> A good bet would be Native Instruments' Kontakt, which loads EXS > instruments more or less properly. And regarding modulations and > manipulations, it's coming with a whole world more than what the > EXS has on offer. Besides more advanced features Kontakt also has one key advantage: it's still for sale and supported. There used to be the EXSp, the EXS Player, a VSTi 'lite' version of EXS that could play back instruments but not do editing. It was included with the cheaper versions of Logic and sold separately, but your chances of finding it for sale anywhere now are pretty grim since it has been so long already.