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540 Chapter 29 EXS24 mkII
Voices
This parameter determines the number of voices (polyphony) that the EXS24 is
supposed to play. The used field indicates the number of voices that are actually used. If
both fields tend to show the same value most of the time (probably causing a
noticeable number of samples to drop out), you should set a higher voices value.
Unison Mode
This mode plays multiple EXS24 voices when each key is triggered:
• In Poly mode, two voices per note.
• In Mono or Legato mode, you can adjust the number of voices per note with the
voices parameter (this value is limited to 8—which is more than enough for fat
unison sounds!)
The voices are equally distributed in the panorama field and are symmetrically
detuned, dependent on the Random knob value.
Note: The number of voices actually used per note increases with the number of
layered sample zones.
Sampler Instrument Selection Pull-Down Menu
This menu allows the selection and loading of a Sampler Instrument into your
computer’s RAM. In order to appear within this list, a Sampler Instrument must reside in
the Sampler Instruments subfolder of Logic’s program folder.
You will find plus (+) and minus (−) buttons to the left and right of the Instrument Load
pull-down menu/display. These buttons allow you to browse to the next/previous
Instrument (sound) of your sound library (if necessary, this will change folders in
accordance with their order of appearance in the menu). Please note that the global
Next/Previous EXS Instrument key and MIDI commands also perform the same function.
Edit Button
This button to the right of the Sampler Instrument selection pull-down menu opens
the currently loaded Sampler Instrument in the EXS24 Instrument Editor. If none is
loaded, the Sample Editor will open, allowing the creation of a new Sampler
Instrument.