EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi everyone, I am new to this group. I am setting up a new 
system running Logic with the EXS24. I would like to know how 
many instances of the sampler I could have open at once. 16 to 
24 would be nice. I ask this because I wil be using high band 
width symphonic samples.
Also do you think I can get away with using a powerbook G4 with 
a 1gig processor.
Thanks so much for your help.

Moses

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "mosemuse <mosemuse@y...>" <mosemuse@y...> wrote:
>I would like to know how 
> many instances of the sampler I could have open at once. 16 to 
> 24 would be nice. I ask this because I wil be using high band 
> width symphonic samples.
> Also do you think I can get away with using a powerbook G4 with 
> a 1gig processor.
> Thanks so much for your help.


it depends on polyphony and filter use. i have no problem running loads of instances of exs (24+) but i'm very conscious of polyphony, a simple rule of thumb is more polyphony = less instances. i use a 1ghz powerbook and haven't had any cpu issues yet. i'd have thought that full string arrangements with each articulation playing only 1 or 2 voices per exs instance at any given moment won't cause many difficulties, if any. i regularly have 16 exs instances, each with a single drum sound, the whole thing making up a full drum kit, and the cpu meter is only showing a few bars of usage. bandwidth won't affect how many voices are playable but ensure you have enough ram to load all those gorgeous 4840530495803495 bit samples ;)
the kinds of sounds which _do_ affect the cpu negatively are big fat pad sounds playing full chords and perhaps also using the filter, in this case i'm lucky to get just a few instances at any given moment, hence my use of last centuries technology - a midi module!

andy.

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "highlandsource 
<seranance@h...>" <seranance@h...> wrote:
> --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "mosemuse 
<mosemuse@y...>" <mosemuse@y...> wrote:
> >I would like to know how 
> > many instances of the sampler I could have open at once. 16 
to 
> > 24 would be nice. I ask this because I wil be using high band 
> > width symphonic samples.
> > Also do you think I can get away with using a powerbook G4 
with 
> > a 1gig processor.
> > Thanks so much for your help.
> 
> 
> it depends on polyphony and filter use. i have no problem 
running loads of instances of exs (24+) but i'm very conscious of 
polyphony, a simple rule of thumb is more polyphony = less 
instances. i use a 1ghz powerbook and haven't had any cpu 
issues yet. i'd have thought that full string arrangements with 
each articulation playing only 1 or 2 voices per exs instance at 
any given moment won't cause many difficulties, if any. i regularly 
have 16 exs instances, each with a single drum sound, the 
whole thing making up a full drum kit, and the cpu meter is only 
showing a few bars of usage. bandwidth won't affect how many 
voices are playable but ensure you have enough ram to load all 
those gorgeous 4840530495803495 bit samples ;)
> the kinds of sounds which _do_ affect the cpu negatively are 
big fat pad sounds playing full chords and perhaps also using 
the filter, in this case i'm lucky to get just a few instances at any 
given moment, hence my use of last centuries technology - a 
midi module!
> 
> andy.

Hi Andy - thanks for your reply. So you are saying that four or five 
part harmony could bog things down quickly, but orchestrating 
the same melody with different instruments would not be a 
problem?
Moses