> Hey, I just stumbled across the following site: > http://www.zoolabmusic.com/ (thanks to Hendrik Jan Veenstra, he posted that > one on the LUG). > Now, when you go to their download section you'll find some Nord Modular > samples. And, what nice dudes they are, these samples are perfectly looped, > so creating EXS patches is no deal at all. > And as if that wasn't good enough allready, I created some simple EXS > patches out of them. > And hey, I even went a bit further and created some patches making more or > less intense use of the EXS own synthesis options. So, go download the > samples, unzip them onto your preferred EXS samples partition (use different > folders as there are some samples of the same name) and then get the EXS > instrument files here: > www.saschafranck.de/zoolab_nord_modular.zip (only 14kb) > > This file contains three sort of patches (divided into two zips to make > things more clear): > > Zip 1 ("SamplerInstruments.zip"): > 1) Very basic EXS instruments only containing some keymapping. No UI > settings are applied to them. > Here's a great tip, btw: You can load any patch with some nice sounding > Filter, LFO and whatever settings, then load the "raw" patches from the zip > and voila, the filter settings are applied to that patch. > > 2) Some combined EXS instruments, still using the same samples from the > zoolab site, but also using some combinations, such as L/R detuned zones of > different instruments. Still no UI settings are applied, so you can use the > tip from 1). > Not much yet, maybe more later. > > Put both of these patches into your "Sampler Instruments" directory (I > recommend unzipping while preserving the directory structures) > > Zip 2 (PluginSettings.zip): > 3) Some Plugin Settings (.PST). These are using the patches from 1) and 2) > but also make use of the EXS synthesis. > Put those into "Plugin-SettingsEXS24". > Again, not too much yet. > > ***Small Alert*** > All the "NordPuls" patches are using samples of the same name. They aren't > the same though but as the EXS will have to search your samples, keep an eye > on what samples these will be. I tried to give the EXS instruments > appropriate names, also there's just three "NordPuls" sample folders, so the > EXS should give you all necessary options to choose from (unless on your > drive there's more samples using exactly the same names). > > Hope you like these patches a bit, maybe I will do some more and also some > patches for their Waldorf Pulse samples as well. Oh, and maybe it'd be a > nice idea to exchange both EXS patches and Plugin-settings based on these > samples, no? > > Last note: I didn't do a set for the "Nordkit" yet and I won't as I don't > use the EXS for drums anymore. I haven't checked the patches yet, but I wanted to ask you... If you don¹t use the EXS for drums, what do you use???? David Tobin Wow and Flutter music - Arranging, technology, general wellbeing.....