EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

... for you to mess with the EXS on this FTP:
www.ampfea.org
(copy into your FTP client)
The samples are in this directory:
/a3000/SampleArchive/WAV_or_AIFF/

You can just loop the complete file in the EXS, most of them are tuned well
(usually to C3), some need manual correction.

There's a whole lot of other nice samples as well, such as JV80 waveforms,
you can browse through them on the website:
http://ampfea.org/sln/
(unfortunately the links there won't work because the directories are linked
wrong, so you better open your FTP client in parallel).

Regards,
Sascha

Hi all,

In pursuit of better understanding crossfades in EXS MkII I did a small
experiment. I created three consecutive crossfades between two samples.
Crossfade 1: Equal power,  Crossfade 2: Linear,  Crossfade 3: dB linear.

The two samples:
- 1 triangle wave (Vel Select Range 64-127) 
- 1 square wave (Vel Select Range 0-63), tuned 1 semitone different 

I used sample select by CC#11 (expression), 1 - 127 linear increased.

I made two small mp3 audio files with three crossfades each. File1:
Crossfade range 50%, File2: Crossfade range 10%.

You can find the files here:
http://www.zeppelin.demon.nl/Ztudio/ks/Crossfades10percent.mp3
http://www.zeppelin.demon.nl/Ztudio/ks/Crossfades50percent.mp3


My conclusions so far:
1. The three crossfade types render quite different transitions
2. Optimal instrument crossfade settings are hard to predict. It depends
largely on the type of sound and the effect you're after. Your ears
should be the judge.
3. The blue EXS24 MkII Control screen is rather user friendly compared
to the fancy new skin when setting up new instruments.

All comments are welcome.

Herbert Boland
www.zeppelin.demon.nl
www.mp3.com/ztudio_zeppelin