8
Table Of Contents
- Logic Express 8 Instruments and Effects
- Contents
- Introduction to the Logic Express Plugins
- Amp Modeling
- Delay
- Distortion
- Dynamics
- EQ
- Filter
- Imaging
- Metering
- Modulation
- Pitch
- Reverb
- Specialized
- Utility
- EVOC 20 PolySynth
- EFM1
- ES E
- ES M
- ES P
- ES1
- ES2
- The ES2 Parameters
- Tutorials
- Sound Workshop
- Sound Design From Scratch, Filter Settings, Digiwaves
- Three Detuned Sawtooth Oscillators and Unison Mode
- Extremely Detuned Monophonic Analog Sounds, Effects
- Clean Bass Settings With One Oscillator Only
- Distorted Analog Basses
- FM Intensity and Frequency
- Controlling FM Intensity by an Envelope and FM Scaling
- FM With Drive and Filter-FM
- FM With Digiwaves
- FM With Wavetables
- Distorted FM in Monophonic Unison
- FM With Unusual Spectra
- Slow and Fast Pulse Width Modulations With Oscillator 2
- Pulse Width Modulation With Two Oscillators, PWM Strings
- Ring Modulation
- Oscillator Synchronization
- First Steps in Vector Synthesis
- Vector Synthesis—XY Pad
- Vector Synthesis Loops
- Bass Drum With Self-Oscillating Filter and Vector Envelope
- Percussive Synthesizers and Basses With Two Filter Decay Phases
- Templates for the ES2
- Sound Workshop
- EXS24 mkII
- Learning About Sampler Instruments
- Loading Sampler Instruments
- Working With Sampler Instrument Settings
- Managing Sampler Instruments
- Searching for Sampler Instruments
- Importing Sampler Instruments
- Parameters Window
- The Instrument Editor
- Setting Sampler Preferences
- Configuring Virtual Memory
- Using the VSL Performance Tool
- External Instrument
- Klopfgeist
- Ultrabeat
- GarageBand Instruments
- Synthesizer Basics
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 21 EXS24 mkII 337
Configuring Virtual Memory
These days, many sample libraries contain many gigabytes of audio samples in order to
create the most accurate sampler instruments possible. Often, these gigantic sample
libraries are too large to fit into your computer hardware’s random access memory
(RAM) all at once. To let you use these huge sample libraries, the EXS24 mkII can use a
portion of your hard drive as virtual memory. When you turn on the EXS24 mkII’s virtual
memory, only the initial attacks of audio samples are loaded into the computer’s RAM;
the rest of the sample is streamed in real time from the hard drive.
You can configure the EXS24 mkII’s virtual memory feature in the Virtual Memory
window.
To open the Virtual Memory window:
m Click the Options button in the Parameters window, then choose Virtual Memory in the
pop-up menu.
 Active checkbox: Click to activate the EXS24 mkII’s virtual memory feature.
 Disk Drive Speed: Refers to the speed of your hard drive; if you have a 7200RPM or
faster hard drive for your audio samples, select Fast. If you are using a 5400RPM
laptop drive for your audio samples, select Medium. Generally, you will not need to
use the Slow setting with any modern Macintosh.
 Hard Disk Recording Activity: Refers to how much recording and streaming of non-
sampler related audio you are doing. For example, if you are recording entire drum
kits using over a dozen microphones, streaming live guitars and bass, recording
choirs, and so on, you would set your hard disk recording activity to High. On the
other hand, if your projects consist mostly of software instruments, with perhaps a
recorded instrument or vocal or two, you would set your hard disk recording activity
to Low. If you are not sure if you are unsure, keep this parameter set to average.
 Requires Constant RAM Allocation of field: Displays the memory usage required by the
two parameters mentioned above. The slower your hard drive and the higher your
hard disk recording activity, the more RAM you will need allocated to virtual memory.