are silent. I guess this is a sort 
of 'cache' of potential samples. But program some wild Wavestation-
like sample sweeps and then play chords: instant 64 voice count!
-Limited routing destination choices in the Matrix. How about Filter 
On/Off? etc. We want to control <everything> :-)
-Reset to mkI modulation. Is it me? but I don't see anything for 
amplitude modulation (tremolo) by default. (It's easy enough to set 
it up by hand, however.) Wasn't that half of the original volume mod 
slider (the other half was pan)?

Overall, especially since I am a Windows user, this is a great 
update! I was waiting for this before deciding which soft-sampler I 
would convert my huge library over to. I think now it will 
definitely be the EXS!

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