EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi all,

I'm experiencing a weird situation with the EXS24MKII:
About half of my Sampler Instruments won't load
anymore, unless
I reduce the population in the "sampler Instruments"
folder.

Here's my detailled description:

My Sampler Instrument's collection contains about 40
sampler CDs converted in EXS format, plus the complete
VSL Pro library. The EXSManager reports a total of 39
565 instruments.

All my sample data is stored on a dedicated drive
while all the intruments are located under "Logic
6/Sampler Instruments".  I've used the Exsmanager to
relink everything so samples are loading fast when
calling any instrument.

It's only been lately that I discovered that when
browsing for instruments in the EXS24, from some point
in the list and untill the end of it, no instrument
would load at all.  It's like having a complete 
listing of my Instruments (grouped by CD names), but
only the first half of the list is usable (read
loadable). Trying to load something in the second half
simply does nothing. The EXS keeps the last loaded
instrument. You may note that I only have one instance
of the EXS24 
in the song.

I then tried to move away a big chunk of instruments
out of the Sampler Instruments folder (here, all my
VSL PRO patches were moved to a temp folder, out of
logic's boot-up scan range). I did that just to see by
curiosity if some "library-size barrier" limit was
reached...
When I rebooted Logic, the EXS24 would now load easily
any patches
that were non-loadable at first!  That makes me
believe all my Instruments are okay, but could be the
list to heavy?

Could it be possible that some limit exists ? I guess
some of you guys have more Instruments than me... is
that a known problem?
It is quite annoying to move around Instruments
depending on the need to load them in one song or
another.

Please note that this problem occurs on the 2
computers we have with
the same patch collection mirrored on each station. 
(logic 6.4.2/ 6.4.3 / 7  in OSX 10.3.5 / 10.3.8 on 2
dual 1.8 G5s
4 GB Ram on each, Permissions repaired and disks
verified)

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
Philippe Nadeau - Montreal
www.lenoha.com  

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