User Guide

Chapter 25 EXS24 mkII 401
Note: You can store your imported sampler instruments in any folder on any of your
computer’s hard drives. To make sure that these instruments are displayed in the
Sampler Instruments menu, you must create an alias pointing to this folder within the
~/Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments folder.
Converting ReCycle Files to EXS Instruments
ReCycle, a sample editing program from Propellerhead software, separates sample
material into small segments (called slices) based on the waveform peaks, called
transients, in the audio file. This way, ReCycle is able to split an audio file into musically
relevant slices. ReCycle can generate a number of file types which can be read by
Logic Pro and the EXS24 mkII.
The EXS24 mkII supports the following ReCycle file types:
 Old ReCycle file: These files have the suffix .rcy. The abbreviation for this file type
is RCSO. These files are not commonly used these days.
 Old ReCycle export file: These files have the suffix .rex. The abbreviation for this file
type is REX. Older sample libraries that support REX files are often in this format.
 ReCycle 2.0 file: These files have the suffix .rx2. The abbreviation for this file type
is REX2. These files are used extensively by Propellerhead Reason, and many popular
sample libraries include REX2 format files.
Generating a Zone for Each Slice
The Extract MIDI Region and Make New Instrument command creates a new EXS24
instrument from a ReCycle file, and generates an independent zone for each slice.
To create a new EXS instrument and assign each slice to a zone:
1 Choose Instrument > ReCycle Convert > Extract MIDI Region and Make New Instrument
in the Instrument Editor.
2 Browse to, and select the desired ReCycle file in the file selector, then click Open.
3 Enter a velocity factor in the Create MIDI Region window.
The velocity factor determines how the loudness of each slice of the imported ReCycle
file affects the velocity values of the MIDI note generated to trigger it.
 If a positive value (up to 100) is entered, louder slices will generate MIDI notes with
higher velocity values.
 The use of negative values on louder slices will result in the generation of lower MIDI
note velocities.