EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 11:50 AM 03/31/2004, you wrote:
>  Sean McCoy wrote
>
> > I know there are a few of you out there using Garritan strings in EXS, and
> > I'm wondering if anyone has figured out how to apply the legato functions
> > to recorded sequences. With the Maestro Tools environment activated, the
> > sustain pedal legato works great for live playing, but the sustain pedal
> > messages get sucked up somewhere and don't make it into the recorded
> > sequences.
>
>
>The Maestro tools uses the Sustain pedal to switch on the legato mode 
>where with
>the correct instrument loaded with use the correct samples to create the 
>legato
>effect. Once the sequence is recorded you will find additional notes recorded
>several octaves higher (sometimes lower) which trigger a second bank of 
>samples
>to fill the gap between the standard samples. The Sustain pedal simply 
>switches
>the legato mode to the "ON" state and the sustain pedal message do get 
>digested
>in maestro tools never to appear again. If they  have successfully  triggered
>the sample switches they have done their job.
>
>If you load a "LEG" instrument and open the edit window and play  - with the
>Maestro Tools active and the SUSTAIN PEDAL down for the whole of the passage
>that has to be legato - you can see the switch of samples in the keyboard
>display.
>
>Stuart Warren
>Sandpiper Music
>Cumbria UK

Stuart-

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This actually explains a lot about how 
Maestro Tools works in general. I was worried about the fact that when 
legato mode is active, everything Logic receives becomes mono. Now it's 
clear that Maestro Tools affects what is recorded and can be turned off for 
playback. How I could have missed the extra samples recorded in the 
sequence is fairly embarrassing, but unfortunately not the first time I've 
missed something as obvious. Thanks again.

Sean McCoy
Oregon Sound Recording