> Why not just take out a full-page ad in a major newspaper dissing > him? Or threaten to post Photoshopped images with his head > superimposed over someone having sex with a sheep? Or post > unsubstantiated rumors that he's an ax murderer? From: "mfalchook" <falchook@...> >You've misread my intent. >I simply thought that posting in a public forum that Michiel was known >to frequent would get his attention, and perhaps hold him accountable. >It also gives other users an opportunity to share their experiences >and help try to solve the problem. It was not my attention to "string >the guy up" or malign him in any way. Fair enough, my bad - the tar and feathers smell was my imagination. I happen to know that he's been out of town, though, so there's a reason he hasn't been answering tech support emails. -- Nick Batzdorf - editor Virtual Instruments magazine (the world of softsynths and samplers) www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496), 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101

From: Garth Hjelte <garth@...> >Sorry for the blank posts - hit the wrong key on the email client. Thanks for straightening that out, Garth. I though your mind had gone blank, and I was worried. :) -- Nick Batzdorf - editor Virtual Instruments magazine (the world of softsynths and samplers) www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496), 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101

Hi, all, I come to you guys with this question (as you've always been so helpful in the past). I've got an upcoming project which needs to feature folk/bluegrass music: acoustic bass, guitar, banjo, violin/fiddle, washboard, etc. Any suggestions for some EXS compatible sounds? Thanks so much! Roland

Hello, all I just heard about the new release from Natural Studios http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/ The drumkit, way cheaper than drumkit from hell, has 18GB of samples. I'veenjoyed the use of its freebie predecessor (thanks, Doug!) and would certainly be interested in supporting Doug Whates after all the effort he's put into this kit. If I understand correctly (and I may not), it will initally work with Halion. Does anyone in this group know anything about getting this kit to work in EXS? Nick, you're the virtual instruments guru :). Any knowledge here? Cheers, Larry Dr L's Music pianoman@... http://www.dr-l-music.com G4 733MHz 1.2GB RAM L7 -- OS 10.3.latest, L5.5.0 -- OS9 accompanying - arranging - composition - lessons - live performance CD production - from backup piano to full band with vocals           &nbs p; cd microlabel: www.cdbaby.com/all/drlstudio Internet radio station: http://www.live365.com/stations/dr_l_             &nbs p;  

dr_l_music@... wrote: > > I just heard about the new release from Natural Studios > <http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/>http://www.naturalstudio.co.uk/ > > The drumkit, way cheaper than drumkit from hell, has 18GB of samples. I've > enjoyed the > use of its freebie predecessor (thanks, Doug!) and would certainly be > interested in > supporting Doug Whates after all the effort he's put into this kit. If I > understand correctly > (and I may not), it will initally work with Halion. Does anyone in this > group know anything > about getting this kit to work in EXS? This library is going to be released in Halion 3.1 format and it has 20,000 samples. I think you will find that EXS24 which does not allow more than 32 layers will be inadequate for some parts on this library. Programs like Translator and CDXtract may go some of the way toward converting kits or perhaps kit elements but if you have to program from scratch the hours of work required to work with such a large set of samples is going to make conversion to EXS24 fromat a real headache. Regards, Murray

An authoritative jazz bass is at Pete's website, a pretty banjo in Sculpture, pop it up using some plug-in's, google for accoustic guitars: exs instruments, come on... music is imagining the unexsisting

Hello Folks, I need to generate the sound of a water droplet and, as usual, real life has failed to make the grade. Until now I've used my ESXP as a sample player and nothing more, can anyone help me get to grips with generating a 'plop' that rises in pitch (particularly if it means using the EXSP as a synth, with no sample loaded)? I can only do it using the LFO, but it's pot luck as to whether the pitch is high or low at the time I hit the key. I know this makes me sound like a bit of a dunce, but that's not too far off the mark, so i can live with that. Any and all help v. much appreciated. Nigel

Try assigning the pitch to aftertouch and control the amount live; the beauty of it: never the same thing twice, like a droplet should be. Louis > > I need to generate the sound of a water droplet and, as usual, real life has > failed to make the > grade. > > Until now I've used my ESXP as a sample player and nothing more, can anyone > help me get to > grips with generating a 'plop' that rises in pitch (particularly if it means > using the EXSP as a > synth, with no sample loaded)? I can only do it using the LFO, but it's pot > luck as to whether > the pitch is high or low at the time I hit the key. > > > > >

due to excessive number of unused instruments in my Sampler Instruments directory, i decided to remove quite a substantial amount of instruments from EXS' option menu, however, i don't know if that also removed the actual samples associating with the instruments. i have used EXS Manager (for PC) to remove unused samples, but i doubt it is capable of doing that. can i please get some feedbakc on this and as to how i can free up drive space by removing unused samples. cheers

boobooshka wrote: > due to excessive number of unused instruments in my Sampler > Instruments directory, i decided to remove quite a substantial amount > of instruments from EXS' option menu, however, i don't know if that > also removed the actual samples associating with the instruments. i > have used EXS Manager (for PC) to remove unused samples, but i doubt > it is capable of doing that. I actually think that EXS manager (the PC version) is pretty much capable of doing so, but anyhow... > can i please get some feedbakc on this and as to how i can free up > drive space by removing unused samples. In your keycommands, in the EXS section you'll find something like "backup all instruments". This will produce copies of all the samples required for all your existing instruments. Perform that operation, then delete the original folder and you should be up and running with just the required samples. You may need to reassign sample locations to the .exs files, but EXS manager should do that perfectly. In case you prefer the manual method, load an EXS, set up a MIDI command to switch to the "next" patch (done in the EXS editor), insert that command into a sequence and have it cycling for a while. Make sure not to move away too far from your machine as the EXS might detect double samples (you'll have to confirm which ones you'd like to use). - Sascha

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Hi Michiel. Good to hear from you. Great news. Lot of us were waiting for this. Didn't try it out yet, but I'm sure it will work. Thanks. Rob --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Michiel Post PMI" <mpost@x> wrote: > Hi, > > We found what is causing the note cut-off problem that is experienced > by several people with our Old Lady piano. There is a simple way to > overcome this: > > - open the instrument in the EXS24 editor by clicking edit in the > right corner of the EXS24 screen > > - in the editor, select all zones (option-A) > > - select update selected zone(s) info from audiofile (the lowest > option in the zone menu) > > - Logic will calculate for a few minutes > > - and present the proposed changes > > - click ok and Logic will execute the changes > > - after completion, don't play but; > > - save the instrument and exit Logic (!) > > - restart Logic and load the instrument again. > > Now the notes no longer cutt off > > > This is a temporary solution as new patches will be created that > avoid this method to elude Logic into using the samples as we > intended. For some strange reason EXS24 has some hidden parameters > that are not accecible for the developer (and user) containing > important info about the used samples (audio files). We need to fix > certain things in the process of our workflow to overcome these > limitations. > > Michiel Post > PMI > www.postpiano.com

Hi Michiel, Thanks for getting back to us. I think there's quite a few here using the Old Lady. On 18/05/2005, at 2:01 AM, Michiel Post PMI wrote: > - in the editor, select all zones (option-A) Do you mean command-A? option-A brings up Logic preferences. Also, a couple of weeks ago you posted info about Old Lady updates on your website. Any chance of a link to the relevant page? Thanks a lot Andris

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Andris Sice <hasice@b...> wrote: > > - in the editor, select all zones (option-A) > Do you mean command-A? option-A brings up Logic preferences. You can use the zone-menu function "select all" or the keyboard command- A. > Also, a couple of weeks ago you posted info about Old Lady updates on > your website. > Any chance of a link to the relevant page? We have a automated update website section here: http://www.postpiano.com/support/listUpdates.php Select the library you have (and the format like EXS) and you get a page with all relevant updates and notes: http://www.postpiano.com/support/allUpdates.php?id4 is the direct link for OLD LADY EXS and http://www.postpiano.com/support/allUpdates.php?id6 the direct link for EMPEROR EXS Michiel Post

Thanks for that. Just the job. Nigel --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Gramophone <gramophone@s...> wrote: > Try assigning the pitch to aftertouch and control the amount live; the > beauty of it: never the same thing twice, like a droplet should be. > > Louis > > > > I need to generate the sound of a water droplet and, as usual, real life has > > failed to make the > > grade. > > > > Until now I've used my ESXP as a sample player and nothing more, can anyone > > help me get to > > grips with generating a 'plop' that rises in pitch (particularly if it means > > using the EXSP as a > > synth, with no sample loaded)? I can only do it using the LFO, but it's pot > > luck as to whether > > the pitch is high or low at the time I hit the key. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Thanks for the info, Michiel. Just so you know, the excellent SAM Brass collection had the exact same problem (and solution) with their EXS instruments. Ned On 17-May-05, at 12:01 PM, Michiel Post PMI wrote: > Hi, > > We found what is causing the note cut-off problem that is experienced > by several people with our Old Lady piano. There is a simple way to > overcome this: w w w . n e d f x . c o m ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬& not;¬¬ Ned Bouhalassa ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬& not;¬¬ n e d @ n e d f x . c o m

Greetings, What's the status of the issues with the "Old Lady" piano samples? Is this a problem that everyone has, or did it turn out to be something platform or sampler specific? Please keep us updated. Thanks, -Mark

ok this maybe a stuped question ... I got new loops cd's that has EXS formats but I can not find how to load them and use them please help.. thanks

On 18/05/2005, at 8:41 PM, michielpost2003 wrote: > -- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Andris Sice <hasice@b...> wrote: > > >  - in the editor, select all zones (option-A) > > Do you mean command-A? option-A brings up Logic preferences. > > You can use the zone-menu function "select all" or the keyboard > command- > A. > > So you did mean command-A? Also there's no "Select All" in the Zone menu, it's in the Edit menu, sorry to nitpick but you have to with computers. I love the Old Lady and want to get it right. Andris

lui916 wrote: > ok this maybe a stupid question ... I got new loops cd's that has EXS > formats but I can not find how to load them and use them > please help.. > thanks EXS format consisits of instruments and samples The instruments generally have the extension .exs, they go in your sampler Instruments folder in the Logic app folder (earlier version) or in the User>Library>Application Support>Logic folder on Logic 7. There will also be some .wav (or maybe .aif) files, that go anywhere on your drive. -- Pete Thomas www.petethomas.co.uk - Free Logic Icons, Environments and EXS Instruments

Pete Thomas wrote: > The instruments generally have the extension .exs, they go in your > sampler Instruments folder in the Logic app folder (earlier version) or > in the User>Library>Application Support>Logic folder on Logic 7. May I just raise my voice to tell how incredibly stupid this new sort of organisation is? Seems as if nobody at Emapple ever heard about "never change a winning team". The previous organisation of EXS patches in either Logic or song subfolders was clear (well, as much as the EXS is clear at all... which it certainly isn't) and understandable. But I've seen countless questions about the instruments folders since L7 hit the streets. Fortunately I still don't have to face such nonsense every day, it'd drive me mad. - Sascha

Sascha Franck wrote: > Pete Thomas wrote: > > The instruments generally have the extension .exs, they go in your > > sampler Instruments folder in the Logic app folder (earlier version) or > > in the User>Library>Application Support>Logic folder on Logic 7. > > May I just raise my voice to tell how incredibly stupid this new sort of organisation is? > Seems as if nobody at Emapple ever heard about "never change a winning team". The previous organisation of EXS patches in either > Logic or song subfolders was clear (well, as much as the EXS is clear at all... which it certainly isn't) and understandable. > But I've seen countless questions about the instruments folders since L7 hit the streets. > Fortunately I still don't have to face such nonsense every day, it'd drive me mad. People keep asking about this issue because they fail to understand the logic behind OS X. I like it myself. Now whenever Logic is updated we no longer have to drag our old EXS folders, Autoloads, Preference files and so forth to the new Logic folder. Each recent version of Logic knows where these things are found. Bob vandiver

Hi all, I'm getting ready to buy a new Dual G5 to run VSL on the EXS24. How much of the 8GB that the box can hold can Logic access for the EXS. I've heard that it can only use 4 gig and there's no point in having 8. Is this right? Thanks a bunch julie www.julielarson.net

On May 20, 2005, at 3:55 PM, bob_vandiver wrote: > Sascha Franck wrote: > > > May I just raise my voice to tell how incredibly stupid this new > > sort of organisation is? > > People keep asking about this issue because they fail to understand > the logic behind OS X. I like it myself. Now whenever Logic is updated > we no longer have to drag our old EXS folders, Autoloads, Preference > files and so forth to the new Logic folder. I have to agree that now that I understand it better, I also like the new organization. It allows for room to grow and to better manage and accommodate larger libraries, multiple autoloads, templates, channel strip setting libraries, etc. It can seem like a bit of unnecessary complexity at present, but I have a feeling it will be invaluable in a generation or two from now once we have all "grown into" all the new features and functionality. -------- Eli Krantzberg http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com Almat Productions

>I'm getting ready to buy a new Dual G5 to run VSL on the EXS24. How >much of the 8GB that the box can hold can Logic access for the EXS. >I've heard that it can only use 4 gig and there's no point in having 8. > Is this right? Apple's site says this about Tiger: Tiger also provides access to as much physical memory as you can install in your PowerMac G5. Even 32-bit applications benefit from the system's ability to access large amounts of RAM: The system can manipulate data in multiple applications entirely in RAM for maximum performance. Perhaps someone can confirm if Logic/EXS24 takes full advantage or not.... Regards - Colin