EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 08:28 PM 03/07/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Nick,
>guess it depends on where you're coming from. The EXS24 might be fine
>for patches with a few string samples that all have similar
>envelopes, or drum loops, but if you're CREATING drum patches
>yourself, most drum sounds require different envelopes (to optimize
>polyphony and minimize hiss as the sample decays), and making +/-
>adjustments to a master envelope seems very unintuitive to me. Plus,
>you can't even view/edit the envelope graphically, as far as I can
>tell. I'm going to play with it some more and see if it grows on me,
>but my first impression is that its missing a few basic features that
>traditional samplers/synths usually have.
>
>Paul

Hold on to that Akai, Paul, and I'll be keeping my EMUs for the foreseeable 
future, because the dedicated power of having separate envelopes and 
filters on every key hasn't quite caught up in the software arena yet. On 
the other hand,  just try loading one of the new mondo orchestral or piano 
sample libraries into one of our extremely memory-limited hardware samplers 
and you'll realize why we need BOTH. As was mentioned, software samplers 
are killer for giant, high-quality libraries that rely less on large doses 
of tonal and envelope tweaking than they do on sheer loadability.  Add to 
that Logic integration and sample accurate timing, and I think EXS24 
becomes a must-have for most sample users.

Sean McCoy
Oregon Sound Recording