EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

makenrealmusic wrote:

Hi Johny,

> I am tired of
> using my kurzweil just to load off of cdroms ..So what I want to
> know..I mainly sample drums into the mpc but sequence in logic..so
> the mpc2000xl can be sold..also I whenever i do remixes I sample the
> vocals into the asrx pro..you know sample pick a key to place it
> continue sampling...anyway I have been told about the exsmkII but my
> question is can I do all the above stuff..

You'll love not having to load off of CD Roms. Make sure you have plenty of hard drive space for sample storage. FTR, the EXS won't import/convert/read any of your proietary ASR or Kurzweil samples.

Yes you can sample drums. And yes, you can load vocal samples and asign them to be triggered by specific keys on your midi keyboard.

> and does it offer sample
> editing equal to or better than the mpc2000xl and asrx pro

I don't know the editing functionality of these two units. But basically the sample editing for the EXS is done straight from Logic's sample editor. So it's as good as Logic's sample editor window :-)

> ..I mostly
> sut start and end times...

Piece of cake.

> maybe speed up or slow down.

That's more tricky. You'll need to use the Time Pitch machine for this. Which is supposedly much improved in v.6 btw. There's been surpisingly little commentary on the LUG about this specific improvement. I wonder why???


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Eli Krantzberg
Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com

Eli you guys and gal music is beautiful sounds like they are your 
originals..anyway thanks for the info i will use translator to load 
my kurzweil into akai and than run it from..there..also..about the 
sampling I would go to recording audio into logic or does the 
exs24mkII have its own record button so I can just do it from there

Thanks,

Johnny

At 05:40 AM 4/7/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Eli you guys and gal music is beautiful sounds like they are your
>originals..anyway thanks for the info i will use translator to load
>my kurzweil into akai and than run it from..there

Why not go straight into EXS?


Garth Hjelte
Sampler User

makenrealmusic wrote:

> Eli you guys and gal music is beautiful sounds like they are your
> originals..

Thank you! FTR, those tunes were all recorded and mixed in Logic (except I Feel Good) with the EXS used for some of the drums .

> anyway thanks for the info i will use translator to load
> my kurzweil into akai and than run it from..there..

When you say "run it from there", I assume you mean convert the Akai format versions into EXS via the built in functionality in Logic, right?

If so, and I've never used Translator but have heard great things about it, be prepared to most likely lose "some" of the sample parameters after the two separate stages of conversion you'll be doing. It might be things as minor as bank layouts and midi channel mapping. Or as "serious" as filter settings. Again, it may work perfectly, I don't know; but don't be surprised if it doesn't.

> also..about the
> sampling I would go to recording audio into logic or does the
> exs24mkII have its own record button so I can just do it from there

No, you record and edit directly into Logic as you would any audio.


--
Eli Krantzberg
Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com