> Hi Rosie > > ECO means "economy" - in other words, the ECO sample set will not use > the amount of resources the normal instrument will require. If you > can use the normal ones, fine. If your machine starts to choke, the > ECO samples might help. > > kind regards > > Mark Cahill How cool thanks Mark

Considering any halfway actual machine and virtual memory being present, the ECO versions really aren't worth it anymore (I mean, they were made like 5 years ago). - Sascha

Hi Garth, On 27-Jan-05, at 9:18 AM, Garth Hjelte wrote: > Translator on Windows does. An .art file is essentially all new > Instrument > information without the samples. While I haven't tried this yet, I have to say this is an awesome feature! Translator just keeps getting better and better. Oh I have to thank you once again Garth and let other users of Translator know as well about a feature I requested awhile back for easier organization of .exs programs when translating. You can add a prefix or a suffix to your .exs programs automatically when converting. For example, if you have the Wizoo Platinum 24 drums in Akai format, you can have all of the .exs programs automatically be preceeded by WIZ or with WIZ appended to the end of the name. If I recall correctly, you can have 5 or 6 characters in total for each (prefix and/or suffix). Some people may be thinking "big deal". I found out (and I know some people have encountered this as well) if you have 2 different exs programs named exactly the same (ie Rock Kit.exs), when you reload your Logic song, Logic will load up only the first one it finds which may not be the same. By adding a prefix or suffix, you can make it unique and will always work. By using the same prefix/suffix for each of your libraries, you don't have to go through and rename a bunch of your programs or look for duplicates. I come up with an abbreviated name for everything that I can use as a prefix. This way, I can have WIZ Rock Kit.exs, YT Rock Kit.exs, and DFH Rock Kit.exs and always load up the correct one. I have found it useful and thought that it might help other people here who also use Translator. HTH, Fernstudio

Anyone here using Sampletank & EXS24 without problems? I load ST2 into audio instrument 1 (midi Ch 1) - I load in a piano from sonuc synth - name it Piano put an EXS24 sampler on Audio Instrument 2 (midi CH 2) - load in a drum kit - name it Drums In the arrange window I select Piano for track 1 i play & record piano onto the track The recording plays back ok In the arrange window I select Drums for track 2 I press play I get ASIO : Overload message I select Piano in the arrange window again I press play The recording plays back ok The piano track will only play if its track is selected If the piano track is not selected I get ASIO : Overload message Result: I cannot play or record any other midi parts with the ST2 piano track playing This occurs at all bufer sizes 64...8192 Motu 2408 ASIO Driver is PCI-324 Driver2.0 Beige G4 dual 1Meg Ram Virtual memory off OS 9.2.2 Sampletank 2.0.6 OS9 VST version Emagic AMT8 midi interface Logic Audio Gold 4.81 (EXS Version)

Does anyone know of any free belltree samples out there? I need one for a piece I'm working on. I have one belltree sample from the NN19 in Reason, but it's mono and rather fast. I can use it, but I'm looking for one in which the chimes are stroked rather slowly across, and a stereo image would be ideal. Any links or websites come to mind? I could buy one if it was cheap, but I don't need a whole percussion collection. Thanks in advance! Regards, Lenny -- =========================================================================Len ny Stearns lens@... Alexandria, Virginia =========================================================================

A couple of weeks ago, I posted questions on some troubles I was having with some Spectrasonics AKAI -> EXS conversions. Thanks for those that responded; it was helpful & appreciated. In particular I want to mention Garth's help; for whatever reason, he thought to check back into his records to see that I was a registered owner of Translator (I've been in the throws of transferring over to a new computer, and had forgotten about that), and he mailed me out an updated OSX version before I even had a chance to respond.... and let him know of my new address!. Well, long story short... today I received (I'll assume a second) copy -shipped to my (new) current address! I don't mean this to sound like too much of a plug, but we are so quick (at times) to gripe about things today, that I think it's important to take a moment and recognize when someone gives really good service. So thanks Garth. Both for your help here on the forum, and from Chickensys. Regards, Shane Shane Fawkes Director of Music Walnut Grove Sec. School Langley, B.C. Canada sfawkes@...

Hi all, Just spotted it on the site. For those who have not made up their minds yet this is a very interesting read. http://www.hollowsun.com/cds/reviews.html Sorry for yet another ad, but IMNSHO it's really a must have, and I have absolutely no financial interest in this, just LOVE the sounds, nothing other than that. Best, Andy

Hi all, my first post here. Does anyone ever have the problem of loading an instrument and receiving the error result: FILE NOT FOUND RESULT CODE = -42 even though all the files are present and properly mapped in the .exs file? Currently, my only solution is reentering the path for every individual sample which is very tedious and time consuming, and really impractical. These are somewhat customized instruments (consolidated sample libraries) that have been moving from drive to drive (from studio to studio). What is odd is that mono versions of the instruments seem to load fine while stereo always gives me the above result code. Is there a way to have an instrument file 'rescan' for all the samples? any help would be greatly appreciated. many thanks, WS

On Jan 29, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Wally Scharold wrote: > Is there a way to have an instrument file 'rescan' for all the samples? > > any help would be greatly appreciated. > > many thanks, > WS Wally, You can use the Project Manager to rescan your instruments. (Windows > Project Manager) In "Browse" mode, locate your instrument(s) and choose 'find used files for selected items' or 'find unresolved file references...' under the Functions menu. If you are moving samples around regularly, you might want to consider purchasing Redmatica's EXS Manager, which is very useful and also faster than the PM. Chris Hellstrom Guitarist - Programmer - Engineer http://www.chrishellstrom.com

I don t mind at all that this sounds like a plug: Chickensys and redmatica got amazing product support. Those people deserve all the publicity they can get, because as oppose to many other company, they spend their time giving support, not making publicity ! Get the GREAT job guys. Louis > > > > I don't mean this to sound like too much of a plug, but we are so quick > (at times) to gripe about things today, that I think it's important to > take a moment and recognize when someone gives really good service. So > thanks Garth. Both for your help here on the forum, and from > Chickensys. >

Chris Coccia <mothra@...> wrote: >Well you can import the MPC midi templates located in the files section >of the Logic Users Group on Yahoo as Groove Templates. That will get you >the swings. As for the Note Repeat, probably something youre going to >have to build in the Environment. -- >Chris >http://www.descentrecords.com I'm having problems locating the files for the MPC swings, can you send me a link so I can download? Thanks in advance Joe

i'm trying to completely go w/o external MIDI gear and keep everything native (softsyths, samplers, etc.) in my dual G5. can anyone recommend the best bass CD-ROM/VSTi? best synth PAD CD-ROM/VSTi? thanks. tv

tony vincent wrote: > i'm trying to completely go w/o external MIDI gear and keep everything > native (softsyths, samplers, etc.) in my dual G5. can anyone recommend the > best bass CD-ROM/VSTi? best synth PAD CD-ROM/VSTi? I think that for basses Spectrasonics' Trilogy should be a very good choice. For pads there's a lot of choices I think. Again Spectrasonics comes to mind, Athmosphere is basically designed to suit your pad needs, but IMO the engine is a bit lame (most likely to be updated some day...). Personally, I like Absynth a lot and also FM7 is doing a great job - both at an amazingly low CPU expense. - Sascha

Hi. I have enjoyed this group for a while and have a question of a semi newbie nature. I was wondering if any one has a recommendation for keeping my exs programs and samples more organized. Sometimes I'll open an old song in Logic and I get the message- "junglebass1.aif not found" or something similar. I thought that by having a folder on my desktop of sampler instruments and by keeping sub folders of the samples associated with each program in there that I was safe, but something is still wrong. I thought I had a handle on it. Would I benefit from getting Translator or Redmatica Manager? One problem is I've had the same setup for years and don't have any upgrade plans in my near future. It is outdated, but works for me just fine: Mac G4 Dual 500 1 GB Ram OS 9.1(yeah, I know I'm way behind the times!) Logic Audio Platinum 4.1 with EXS 24(not MKII), but the original I recently experienced a problem when I downloaded some cool synth stuff from the Hollow Sun site(an excellent resource and highly deserving of everyone's support). I took a cd of the programs and samples to my studio, put em on my hard drive in the aforementioned desktop folder and got the previously mentioned error message when trying to audition the new sounds. I tried looking at the factory sounds that came with the EXS24, but didn't really find a clue as to what I'm not getting. I realize that the answer to my problems may lie somewhere in an FAQ and I've tried searching to no avail, but I was hoping for a super clear concise explanation from someone of how to keep my exs programs and samples organized before the mess gets any worse. Thanks.

Sascha is right on about Absynth. It not only has great pads, but lots of highly evocative basses, ethnic sounds, etc. Some are so complex and evolving, that you wonder how they did them. Kinda of like the Korg Wavestation or Waldorf Wave, but way beyond and not dated. The programmability is awesome and you can tweak away for days to create endless new sounds. The new Absynth II is probably even better.

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, tony vincent <aps@t...> wrote: > i'm trying to completely go w/o external MIDI gear and keep everything > native (softsyths, samplers, etc.) in my dual G5. can anyone recommend the > best bass CD-ROM/VSTi? best synth PAD CD-ROM/VSTi? > thanks. > tv Best Bass? Sascha is right, but then again he may not be -- it depends upon what you want. Yellow Tools has a massive bass guitar sample library called Majestic. Very very comprehensive and good. Bob Vandiver

At 05:29 PM 2/1/2005 +0000, you wrote: >I have enjoyed this group for a while and have a question of a semi >newbie nature. I was wondering if any one has a recommendation for >keeping my exs programs and samples more organized. Sometimes I'll >open an old song in Logic and I get the message- "junglebass1.aif >not found" or something similar. I thought that by having a folder >on my desktop of sampler instruments and by keeping sub folders of >the samples associated with each program in there that I was safe, >but something is still wrong. I thought I had a handle on it. Would >I benefit from getting Translator or Redmatica Manager? Redmaticas EXSManager is better, if not ideally, suited for this than Translator, although the Win version of Translator does some of the handy things EXSmanager does on Mac. Garth Hjelte Sampler User

On 30/1/05 7:14 pm, "Garth Hjelte" <garth@...> wrote: >> I have enjoyed this group for a while and have a question of a semi >> newbie nature. I was wondering if any one has a recommendation for >> keeping my exs programs and samples more organized. Sometimes I'll >> open an old song in Logic and I get the message- "junglebass1.aif >> not found" or something similar. I thought that by having a folder >> on my desktop of sampler instruments and by keeping sub folders of >> the samples associated with each program in there that I was safe, >> but something is still wrong. I thought I had a handle on it. Would >> I benefit from getting Translator or Redmatica Manager? > > Redmaticas EXSManager is better, if not ideally, suited for this than > Translator, although the Win version of Translator does some of the handy > things EXSmanager does on Mac. > > Garth Hjelte > Sampler User Be advised though that EXS Manager is OS X only. However, I believe you can run it on OS X and then switch back to OS9 and the instruments still know where the samples are. (Can someone confirm?) Brio

On Feb 2, 2005, at 12:27 AM, Brio Taliaferro wrote: > > Be advised though that EXS Manager is OS X only. However, I believe > you can > run it on OS X and then switch back to OS9 and the instruments still > know > where the samples are. (Can someone confirm?) > Brio Confirmed Best Regards Andrea at Redmatica

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Hi! I just bought 3 alesis ai3 that i connect to my rme hammerfall HDSP9652, I have a G5 dual 1,8 and 1 GHZ ram. Now when i record in logic with about 22 channels, i get this error message after about 4 min of recording: "System error or disk speed too slow" And after that i cant play or record again until i restart logic or i get the same message as soon as i hit play! i record in 48 khz! and this is when i set the buffer to 2048, and diskbuffer to jumbo! if i set it to default 512 and large i get the error after just a few seconds. does anyone know what could be wrong and if there is some setting i missed???? Thanks in adv Jojje _________________________________________________________________ Auktioner: Tjäna en hacka på gamla prylar http://tradera.msn.se

Thanks for your responses. I am not looking to go with OSX right now (I guess I'm a bit of a Luddite!), the main reason being I would lose all my cool and expensive Pro Tools RTAS plug ins and other older software for OS9 which I need to do my work, so I guess EXS Manager isn't for me right now. I understand it is a great program and lots of users like it a lot, but does anyone know a way I can organize my .exs programs and associated samples "by hand". I'm afraid it is getting messy and want to straighten everything out before it gets any worse. Are there any url's anyone can point me to? I'm willing to do some work and research, I just need a push in the right direction. Thanks.

Would > >I benefit from getting Translator or Redmatica Manager? > > Redmaticas EXSManager is better, if not ideally, suited for this than > Translator, although the Win version of Translator does some of the handy > things EXSmanager does on Mac. > > Garth Hjelte > Sampler User Garth, Does Translator still come in Mac OS9? If so, how would it help me? I'm interested in purchasing it if I could benefit from it. I do run into frustrations often with purchasing new software because so few companies deal with OS9 anymore. So much cool stuff for OSX, but I wonder if a dual boot OS9/OSX setup would work for me.

At 03:25 AM 2/2/2005 +0000, you wrote: >Would > > >I benefit from getting Translator or Redmatica Manager? > > > > Redmaticas EXSManager is better, if not ideally, suited for this >than > > Translator, although the Win version of Translator does some of >the handy > > things EXSmanager does on Mac. > > > > Garth Hjelte > > Sampler User > >Garth, >Does Translator still come in Mac OS9? If so, how would it help me? >I'm interested in purchasing it if I could benefit from it. I do run >into frustrations often with purchasing new software because so few >companies deal with OS9 anymore. So much cool stuff for OSX, but I >wonder if a dual boot OS9/OSX setup would work for me. It does, but OS9 is really becoming obsolete. OSX has so many advantages and based on the user interaction I see, only if you are really really really used to using a program that never made it to OSX, is there any reason to stay in it. Even so, I'd recommend getting a used G4 1gHz - really cheap comparatively - and run OSX in there and soon you'll find yourself using that computer more often than your OS9 one. Garth Hjelte Sampler User

Garth, > >Does Translator still come in Mac OS9? > > It does, but OS9 is really becoming obsolete. OSX has so many advantages > and based on the user interaction I see, only if you are really really > really used to using a program that never made it to OSX, is there any > reason to stay in it. Even so, I'd recommend getting a used G4 1gHz - > really cheap comparatively - and run OSX in there and soon you'll find > yourself using that computer more often than your OS9 one. > > Garth Hjelte > Sampler User I hear you. I know OSX is all that, but I want to at least keep the G4 dual 500 with OS9 so I can continue to use my Digi 001 setup that I laid out good money for. As far as Logic and the EXS24 go, I do want to run those on a spiffier machine with a bright, new shiny OS and Logic 6 and EXS24 MKII, but we're talkin' more than I want to shell out right now. I make money with what I have now and want to continue uninterrupted. When I do upgrade, I'm sure I'll love the increased music making power. Thanks for the insight.