EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

>I'm using Logic Audio 6.3.1 with EXSP24.  I have a huge set of 
>sounds (several thousand
>instruments) on a Lacie Firewire drive.  All of the .exs instrument 
>files were installed within
>the folder that also held the samples for each instrument.  That 
>setup worked fine on a
>Logic Platinum system.  All that was needed was an alias in the 
>Logic 6 Series folder
>pointing to the folder on the Lacie.  It doesn't work that way with 
>this system.  When I
>don't have the Lacie plugged in, the autoload takes about 30-45 
>seconds to load up. 
>When I plug it in, it takes literally over 30 minutes to load up.  I 
>have tried duplicating the
>directory structure, removing the audio files (leaving only the .exs 
>files), moving those into
>my Logic 6 Series folder or Shared folder.  Both cause 
>greater-than-30 minute load times.
>What's going on??  I know this shouldn't be a problem...

Does your Autoload have the Project Manager open in one of the 
screensets? The PM is a *dog* and can take ages to finish doing its 
thing. The answer is to create a new autoload without it.

EXSmanager is also very useful in reducing load times.....

Regards - Colin