Re: Exs24 Sampler Download Mac
Icaro Aveiga
To visualize how zones and groups fit together, consider a piano sampler instrument. Each piano key is sampled at multiple velocity levels. These sampled notes (zones) are grouped according to their velocity level for organization and so the group can be edited as a whole. You can have a group that contains loud samples and a group that contains quiet samples, for example, and edit each group and all the zones in it.
Thanks. When I do that i see the list of instruments (drum kits in my case) that have been there all along. I dont see the extra kits and sounds that apperantly come with EXS (or sampler in 10.5). China cymbal sounds, the headbanger+ kit etc.
"Sampler" will be in your instrument plugin list if you have 10.5.x. And once again, the EXS24 has been completely replaced by "Sampler", which is essentially the same thing, but with a more accessible interface and more tools, and yes, is part of Logic and cannot be removed. It loads completely all EXS24 sampler instruments. So stop looking for the EXS or trying to install something, that's not how it works.
Yes, I did, at least for drums. Do you think it would matter if I select mono, stereo, multi-output or 5.1 when I setup the track and select the sampler? I tried but it didn't seem to make a difference. Again, when I then go to instruments --> sampler --> factory defaults dropdown --> drums and percussion, and I click right, I only get the option 'electronic drum kits'. Nothing acoustic. Anybody an idea?
Second question: when I go to the sampler and activate 'mapping' to create my own kit, I need to drag in the samples piece by piece. However... I can not find the repository where the samples can be found, heard, selected and dragged into the sample mapping. Any tips and tricks here are also welcome.
In the image above, when I hover over 'Drums and Percussion,' I find no instruments to choose from. Have I deleted any default files or folders? What is the source destination that the sampler gets the other instrument options from? I can clarify my issue if unclear. Thanks for any help in advance!
Yes, it lacks scripting. Yes, it is not multi-timbral, although it is multi-output. Yes, there is not the humungous amount of libraries still being developed for it, even though there are some good ones. And it is possible, particularly with a tool like Redmatica's Keymap, to make your own EXS24 sampler instruments. What's more, with Logic Pro 9's Convert Regions to New Sampler Track feature, it is easy to turn loops, record sounds form other samplers into audio and then into an EXS24 sampler instrument.
And NO sampler is as CPU efficient and well integrated with Logic as the EXS24 is. It is still a highly usable tool for many Logic based composers. Assuming you do not tamper with its default settings, it also retains its samples in virtual memory when you switch Logic projects, saving valuable time.
I now close the preferences window and in the loading area of the EXS24 (or in the Library tab of the Media area) choose the first new sampler instrument in the folder that I want the EXS24 to remember its destination.
Then you can download Decentsampler files and rename them so they will open Decent Sampler
and install the instrument. You will still need to use "File.../Load..." and click on the dslibrary file to
select the instrument.
@coniferprod - do you have the time and energy to consider this for a SynthJacker Update? There's
another free sampler app with a custom but well documented zipped files packaging. Just calling the
zip a *.dslibrary would help a lot of users since the file serving app calls them *.zip and the app won't
accept it so users need to change the extension which is not trivial on IOS.