Dary, I understood you from the start. I would very much like to see the same features. I second the motion. > From: Darcy Phillips <darclist@...> > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:05:01 -0700 > To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [exs] new exs with logic 5? > > At 07:23 PM 1/28/02 -0500, you wrote: >> Here, here! I've always been disappointed with MIDI volume automation. > Glad there's someone out there! > I'm actually not talking about midi volume. In fact, what I'm after is a > way to control amplitude that is NOT midi volume. Midi volume is for > setting the level of an instrument in a mix, not for expressive modulation > of amplitude as in, for example, a string section playing with a loud > attack, quickly decrescendoing, then slowly increasing back to the original > level. After I've recorded this "performance" I then would like the option > of changing the level of this instrument in the mix, using midi volume. > >> Does >> HALion do what you are requesting? If not all, which elements does it do >> well, that you discussed? > It seems to me that Halion is set up for this. On the modulation page, "Amp > amount" is listed as one of the destination parameters. > > All I'm talking about is the equivalent of "expression", cc #11, in the > general midi spec. It's not a useless parameter, in fact, it's the most > important parameter for musical expression! Much more musically basic than > controlling filter cutoff, which everyone seems to fall all over themselves > to offer. > Am I the only one who cares about this? > > Also, from reading the manual, Halion seems very well set up to have > multiple keymaps per program, accessible in many sophisticated ways, > including gigasampler's midi note method. > This strikes me as essential for dealing with the massive number of choices > available these days for samples. Violins, for example. There are many > different articulations possible, and the more I can have at my fingertips, > the better I'm going to sound, and the easier it's going to be to make the > music. Having to have a different instance of the sampler for each sound is > just too clunky. > > If these features aren't forthcoming in exs24, I want to know as soon as > possible, so I can get on with deciding on other platforms. I sure don't > want to build an entire PC just to get these features.... > > When will we get more detail on the new features in v.5 ? > >>> From: Darcy Phillips <darclist@...> >>> Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com >>> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:26:41 -0700 >>> To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [exs] new exs with logic 5? >>> >>> >>>>> >>>> I have been told by french support that exs will do streaming too with >> logic >>>> audio 5. >>> >>> >>> I'm glad to hear that. Streaming is certainly a big step in the right >>> direction. But it's not only about streaming for me, there are also some >>> other very important things. Being able to read the giga library, which >>> means also the ability to build patches with switchable layers for >>> different articulations. >>> >>> But oddly enough, the biggest one for me is the simplest: I need to be able >>> to control the amplitude of the sound without using midi volume! Without >>> this the software is essentially useless for me, and anyone else wanting to >>> do any sort of detailed orchestral simulations. >>> >>> Darcy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >>> exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com >>> >>> >>> >>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >> ADVERTISEMENT >> <http://rd.yahoo.com/M!0675.1853748.3359285.1261774/D=egroupweb/S0501756 >> 3:HM/A€6910/R=0/*https://www.consumerinfo.com/cb/yahooccms/form_online_a1.a >> sp?sc856015>28f22ee.jpg >> 28f238f.jpg >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com >> >> >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the >> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ---------- > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >