EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hello All,

I joined up on this list two weeks ago and have been doing a bit of lurking.
I've also been on the LUG for a while.  However, since I've actually
received my EXS24 in the mail this weekend I thought I would introduce
myself here.

I have to say:  I was strongly considering Native Instrument's Kontact
instead of the EXS24.  I had worked quite a bit with the free demo from
their site and it has some wonderful features.

However,  there was one thing that definitively swayed me to the EXS24:  The
announcement of the Vienna Symphonic Library for EXS!  I absolutely know
that I want to buy that library as soon as I can afford it.  It sounds
stunning.  I think it says quite a bit that Logic will be one of the
platforms of choice for this amazing film scoring tool.

Having had the chance to use my EXS24 this weekend my first reactions:
1) Tight timing!!  It feels tighter than Kontact running inside Logic.  Not
that Kontact was loose.  I can feel it using that free Splendid Grand sample
from AKAI.  Or hear it when programming drums with 128th note flams and
rolls.
2)  Efficient.  I've been able to really stack up some instances of the
EXS24 without bogging down my computer.  Of course, I went ahead and had it
do the conversions to 32bit at the file level.
3)  I'm glad they stole the modulation matrix from the ES2.  Kontact has
pretty much unlimited modulation assignment capabilities.  However, the MkII
of the EXS24 certainly has more than I can see myself using.

blah blah... ;)  Quite thrilled with my EXS24 purchase,
Sam

Welcome and thanks for the comparison. -Jer

> Hello All...



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