EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On a fine day, 21-03-2003, lawbreak_a wrote:

>--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@k...>
>wrote:
>  > Sounds like you simply want more than 64 voices, right?  I never
>  > tried the following myself, but imo it should work.
>[...]
>
>Wow, I will try this out this weekend & get back with details.  this
>would completely solve my problems!  Anyone know if theres ever
>going to be a 128 voice EXS?
>Thanks!

Just tried it myself -- one Monitor object and 2 transformers, less 
than 5 minutes to set up, and it works beautifully.  Note that Logic 
has to be playing for this to work though -- while stopped only the 
1st EXS will be playable.

This was also the 1st time I (finally) tried the "bypassed I/O-plugin 
to use multiple VSTi's" trick.  It does work, but the latency is 
quite noticeable imo.  I had to set the I/O buffer to minimum to get 
sort-of acceptable playability.  The 1st EXS doesn't suffer from 
that, but the 2nd does.  So you might want to fiddle a bit with your 
hardware settings to get the best result.  Don't know if in your case 
it's good enough for live-use, but I guess this (and variations on 
the theme, like the one Bob Vandiver suggested) is the only way to 
circumvent the 64-voice limitation.

One more thought... I remember conflicting reports on the 
latency-subject when the I/O workaround was 1st discussed on the LUG. 
Some reporting that the 1st instance didn't need the I/O plug and 
others claiming that it did -- all having to do with getting at least 
the _same_ amount of latency on both instances...  No time to check 
this out myself at the moment (already quit Logic, didn't save the 
experiment, and a busy schedule ahead), but that's another thing you 
might want to try: remove the I/O plugin from the 1st EXS and see if 
that makes a difference...

And if this split-keyboard-thing doesn't suffice, I wouldn't mind 
giving Bob's "alternating split" idea a try (not today though :). 
Just say so if you're interested.  If the split suffices, I wouldn't 
bother with more complex setups though.

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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