User Guide

Previewing Samples in the Load Sample Window

The EXS24 mkII offers a Play button in its Load Sample dialog, which allows audio files

to be previewed before loading.

• Press the Play button to loop playback of the currently selected sample file.

• Pressing the button again stops playback.

You can audition multiple files by pressing Play once, and then stepping through the

files.

Note: If you activate the “Hide used Audio Files” option, files used in the currently

loaded EXS Instrument are dimmed.

Previewing the audio file in the EXS instrument

The “Preview audio file in EXS instrument” option temporarily replaces the sample files

in the currently selected zone. The zone is not directly triggered by activating this

option, but it can be triggered via MIDI notes while the Load Sample dialog is open

and different files are being selected. The selected sample can be heard as part of the

zone, inclusive of all synthesizer processing (filters, modulation, and so on). Once you

find a sample you’d like to use, click Open to load it. Click Cancel to return to the

previously loaded sample.

EVP88

Logic’s global Tuning settings will be added to the EVP88’s Lower and Upper

parameters, which can be used to stretch the tuning in the bass and treble ranges.

Grooveshifter

The Grooveshifter plug-in allows you to rhythmically vary recordings, imparting a

“swing” feel to the track. Imagine a guitar solo played in straight eighth or sixteenth

notes. The Grooveshifter can make this straightforward solo swing.

Note: Grooveshifter is reliant on “perfect” matching of the Logic song tempo with the

tempo of the treated recording. Any tempo variations will deliver less precise results.

The reference tempo is the song tempo. The Grooveshifter will automatically follow all

song tempo changes.

The Parameters of the Grooveshifter

The Tonal and Beat buttons switch between two algorithms, each optimized for

different audio material that the Grooveshifter plug-in can process. Beat uses an

algorithm optimized for percussive input material. Tonal uses an algorithm optimized

for tonal input material. As this algorithm is based on granular synthesis, it offers an

additional Grain slider, which allows you to set the size of the grains—and therefore

the precision of the analysis.