The EXS24 version could been seen as a large bank of presets whilst the Kontakt version is a fully editable Synthesizer built specifically for the included 3.9GB of sample content (hence the cheaper price of the EXS24 version)trrttsch wrote:I'm helping my brother to record some old songs he used to play in a rock band in the 80's. The keyboard player had a pro one (and a Korg MonoPoly) for solos and riffs. Is this mostly dance based samples?
Also I don't have Kontakt but exs24. What featuers will be missing?
/Tobias
The Kontakt version of Pro II includes 'raw mode' which allows one to mix, tune / detune and heavily modify 10 heavily sampled Pro One oscillators (5 waveforms for each oscillator), 2 sub oscillators (Sine / Square) and 2 multi-sampled noise oscillators. The Kontakt version also incoludes a custom sequencer, in-built effects and lots of control over the sound (see GUI screenshots in my opening post)
The EXS24 version does not include the raw osc page, heavy editing capabilities, sequencer or fancy GUI (hence the lower price) it does however includes all of the raw sample content (3.8GB) mapped out to 152 presets.
With the Kontakt instrument version of Pro II you can pretty much make any kind of sound you like, from bass to leads, to fx - it really excels at powerful basses and leads in my opinion.
I'm not sure I would recommend the Pro II EXS24 format for expressive leads, I would probably look elsewhere if I'm to be completely honest. The Kontakt version however can do this well due to the scripting capabilities and raw osc modes. I would say the EXS24 format excels at powerful bass sounds, deep subs and fx sounds.
Cheers,
Dan
