Help! I can't for the life of me work out what I've done wrong but I can't get any of my exs sequences to play back despite being able to play them and record them normally from the keyboard. I think maybe I've hit a key command unknowingly and toggled some playback switch. When I press play the little midi meter next to the track shows activity but there's no audio output. All other midi tracks play back normally. Any help would be gratefully received Chris Nightingale System: Logic Audio 4.61 Mac G4 500 MOTU 2408/ MIDI timepiece Oasys PCI board

Are you sure that the instrument is assigned to playback from your audio card? From: chris@... Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:07:30 -0000 To: exs-users@egroups.com Subject: [exs] Aaagh Help! Help! I can't for the life of me work out what I've done wrong but I can't get any of my exs sequences to play back despite being able to play them and record them normally from the keyboard. I think maybe I've hit a key command unknowingly and toggled some playback switch. When I press play the little midi meter next to the track shows activity but there's no audio output. All other midi tracks play back normally. Any help would be gratefully received Chris Nightingale System: Logic Audio 4.61 Mac G4 500 MOTU 2408/ MIDI timepiece Oasys PCI board eGroups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com

Wouldn't it be an idea to start writing emails to Emagic about the file conversion promisses? There are pll outside Emagic working on it (chickensys) but that's PC only and not ready yet. Let's flood Emagic with complaints. I am getting kinda tired of their policy not to listen to the users. It shouildn't be too difficult to write a conversion application so ... why don't they do it? Grrrr, Willem Cramer

Willem Cramer wrote: > Wouldn't it be an idea to start writing emails to Emagic about the file > conversion promisses? Stay calm, Willem - mailbombing somebody has never ever been a good idea! Personally I am waiting on more conversions, too - but e.g. I´d like to have ASR-10 conversion, some others need Roland and so on... sounds like a difficult task to decide which ones are necessary and which not. Speaking of 3rd party progs, it has taken a looooong time until Chicken Systems have had their "Translator" up and running - and they are still fixing bugs despite adding new features. The whole Translator is more expensive (at least for us in Germany) than the EXS-24 sampler, another point. And as for Emagic not listening: They may not write back to you, but be asured that they *are* listening. Being part of the beta test program, I know very well about what I´m talking here. And there *are* things to come for the EXS-24 as well... One last thing: Steinberg have "announced" something "secret" and a lot of insiders tend to think that it will be a competitive sampler to the EXS-24. We´ll see what it can, when it´s out - and we´ll see how Emagic reacts on this approach. Thomas

I appreciate you remarks, Thomas. This is helpful insight. And, if Emagic is "listening", here's a couple wishes for the Emagic Santa Claus: 1. Global toggle of "one shot" parameter. 2. Control over the starting note position for multiple "chromatic" sample imports. It sucks that I can't quickly add a bunch of samples to a zone of drums. Basically, I have to "re-dump" all the samples to the zone or import AND place them one at a time. This may seem overly-critical, but quick importation is the primary reason I purchased the EXS24, switching from the ASR-10. 3. An exquisite capability would be being able to drag a sample in the upper screen to a new position (thereby automatically) altering the root not appropriately. Zone designation in the textual controls would work the same as before (moving the zones would not affect the root note setting). This would diffuse my frustration over not being able to control multiple imports to the extent mention in request #2 because dragging and positioning sample, without a bunch of rework, would be a wet dream. 4. Note glide in logic VST instruments(and the EXS24) would work like it does with the ES1. 5. VST inserts could be applied "per zone". Can you imagine how amazing that would be?! ...reverb on zone two (a bunch of snares) with harmonic bass enhancement on zone one (kicks)--sorry, let me stop... 6. Separate key velocity amp controls for "each zone and sample", in addition to each instrument (which could be deactivated if samples were controlled by zone or sample). This would really add to far more realistic multi-sampled strings, pianos, and other acoustic instruments. 7. Finally, of course, the ever-requested improvements in sample importation (but that's too obvious isn't it?). There you have it. We're only seven steps away from the "perfect sampler"!!! EMAGIC, I HOPE YOU ARE LISTENING. I made half of these requests about 6 months ago (or whenever it first came out). These things would definitely keep me from migrating to the dark side if Steinberg does in fact come out with a competitor. Logic still hasn't fixed it's looping problems and lack of compatibility with quick control over velocity and other quick-arrange controls (in the arrange window). These are tiring problems. Even so, Emagic, I still love you! Very Sincerely, Jer -------------------- Jer Olsen, President Global Express Media LLC "The Mecca for Musicians" http://MusicProTools.com/ HELP@... > From: SBS.TBleicher@... > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:43:45 +0100 > To: exs-users@egroups.com > Subject: Re: [exs] Converting to exs24 format > > And as for Emagic not listening: They may not write back to you, but be > asured that they *are* listening. Being part of the beta test program, > I know very well about what I´m talking here. And there *are* things to > come for the EXS-24 as well... > > One last thing: Steinberg have "announced" something "secret" and a lot of > insiders tend to think that it will be a competitive sampler to the EXS-24. > We´ll see what it can, when it´s out - and we´ll see how Emagic reacts on > this approach. > > Thomas

Watch: http://www.steinberg.net/infocenter/discoveries/products/halion.phtml

Hmmmm... impressive, indeed! A lot of what I have been asking Emagic for months. Emagic better get its ass in gear (no offense), but I bet they don't have crappy looping and midi override problems. The EXS is a great achievement, but it's a competitive world and the HALion looks very attractive. > From: SBS.TBleicher@... > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:41:08 +0100 > To: exs-users@egroups.com > Subject: [exs] Ooops, there we have it - Steinberg unveils some news... > > Watch: > > http://www.steinberg.net/infocenter/discoveries/products/halion.phtml > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > >

At least now Emagic has a very clear "to do" list. The variety of filters and ability to use them on separate samples is huge. I love the EXS though. I still have not turned on my Emu since I got it. --- In exs-users@egroups.com, "HELP@M..." <HELP@M...> wrote: > Hmmmm... impressive, indeed! A lot of what I have been asking Emagic for > months. Emagic better get its ass in gear (no offense), but I bet they don't > have crappy looping and midi override problems. The EXS is a great > achievement, but it's a competitive world and the HALion looks very > attractive. > > > From: SBS.TBleicher@t... > > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:41:08 +0100 > > To: exs-users@egroups.com > > Subject: [exs] Ooops, there we have it - Steinberg unveils some news... > > > > Watch: > > > > http://www.steinberg.net/infocenter/discoveries/products/halion.phtml > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > > > > >

philter@... on 23/12/00 1:38 AM, philter@... at philter@... wrote: > I love the EXS though. I still have not turned on my Emu since I got > it. Hmmm, but what about your Emu libraries? Aren't there some sounds there that you want to use, and if so do you manually import them into EXS? I have done this for many of the Wizzoo drum samples that came with the LM4 but it's a bit tedious. -- ==/==/==/==/==/==/==/==/= Paul Najar Jaminajar Music Production http://www.jaminajar.com.au

> > I love the EXS though. I still have not turned on my Emu since I got > > it. > > Hmmm, but what about your Emu libraries? Aren't there some sounds there that > you want to use, and if so do you manually import them into EXS? I have done > this for many of the Wizzoo drum samples that came with the LM4 but it's a > bit tedious. http://www.cdxtract.com Converts Emu libraries as well as far as I remember. -- Joeri Vankeirsbilck joeri@... Belway Productions - http://www.belway.com List-admin Logic-users/SoundD*ver-users/Logic-TDM

Joeri Vankeirsbilck on 23/12/00 3:38 PM, Joeri Vankeirsbilck at joeri@... wrote: > http://www.cdxtract.com Converts Emu libraries as well as far as I remember. Cool. Shame it's not a native mac app as well. I tip eventually that someone will come out with the definitive Sample format translator program that will send your library seamlessly in any direction - from any format to any other format. Heck maybe we may even see a standardised sample instrument format. Like the midi file format sort of thing but for complex multisampled instruments... Just dreaming...

I got an email from the author telling me he is working on it, such great news :))))

<mailto:muhammed@...> mailto:muhammed@... <http://www.newtown-music.de>; www.newtown-music.de

At 01:43 PM 12/21/00 +0100, you wrote: >Speaking of 3rd party progs, it has taken a looooong time until Chicken >Systems >have had their "Translator" up and running - and they are still fixing bugs >despite adding new features. That's news to me. Currently Translator has been on the market for 16 months and has a user base of over 1000 users, most of them pretty satisfied, according to their own feedback. And most - no, all - software has bugs that are continually in the process of being eradicated. Chicken Systems has a reporting department that handles all bug complaints within 24 hours and if possible sends out a fix within that time period. >The whole Translator is more expensive (at least for us in Germany) than >the EXS-24 sampler, another point. The Translator EXS Edition is in the process of being released, with a list price of $74.95. The current build of Translator has translations of Roland, EOS, ESi, and Ensoniq included. I'll give more news as soon as it's released. From what I understand there will be a press release tomorrow. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | Garth Hjelte | | Customer Service Representative, President | | Chicken Systems, Inc, Rubber Chicken Software Co. | | 714 5th Street SE | | Willmar, MN 56201 USA | | | | 800-8-PRO-EPS Toll Free Order Line (US Only) | | 320-235-9798 Tech Support, Sampler Questions | | International Line | | 360-838-7689 Fax | | Product Sales: sales@... | | Product Support: support@... | | Sampler Q+A: qa@... | | Web Page: www.chickensys.com | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Rubber Chicken Software Co. on 27/12/00 7:12 PM, Rubber Chicken Software Co. at support@... wrote: > That's news to me. Currently Translator has been on the market for 16 > months and has a user base of over 1000 users, most of them pretty > satisfied, according to their own feedback. And most - no, all - software > has bugs that are continually in the process of being eradicated. Chicken > Systems has a reporting department that handles all bug complaints within > 24 hours and if possible sends out a fix within that time period. > >> The whole Translator is more expensive (at least for us in Germany) than >> the EXS-24 sampler, another point. > > The Translator EXS Edition is in the process of being released, with a list > price of $74.95. The current build of Translator has translations of > Roland, EOS, ESi, and Ensoniq included. I'll give more news as soon as it's > released. From what I understand there will be a press release tomorrow. hey Garth. Is that you? Nice to see you here....Happy holidays! I hope tomorrow's news involves a version for mac......... Cheers -- ==/==/==/==/==/==/==/==/= Paul Najar Jaminajar Music Production http://www.jaminajar.com.au

Hello everybody, I have just installed my exs24 but it doesn't work. I have tried to load an exs sample but no sound play from the instrument editor (the keyboard) or my midi keyb. So, i have tried to convert an akai sample, the prelisten work, I can hear the suond, but after the conversion the sample doesn't play. What can I do? Which is the way to configure the exs 24 into Logic Audio with a digi 001? Thank you very much and sorry for my english. Gianni

You can't play from the edit window unless the appropriate instrument track is also (already) selected in the arrange window. If you have selected a track in the arrange window and still can't hear anything, the problem is probably not the EXS. You may be way ahead on this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Jer -------------------- Jer Olsen, President Global Express Media LLC "The Mecca for Musicians" http://MusicProTools.com/ HELP@... > From: gandalf@... > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:31:57 -0000 > To: exs-users@egroups.com > Subject: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 > > Hello everybody, I have just installed my exs24 but it doesn't > work. I have tried to load an exs sample but no sound play from > the instrument editor (the keyboard) or my midi keyb. > So, i have tried to convert an akai sample, the prelisten work, I > can hear the suond, but after the conversion the sample doesn't > play. > What can I do? Which is the way to configure the exs 24 into > Logic Audio with a digi 001? > Thank you very much and sorry for my english. > Gianni > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > >

Try throwing out your logic preferences (if you are on a Mac). That will clear any inadvertent change in parameters you may have made. Off hand, I don't know where these preferences are stored on the PC for logic. > From: chris@... > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:07:30 -0000 > To: exs-users@egroups.com > Subject: [exs] Aaagh Help! > > Help! > > I can't for the life of me work out what I've done wrong but I can't > get any of my exs sequences to play back despite being able to > play them and record them normally from the keyboard. I think > maybe I've hit a key command unknowingly and toggled some > playback switch. When I press play the little midi meter next to > the track shows activity but there's no audio output. All other midi > tracks play back normally. > > Any help would be gratefully received > > Chris Nightingale > > System: > Logic Audio 4.61 > Mac G4 500 > MOTU 2408/ MIDI timepiece > Oasys PCI board > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > >

>You can't play from the edit window unless the appropriate instrument track >is also (already) selected in the arrange window. If you have selected a >track in the arrange window and still can't hear anything, the problem is >probably not the EXS. You may be way ahead on this, but I thought I'd >mention it anyway. > >Jer Hi Jer, thanks for your reply, I have followed your suggestion but the exs doesn't play. In the arrange window I select an audio track and change it in Insrtument, then click on it, open the mixer window and in the little window of the track (above the insert) select the EXS 24. Opened the sampler, I click on the editor and appear the keyboard, I load a sample... nothing play. Is this the right way? I think yes, because the other synths plug-in in this way works. Thank you again Gianni > >> From: gandalf@... >> Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com >> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:31:57 -0000 >> To: exs-users@egroups.com >> Subject: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 >> >> Hello everybody, I have just installed my exs24 but it doesn't >> work. I have tried to load an exs sample but no sound play from >> the instrument editor (the keyboard) or my midi keyb. >> So, i have tried to convert an akai sample, the prelisten work, I >> can hear the suond, but after the conversion the sample doesn't >> play. >> What can I do? Which is the way to configure the exs 24 into >> Logic Audio with a digi 001? >> Thank you very much and sorry for my english. >> Gianni >> >>

Hi, have you chosen your intrument on the exs 24 also? bye, jos From: Gianni Bruno <giannib@...> Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:35:37 +0100 To: exs-users@egroups.com Subject: Re: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 >You can't play from the edit window unless the appropriate instrument track >is also (already) selected in the arrange window. If you have selected a >track in the arrange window and still can't hear anything, the problem is >probably not the EXS. You may be way ahead on this, but I thought I'd >mention it anyway. > >Jer Hi Jer, thanks for your reply, I have followed your suggestion but the exs doesn't play. In the arrange window I select an audio track and change it in Insrtument, then click on it, open the mixer window and in the little window of the track (above the insert) select the EXS 24. Opened the sampler, I click on the editor and appear the keyboard, I load a sample... nothing play. Is this the right way? I think yes, because the other synths plug-in in this way works. Thank you again Gianni > >> From: gandalf@... >> Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com >> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:31:57 -0000 >> To: exs-users@egroups.com >> Subject: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 >> >> Hello everybody, I have just installed my exs24 but it doesn't >> work. I have tried to load an exs sample but no sound play from >> the instrument editor (the keyboard) or my midi keyb. >> So, i have tried to convert an akai sample, the prelisten work, I >> can hear the suond, but after the conversion the sample doesn't >> play. >> What can I do? Which is the way to configure the exs 24 into >> Logic Audio with a digi 001? >> Thank you very much and sorry for my english. >> Gianni >> >> eGroups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com

Don't select an audio track. What version of Logic are you running? Is it Mac or PC? You should have an audio instrument track available for selection. You may have done this, but I couldn't tell exactly what you meant by "changing an audio track in instrument". That statement doesn't make much sense to me. There are dedicated tracks made specifically for VST instruments which are completely different from audio tracks (this method is completely different from ReWire which imploys tweaked audio tracks to allow external soft-synths to play through the Logic mixer). The dedicated VST instruments should pop up on the default "new song" setup in both the arrange window (usually two of them by default) and in the environment (all sixteen). Trying do this in an existing song may not work, especially if you are on a Mac using OMS. This issue gets complicated so I won't go into it. Just make sure that you are using a new song environment, that you are running Logic 4.5 (at least / 4.3 is the minimum), and that you are selecting a real "instrument track". Also, go into the environment window the channel strip of the appropriate "instrument channel" (there should be sixteen of these). Make sure the output on the channel strip is pointing to the main outs (or to a bus is you are doing a submix like with drums for instance. If you do this make sure the bus is then pointing to the main outs). By clicking at the top of the channel strip, you can also control input allocation on the left/bottom side of the window. If you are on a Mac, your OMS or FreeMIDI could be screwed up, but I doubt that's causing the problem since this is an internal VST instrument. If this doesn't help, you'd better contact Logic. Jer -------------------- Jer Olsen, President Global Express Media LLC "The Mecca for Musicians" http://MusicProTools.com/ HELP@...

Hey, this was on obvious, but good, question. Did you, in fact, also select the instrument name in the first EXS interface that pops up? The edit screen does not control the loading of the instrument. It is only used for editing. You must load the instrument in the initial EXS interface and make sure you are highlighting that instrument track in the arrange window. I'm probably beating a dead horse here, but what the heck... > From: Jos Jansen - Big Orange Music <jos@...> > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:44:56 +0100 > To: <exs-users@egroups.com> > Subject: Re: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 > > Hi, > > have you chosen your intrument on the exs 24 also? > > bye, > > jos > > From: Gianni Bruno <giannib@...> > Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com > Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:35:37 +0100 > To: exs-users@egroups.com > Subject: Re: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 > > >> You can't play from the edit window unless the appropriate instrument track >> is also (already) selected in the arrange window. If you have selected a >> track in the arrange window and still can't hear anything, the problem is >> probably not the EXS. You may be way ahead on this, but I thought I'd >> mention it anyway. >> >> Jer > > Hi Jer, thanks for your reply, I have followed your suggestion but the exs > doesn't play. > In the arrange window I select an audio track and change it in Insrtument, > then click on it, open the mixer window and in the little window of the > track (above the insert) select the EXS 24. > Opened the sampler, I click on the editor and appear the keyboard, I load a > sample... nothing play. > Is this the right way? I think yes, because the other synths plug-in in > this way works. > Thank you again > Gianni > > > > > > > > > > >> >>> From: gandalf@... >>> Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com >>> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:31:57 -0000 >>> To: exs-users@egroups.com >>> Subject: [exs] EXS24-Logic and Digi001 >>> >>> Hello everybody, I have just installed my exs24 but it doesn't >>> work. I have tried to load an exs sample but no sound play from >>> the instrument editor (the keyboard) or my midi keyb. >>> So, i have tried to convert an akai sample, the prelisten work, I >>> can hear the suond, but after the conversion the sample doesn't >>> play. >>> What can I do? Which is the way to configure the exs 24 into >>> Logic Audio with a digi 001? >>> Thank you very much and sorry for my english. >>> Gianni >>> >>> > > eGroups Sponsor > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > >

>Hi, > >have you chosen your intrument on the exs 24 also? > >bye, I'm a beast! It was very simple, I opened the EXS24 but didn't chose anything. Sorry, and thank's for your help. Gianni

>Hey, this was on obvious, but good, question. Did you, in fact, also select >the instrument name in the first EXS interface that pops up? The edit screen >does not control the loading of the instrument. It is only used for editing. >You must load the instrument in the initial EXS interface and make sure you >are highlighting that instrument track in the arrange window. I'm probably >beating a dead horse here, but what the heck... > In fact, It was the only thing to do........ now everything work all right. Thank you Gianni

I cannot get my exs 24 to reauthorise the disc just keeps clicking and the checking cd stays on the screen. Control Alt delete is my only way out. Any advice will be appreciated. I have 6 days before it expires.