> > Right now, one Giga PC and one dual gig Quicksilver (both with 1.5GB >> of RAM) load essentially the same amount of VSL. I'm getting 180 >> stereo voices off a Firewire drive on the Mac, and the PC gets the >> Giga max 160 mono voices. >> >> You'll be able to load more programs into 8GB of RAM, but you'll >> still need to run the voices off multiple drives and busses. And then >> the question is whether it's still cheaper to buy Giga PCs than to >> buy all that RAM! >> >> So the answer to Cyril's question is that we'll have to wait and see. > From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...> >Hello Nick > >Have you tried to run your samples from your internal HD I have them on an internal HD on the Giga machine, but not on the Mac. That shouldn't make any difference, though, because Firewire had enough bandwidth for this not to be an issue. Both are 120GB IDE drives with 8MB buffers and similar specs - in fact they may be the same WD drive; I forget what's in the Windows machine. But I should stress that this isn't an exact benchmark. And I could probably get more polyphony out of the Mac if I split the samples across two drives. Right now I've spent hours and hours (literally!) in the Project Manager getting EXS to load samples quickly, so I'm not anxious to rock the boat! As it is, it takes 15 minutes every time I open the PM window. But I'm not complaining about either machine because the performance is pretty damn good. One other piece of trivia: Giga loads the same amount of samples in 793MB, which is the max you can get Giga to use under Windows XP (unless you go to 2GB of RAM, in which case the max going to a little under 1.1GB). There are threads about this on the Northernsounds and VSL forums. -- Nick Batzdorf 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434

Guys: I have Digital Performer and I bought EXSP24 VST because I love my friend's EXSP@$ MKII sampler -- but mine won't load programs. I get the pull-down menu. I chose the program I like --and then nothing. I'm program frigid. I tried re-installing both the VST plug and the samples and nothing helps. Please help me. I'm getting despondent. - Stew

on 6/30/03 11:29 AM, Julie Larson at julielarson@... wrote: Yeah...I've had some of that....but CDXtract wouldn't do it at all. I wrote ChickenSys last week about it and Garth said that the latest update fixes the problem. Julie Yeah, Garth is great with that. I'll give the new one a try. thanks, james On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:11 AM, James Ryan wrote: > Wow.  I tried to convert a Boulder Sounds group from Kurzweil to EXS > using Translator, and it put big thumps at the front of all the > samples and ruined all their fadeups.  Totally useless.  Haven't tried > CDXtract for it.  I went back to just using my Kurzweil 2500.  > Inconvenient, but accurate. > > JR >   ----- Original Message ----- >   From: Julie Larson >   To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com >   Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 10:35 PM >   Subject: Re: [EXS]CDXtract: the best? > > >   I apologize...I didn't read the thread thoroughly....for Kurzweil >   translations...for me it's Translator.  I've never been able to get >   CDXtract to do it.   Am I missing something? > >   julie > > > >   On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 09:06  PM, Julie Larson wrote: > >   > I have both..depends on what you're doing.... >   > >   > julie >   > >   > On Sunday, June 29, 2003, at 09:04  PM, James Ryan wrote: >   > >   > > I have both.  CDXtract gets my vote. >   > > >   > > JR >   > >   ----- Original Message ----- >   > >   From: keith_crupi >   > >   To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com >   > >   Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 9:21 PM >   > >   Subject: Re: [EXS]CDXtract: the best? >   > > >   > > >   > >   --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Bruno - FMspot <bruno@f...> >   > wrote: >   > >   > To convert my Kurzweil CDs into EXS format, is CDXtract the > best >   > > tool? >   > >   > Bruno >   > > >   > >   Well there's also Chicken Systems Translator..... >   > > >   > >   Keith >   > > >   > > >   > > >   > >         Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >   > >       >   > >       >   > > >   > >   ____________________________________________________________ >   > >                          EXS* Users Group >   > >   - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ >   > >   - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >   > >   - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com >   > >   - Free legal samples: >   > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ >   > > >   > >   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of >   > Service. >   > > >   > > >   > > >   > > >   > > >   > <image.tiff> >   > > >   > > >   > > ____________________________________________________________ >   > >                       EXS* Users Group >   > > - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ >   > > - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >   > > - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com >   > > - Free legal samples: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ >   > > >   > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. >   > >   > >   > >   > >   <image.tiff> >   > >   > >   > ____________________________________________________________ >   >                        EXS* Users Group >   > - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ >   > - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >   > - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com >   > - Free legal samples: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ >   > >   > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > >   > > >         Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >             &nbs p; ADVERTISEMENT >              >        >        > >   ____________________________________________________________ >             &nbs p;           EXS* Users Group >   - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ >   - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >   - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com >   - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > >   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > <image.tiff> > > > ____________________________________________________________ >             &nbs p;         EXS* Users Group > - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ > - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com > - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ____________________________________________________________ EXS* Users Group - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>; .

On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:18 AM, James Ryan wrote: > > Yeah, Garth is great with that. I'll give the new one a try. And that's why I stick with Translator since its day 1, cause he does his best to keep his promisses. But (and I ask this not to start a CDXtract/Translator flame war, but rather to have more knowledge on the subject) since James said his choice would be CDXtract (the product which I know absolutely nothing about), what do I lose as a faithful Translator user? Any ***objective*** feature list of dos and don'ts with each of the 2? TIA. Best, Andy (a satisfied Translator user)

On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 01:39 PM, exs-users@yahoogroups.com wrote: > Subject: Re: MPC format > > On 29/06/03 12:38, "Paul Najar" <pnajar@...> wrote: > >> Cyril Blanc on 29/6/03 4:23 PM, Cyril Blanc at blanc.cyril@... >> wrote: >> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> How do you convert MPC format to AIF or to MP3 ? (freeware !) >> >> There's a program called MPC Convert that will convert MPC to aiff or >> SD2. >> It's shareware. Do a web search you should find it. >> > > Hello Paul > The MPC convert I found on Google run¹s on PC, I am on Mac > > MPCPgmMaker (shareware) hth, charlie

on 6/30/03 12:56 PM, Andy Hardwake at digitalmechanics@... wrote: On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:18 AM, James Ryan wrote: > > Yeah, Garth is great with that. I'll give the new one a try. And that's why I stick with Translator since its day 1, cause he does his best to keep his promisses. But (and I ask this not to start a CDXtract/Translator flame war, but rather to have more knowledge on the subject) since James said his choice would be CDXtract (the product which I know absolutely nothing about), what do I lose as a faithful Translator user? Any ***objective*** feature list of dos and don'ts with each of the 2? TIA. Best, Andy (a satisfied Translator user) Truthfully, with Garth's post that the Kurzweil thing is cleared up, it becomes more an issue of which interface you like the best. I find getting around CDXtract a little more easy and intuitive, but someone else may say just the opposite. If you're happy with Translator, stay where you are. If the uber programmer of Translator reads this list and responds with fixes, you can't go wrong. Spend your money on a cool sample CD! James

I agree that Beatz from the Nu School a great disc and I must say that I've heavily plundered it over the passed couple of months. Although I love and use PhatmaticPro I have constantly come across the problem where it will not "fill in the gaps" between slices like Recycle 2 will. This happens more when you are really slowing a groove down. Phat does not have any decay function as far as I can tell whereas Recycle 2 will allow the user to define how much crossfade between slices. I find myself going back to Recycle more these days. Then it's easy just to open the Rex file with an EXS. Ok if we are going to share favorite CD's then let me give you a heads up on the best sounding live drums that I've heard since Spectrasonics Backbeats. No it's not Drum Kit From Hell or the Joey Kramer disc......both of these are good though. These drums were recorded at Abbey Road with the best microphones through a Neve console in to a Euphonix DAW. The production and playing are second to none. The disc is "Beats Working" Not an enormous amount of material but all of it is brilliant. Totally worth every cent and for the first time in 4 years I've found something of the standard of Eric Persing. Check out the bottoms in the kick and the imaging of the whole kit...............and it hasn't been processed at all! (you will have to "see past" the generic demo) Phil Buckle.

Hey Phil, Thanks for the great tip! It really sounds like a winner to me. The only problem is that, as a non-ProTools user, I would opt for the audio cd version - but I can't see myself PHATmatik-ing or ReCycling (that I'll have to buy - I was going to wait for NI's version, but that may take forever) 2 complete cds. It's really too bad they don't chop them up for us instead. I'd be willing to pay more, like for Groove Control collections, to have the ability to match any tempo... Ned PS: yeah, the demo's a bit cheezy, but the drums rock! http://www.nedfx.com Ned Bouhalassa n e d @ n e d f x . c o m

On 30/06/03 5:08, "Nick Batzdorf" <recording@...> wrote: >>> > > Right now, one Giga PC and one dual gig Quicksilver (both with 1.5GB >>> >> of RAM) load essentially the same amount of VSL. I'm getting 180 >>> >> stereo voices off a Firewire drive on the Mac, and the PC gets the >>> >> Giga max 160 mono voices. >>> >> >>> >> You'll be able to load more programs into 8GB of RAM, but you'll >>> >> still need to run the voices off multiple drives and busses. And then >>> >> the question is whether it's still cheaper to buy Giga PCs than to >>> >> buy all that RAM! >>> >> >>> >> So the answer to Cyril's question is that we'll have to wait and see. >> > > > From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...> > >> >Hello Nick >> > >> >Have you tried to run your samples from your internal HD > > I have them on an internal HD on the Giga machine, but not on the > Mac. That shouldn't make any difference, though, because Firewire had > enough bandwidth for this not to be an issue. Both are 120GB IDE > drives with 8MB buffers and similar specs - in fact they may be the > same WD drive; I forget what's in the Windows machine. > > But I should stress that this isn't an exact benchmark. And I could > probably get more polyphony out of the Mac if I split the samples > across two drives. > > Right now I've spent hours and hours (literally!) in the Project > Manager getting EXS to load samples quickly, so I'm not anxious to > rock the boat! As it is, it takes 15 minutes every time I open the PM > window. But I'm not complaining about either machine because the > performance is pretty damn good. > > One other piece of trivia: Giga loads the same amount of samples in > 793MB, which is the max you can get Giga to use under Windows XP > (unless you go to 2GB of RAM, in which case the max going to a little > under 1.1GB). > > There are threads about this on the Northernsounds and VSL forums. Hello Nick Do you have an FW audio interface ? Best regards Cyril Blanc France If you want to be sure I read your answer leave my name in it ! Spam mails are directly going to trash

Hello Group, is it possible to use more than 15.000 EXS Instruments? When i reach this number of files, it is not possible to open the EXS menue in windows XP and in windows 98 a lot of instruments do not appear. There seems to be a limit of files for the EXS in logic or in the operating system. Does anyone also have this problem or has someone a solution for me? Regards, Samy Athlon 1300, 512MB/AMT8/Audiowerk8/Logic5.5.1/EXS24/ES1

The limit is in the OS.... you can still see them if you switch to control view... Andrea

>is it possible to use more than 15.000 EXS Instruments? When i reach >this number of files, it is not possible to open the EXS menue in >windows XP and in windows 98 a lot of instruments do not appear. >There seems to be a limit of files for the EXS in logic or in the >operating system. While I don't know wether the limit is around 15.000 there certainly is a limit to the size of a menu. If I recall it correctly the ID of a menu entry (used by the windowing system to indicate which particular entry had been selected) is a 16bit number thus allowing for a theoretical maximum of 65000 distinguishable menu-entries. It doesn't seem far fetched to assume that the range reserved for EXS Instruments does not span the full theoretically possible range. >Does anyone also have this problem or has someone a solution for me? Do you *always* need all your 15.000 instruments or could you preselect some by moving those you don't need (temporarily) into a different directory ? Or in other words: Assuming there is a maximum number of instruments and this is around 15.000 than I suppose you have no choice other than using a subset of your instruments possibly selected on a case by case basis. Best, Michael -- Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mgd@... OS/2: Cutting Windows in half GPG/PGP-keys available on request or at public keyserver

thanks for your answer, of course it is possible to use different subsets of my instruments, but maybe there is a more comfortable solution?? hm, but i dont think so.... regards, samy ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Gerdau To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [EXS] More than 15.000 EXS Instruments? >is it possible to use more than 15.000 EXS Instruments? When i reach >this number of files, it is not possible to open the EXS menue in >windows XP and in windows 98 a lot of instruments do not appear. >There seems to be a limit of files for the EXS in logic or in the >operating system. While I don't know wether the limit is around 15.000 there certainly is a limit to the size of a menu. If I recall it correctly the ID of a menu entry (used by the windowing system to indicate which particular entry had been selected) is a 16bit number thus allowing for a theoretical maximum of 65000 distinguishable menu-entries. It doesn't seem far fetched to assume that the range reserved for EXS Instruments does not span the full theoretically possible range. >Does anyone also have this problem or has someone a solution for me? Do you *always* need all your 15.000 instruments or could you preselect some by moving those you don't need (temporarily) into a different directory ? Or in other words: Assuming there is a maximum number of instruments and this is around 15.000 than I suppose you have no choice other than using a subset of your instruments possibly selected on a case by case basis. Best, Michael -- Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: mgd@... OS/2: Cutting Windows in half GPG/PGP-keys available on request or at public keyserver Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ____________________________________________________________ EXS* Users Group - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...> >Do you have an FW audio interface ? Actually I do have a MOTU 828, but I only use it on my PowerBook as a portable DAW (and as back-up insurance if I'm recording someone and my Pro Tools rig goes up in smoke - but that hasn't happened). Not a relevant factor in these reports - except that you probably wouldn't want to use a FW interface and a FW drive if you're trying to maximize a streaming EXS machine. -- Nick Batzdorf 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434

From: "Michael Gerdau" <mgd@...> >Assuming there is a maximum number of instruments and this is >around 15.000 than I suppose you have no choice other than using >a subset of your instruments possibly selected on a case by case >basis. I have an alias of the VSL's EXS Sampler Instruments folder inside my regular Sampler Instruments folder (the one in the same folder as Logic). That makes the drop-down list manageable (you get a single VSL entry until you mouse over it and the contents of the VSL folder pop up to the side), and it might even be letting me get around having over 1 billion instruments! And I promise I didn't think of this in advance - it was a pure luck! (Or pure bad luck, perhaps, since it takes 15 minutes to read the Project Manager database and sort out the tree every time I open the PM window?) -- Nick Batzdorf 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434

on 2/7/03 12:48 AM, exs-users@yahoogroups.com at exs-users@yahoogroups.com wrote: > Subject: Beats Working > > Hey Phil, > > Thanks for the great tip! It really sounds like a winner to me. The only > problem is that, as a non-ProTools user, I would opt for the audio cd > version - but I can't see myself PHATmatik-ing or ReCycling (that I'll have > to buy - I was going to wait for NI's version, but that may take forever) 2 > complete cds. It's really too bad they don't chop them up for us instead. > I'd be willing to pay more, like for Groove Control collections, to have > the ability to match any tempo... > > Ned > > PS: yeah, the demo's a bit cheezy, but the drums rock! > > > > http://www.nedfx.com > > Ned Bouhalassa > > n e d @ n e d f x . c o m Hi Ned, Yes I bought just the audio version. In this situation I will simply fly the Wav tracks in to "Live". Then I run Logic and Live via rewire. The most amazing thing is to be able to have a complete sample CD worth of loops in one session of Live and have it locked to triggering on the bar. Just put Logic in repeat and start hitting grooves in Live. It's incredible what you will discover when you actually hear different loops against your track. Phil Buckle.

Hi group, I'm trying to do an Akai import of my "Symphony of Voices" CDROMs into the EXS24, just using the OPTIONS>AKAI IMPORT feature in the EXS, and it won't recognize the AKAI discs for some reason. Has anyone had a similar problem, and is there a workaround available? I could use my hardware samplers, but I'm so addicted to the EXS that I just hate even turning on the gear anymore! Kerry Muzzey NY NY

Whoa there Phil - you sure are making a case for buying a copy of Live... It's a lot faster than ReCycling the whole disc! I _was_ thinking about Live for the Fall. Guess I'll be sending some bucks to Ableton soon. They are a kick*ss company! One thing though: how's the chopping up affecting the quality of the sound of the drums? What happens when a crash or ride crosses over a slice? Thanks for the details, man! Ned Phil Buckle wrote: > The > most amazing thing is to be able to have a complete sample CD worth of loops > in one session of Live and have it locked to triggering on the bar. Just put > Logic in repeat and start hitting grooves in Live. It's incredible what you > will discover when you actually hear different loops against your track. http://www.nedfx.com Ned Bouhalassa n e d @ n e d f x . c o m

Sounds like you might have a corrupted AKAI cd. Have you tried contacting the place you bought it from? Maybe Spectrasonics support can help you. You might also try importing it into one of your hardware samplers, just to make the sure the cds are OK. Ned kirbyko3@... wrote: > I'm trying to do an Akai import of my "Symphony of Voices" CDROMs into the > EXS24, just using the OPTIONS>AKAI IMPORT feature in the EXS, and it won't > recognize the AKAI discs for some reason. http://www.nedfx.com Ned Bouhalassa n e d @ n e d f x . c o m

In a message dated 7/1/03 9:14:15 PM, ned@... writes: > Sounds like you might have a corrupted AKAI cd. Have you tried contacting > the place you bought it from? Maybe Spectrasonics support can help you. You > might also try importing it into one of your hardware samplers, just to > make the sure the cds are OK. > I've been using them in my Emu samplers for about 3 years now.... just tried to import them into the EXS24 now that I'm using it almost exclusively. For some reason it just won't register in the import window, and it's worked just fine with other AKAI CDROMs. Anyone have a similar situation? Kerry

At 11:45 PM 7/1/03 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 7/1/03 9:14:15 PM, ned@... writes: > > > > Sounds like you might have a corrupted AKAI cd. Have you tried contacting > > the place you bought it from? Maybe Spectrasonics support can help you. > You > > might also try importing it into one of your hardware samplers, just to > > make the sure the cds are OK. > > > >I've been using them in my Emu samplers for about 3 years now.... just tried >to import them into the EXS24 now that I'm using it almost exclusively. For >some reason it just won't register in the import window, and it's worked just >fine with other AKAI CDROMs. Anyone have a similar situation? See the EXS-24 list FAQ under Mixed Mode CD's. Sounds like they might be mixed mode (Audio and Akai data on the same CD), and the Apple CD/DVD Drivers have a well-known bug that causes problems, and the FAQ describes a workaround. Garth Hjelte Sampler User

On 1/07/03 18:43, "Nick Batzdorf" <recording@...> wrote: > From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...> > >> >Do you have an FW audio interface ? > > Actually I do have a MOTU 828, but I only use it on my PowerBook as a > portable DAW (and as back-up insurance if I'm recording someone and > my Pro Tools rig goes up in smoke - but that hasn't happened). > > Not a relevant factor in these reports - except that you probably > wouldn't want to use a FW interface and a FW drive if you're trying > to maximize a streaming EXS machine. Hello Nick That is the point I want you to come. Also a Power book is not a computer to make symphonic pieces of music with many tracks ; That was clearly pointed to me by Apple France when I bought my Wall Street a few years ago A technician from Apple told me ³you should never have bought this computer to make music, use a desktop, I bought a 400 MHZ G4 it was a dream !. (it¹s a question of disk, bus ..... WHAT SO EVER ;;;; I don¹t know much about hardware inside the PB) With a 324 PCI interface with Motu 2408+24i+1296 ; I have manage to record the 54 ins with no problems on a G4 533 MP using internal ATA disk, I doubt you can do this on a series of FW interfaces ! Best regards Cyril Blanc France If you want to be sure I read your answer leave my name in it ! Spam mails are directly going to trash

Use the 1.3.5. Apple CD/DVD driver. It works with Mixed Mode CD:s. Later versions of that driver does not work. I had exactly the same problem myself using the 1.4.8 driver. Best regards Anders Wollbeck > > > >>I've been using them in my Emu samplers for about 3 years now.... just tried >>to import them into the EXS24 now that I'm using it almost exclusively. For >>some reason it just won't register in the import window, and it's worked just >>fine with other AKAI CDROMs. Anyone have a similar situation? > >See the EXS-24 list FAQ under Mixed Mode CD's. Sounds like they might be >mixed mode (Audio and Akai data on the same CD), and the Apple CD/DVD >Drivers have a well-known bug that causes problems, and the FAQ describes a >workaround. > >Garth Hjelte >Sampler User >

Yes, tehre's an audio file on there somewhere -- it looks like the mixed media thing is probably the problem. Thanks Garth!