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In today's video, we get started with Logic's EXS24 and learn how to create custom sampler instruments with it.
The EXS24 is one of Logic's main instruments which is used by many producers of Hip-Hop, Electronic, Pop, RnB, Techno, House and Dubstep producers. It's great to know how to make your own instruments just using sounds which you have on your computer's hard drive - these could be one shots of drum sounds or guitar notes for example. You can use the EXS24 to play a sample at a different pitch as you play up and down the MIDI keyboard. This allows you to take a single sound and use it to form chords and melodies. Another way of using the EXS24 is for non-pitched instruments and "one shots" like drum sounds, where you can give each sound it's own key on the MIDI keyboard, e.g. a kick drum, snare, hi-hat, crash and toms all on their own keys.
There is lots to learn about the EXS24 but this video makes a good introduction if you haven't got any experience with it yet or have a limited understanding of how it works. Having the ability to create custom sampler instruments can be really useful in your productions and it's something that I personally have found very valuable and use often.
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