On 1/22/06 3:39 PM, "Roman Pirie" <romanp@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > I need three MIDI switches that have one in and two outs with a switch > that can choose the destination of either output. So if I had a master > keyboard outputting into the MIDI switch in then I could switch between > the two outputs. > My searching on the net found Phil Rees and Kenton MIDI switches. They > are both discontinued products. This makes me think the need for MIDI > switches has changed over the years. > I need three of them. > Roman Pirie. Roman, Are you familiar with JL Cooper MSB PLUS? It's very much a 8 x 8 midi Swiss knife that will respond to external midi commands. On the surface it seems to me that unless you absolutely need 3 separate devices that 1 unit would do the trick. I've used them for years in live & studio racks and have an extra one if you are interested. Craig

Mike, Thanks very much!!! I'll check it out! Alex

Hi gang, I know some of you use Yellow Tools' Culture. It's been crashing my AU Validator for some time now, and I'd like to know what version is working for some of you with this combination: Logic 7.1.1 + OS 10.4.4. The version number that shows up in the Validator (and that keeps crashing) is 0.32.0. Thanks and sorry for the OT! Ned

Anyone have a lead on Harmonica instrument for EXS-24 or Sculpture. Thought for sure I had one somewhere, but only the Blues Harp on EXS-24 which isn't right for what I'm doing. Looked around the usual places, but have come up empty. looking for free or very inexpensive, on a low budget for this.

I'm suffering from a paucity of good bell tree samples. Up-sweeps, down-sweeps, fast, slow, starting low, starting medium, starting high, etc. Anyone have a recommendation? Thanks! - PH

On 25/01/2006, at 5:05 AM, paul wrote: > I'm suffering from a paucity of good bell tree samples. Up-sweeps, > down-sweeps, fast, slow, starting low, starting medium, starting high, > etc. Anyone have a recommendation? > > Thanks! > > - PH A CDROM called 'Akai 2000 percussion sounds' has 13 bell tree samples.

At 08:05 AM 01/24/2006, you wrote: >I'm suffering from a paucity of good bell tree samples. Up-sweeps, >down-sweeps, fast, slow, starting low, starting medium, starting >high, etc. Anyone have a recommendation? Are you actually talking about bell trees, which are the vertical, conical series of circular bells, usually played as a fast "zing," or mark trees, which are the perpendicular series of suspended metal tubes of graduated length that are frequently used for "magical" transitions or fairy dust? These are often confused. In fact, I've even seen mark trees referred to as bell trees or even wind chimes in some sample libraries.

I have a lot of disk images of sample cds that i would like to get into the Exs24. I have converted Akai and Giga cds before with sucsess. But I do not understand what kind of format the new sample cds are ?! The disk images have folders containing partions (A-I) . Inside the forlders there are example a subfolder called "conga" and inside there are a file called "-conga basic.fxp" and a folder contailing a conga sample. I think maybe the .fxp is a halion standard? How can I convert theese sample cds to EXS 24 instruments so that they are ready to be played on a keyboard?! Help would be very nice:-) pete

At 10:55 PM 1/26/2006 -0600, you wrote: >I have a lot of disk images of sample cds that i would like to get into the >Exs24. I have converted Akai and Giga cds before with sucsess. >But I do not understand what kind of format the new sample cds are ?! Do you have the original CD's? If not, you should. (piracy warning, given to all and every person...) >The disk images have folders containing partions (A-I). Inside the forlders >there are example a subfolder called "conga" and inside there are a file >called "-conga basic.fxp" and a folder contailing a conga sample. >I think maybe the .fxp is a halion standard? Right, these aren't disk images. They are folder trees of Akai S-1000/3000 programs converted into HALion by someone. Again, if you haven't purchased these libraries, these are pirated samples. >How can I convert theese sample cds to EXS 24 instruments so that they are >ready to be played on a keyboard?! You can use Translator www.chickensys.com to convert HALion->EXS, but that's only the PC version at the moment. Again, this advice is only valid if you legally own those .fxp and and sample files; otherwise, throw them away as they aren't yours. Don't mean to be accusatory, but by the descriptions you give, piecing together the information I doubt you own these samples. Garth Hjelte Sampler User

Friends, Is there an EXS version of this collection, or a version which can be converted? Thanks for the info! Roland

Hi Roland, On 27-Jan-06, at 6:21 PM, Roland Barrett wrote: > Friends, > >       Is there an EXS version of this collection, or a version which > can be > converted?  Thanks for the info! You may want to contact Spectrasonics themselves on this. There is not an exs version but there is an Akai version. However, I remember reading that DR had specially looped samples (like the right and left being looped differently) which may not convert too well in exs. I don't own this lib so I don't know for sure but I'm sure that someone else has probably tried it and they might have been asked this question before. You can try the Spectrasonics forum here at yahoogroups too which Eric reads. Fernstudio

> Are you actually talking about bell trees, which are the vertical, > conical series of circular bells, usually played as a fast "zing," Yes. I'm transcribing a recording that has that "zing" in it at a musically crucial point, and the licensor is a bit of a stickler. And thanks, Roman, for the suggestion. I'll try to check it out. - PH

On Jan 28, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Paul Heitsch wrote: >> Are you actually talking about bell trees, which are the vertical, >> conical series of circular bells, usually played as a fast "zing," > > Yes. I'm transcribing a recording that has that "zing" in it at a > musically > crucial point, and the licensor is a bit of a stickler. > > And thanks, Roman, for the suggestion. I'll try to check it out. How about hiring a drummer who has a bell tree? A short session would not be costly... - Dave

On Jan ,28, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Paul Heitsch wrote: > Yes. I'm transcribing a recording that has that "zing" in it at a > musically > crucial point, and the licensor is a bit of a stickler. There are decent little belltree "zings" in the free AKAI FTP sample collection. If you like, I can email them to you directly. They're small enough that they can fit as an email attachment. Email me privately if you'd like me to send them to you. -------- Eli Krantzberg http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com Almat Productions

Hello, I would like to download the samples of the Yamaha TX81 synth famous "Latelybass" preset that I could use within EXS24. Anybody could provide me a link (or any possible way) to find this? Thanks, B.

> On Jan 28, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Paul Heitsch wrote: > >>> Are you actually talking about bell trees, which are the vertical, >>> conical series of circular bells, usually played as a fast "zing," >> >> Yes. I'm transcribing a recording that has that "zing" in it at a >> musically crucial point, and the licensor is a bit of a stickler. >> >> And thanks, Roman, for the suggestion. I'll try to check it out. > On 29 Jan 2006, at 08:53, David Gordon wrote: > > How about hiring a drummer who has a bell tree? A short session > would not be costly... > > - Dave Or better still, hire one (a bell tree, not a drummer) and record it yourself, there are so many ways to play with them and you'll learn a lot about the tonal possibilities. At best most samples of 'em tend to have only a few variations and none of the ones I have ever fit quite right. Mike

How do I take a sample I chopped and disburse the parts I chopped to different keys on my keyboard using the EXS. Thanks Uatchet

At 02:53 PM 1/29/2006 -0600, you wrote: >How do I take a sample I chopped and disburse the parts I chopped to >different keys on my keyboard using the EXS. Easy way is to make a new instrument in the Editor (not the spaceship, but the EXS-24 Instrument Editor), and click on Zone-Load Multiple Samples. You select the samples you want to map, and it gives you several options on how to do it. Garth Hjelte Sampler User

Hey Folks, I've been chromatically sampling the raw wavefroms from a bunch of vintage (80's era) synths. I'm wondering if it is best to normalize each individual sample, or should I allow the natural logarithmic taper remain from the low to high notes? I'm sure there are arguements for and against, not withstanding the integtrity of the normailzing algorithms, but on a technical level, are non-normailzed samples going to be tapered twice - once by the synth and then by the EXS? Thanks, Matt http://www.millertone.com

Hi there, I have a couple of AKAI imports that are spread all over the place with just one sound per instrument even though they should really be all in the same instrument. Is there a tool that will merge all these into one or do I have to copy paste by hand? We're talking several houndred files here so doing it by hand isn't really feasible with the current deadline I'm facing. Thanks for the help Cheers Hans

Hey HANS! Wie geht's? Sorry, but as far as I know, you have to do it by hand... :-( Maybe CDXtract has a merge function, but I think a lot of it depends on how the disc was originally formatted. Good luck! Ned __ Ned Bouhalassa __ > > http://nedfx.com < < ::::: ned@nedfx.com :::::

On Jan ,30, 2006, at 6:05 AM, Hans Hafner wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a couple of AKAI imports that are spread all over the place > with just one sound per instrument even though they should really be > all in the same instrument. > > Is there a tool that will merge all these into one or do I have to > copy paste by hand? We're talking several houndred files here so > doing it by hand isn't really feasible with the current deadline I'm > facing. Couldn't you just create a new blank instrument and go to the import multiple zones menu command in the EXS editor? You could then navigate to all the individual samples and have EXS map them all on import. If they are not pitched, this should work fine. If they are pitched, you probably wouldn't want too many of them all in one instrument. -------- Eli Krantzberg http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com Almat Productions

Garth Hjelte wrote: > At 02:53 PM 1/29/2006 -0600, you wrote: > > >>How do I take a sample I chopped and disburse the parts I chopped to >>different keys on my keyboard using the EXS. > > > Easy way is to make a new instrument in the Editor (not the spaceship, but > the EXS-24 Instrument Editor), and click on Zone-Load Multiple Samples. > > You select the samples you want to map, and it gives you several options on > how to do it. If you are doing a lot of this with drum loops, it's probably worth investing in Phatmakik Pro, which does the slicing, mapping and playing all by itself, as well as generating a MIDI file that plays all the chopped bits in the original order so you can work straight away on edits, tempo changes etc. -- Pete Thomas www.petethomas.co.uk - (Almost) Free Logic Tutorials, Icons, Environments and EXS Instruments

At 7:58 Uhr -0500 30.01.2006, Eli Krantzberg wrote: >Couldn't you just create a new blank instrument and go to the import >multiple zones menu command in the EXS editor? You could then navigate >to all the individual samples and have EXS map them all on import. If >they are not pitched, this should work fine. If they are pitched, you >probably wouldn't want too many of them all in one instrument. D'oh, of course!!! Sheesh sometimes I overlook the simplest things! Works well for the loops, however, as you say already it won't help for all the pitched loops. Hmmm... the good news is: whenever I'm facing stupid tasks like these the musical ideas flow a lot quicker with me and I forget about the instruments and just go with what's there... god do I love deadlines! And I'm serious! Cheers Hans

On Jan ,30, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Hans Hafner wrote: > it won't help > for all the pitched loops. Not necessarily. If you only want the pitched loops to play back at their root pitch and speed (and not transpose them) then the multiple import can work fine. If you do want to be able to trigger them from different notes at different pitches/tempos then yeah; that won't work. > god do I love deadlines! > And I'm serious! I know exactly what you mean, and I agree completely. There's nothing like a deadline to get the juices flowing. The absence of limitations is probably the biggest obstacle to creativity...... -------- Eli Krantzberg http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com Almat Productions