EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: "Kirk Hunter" (forums@... lug_forums):

>  I don't think I am understanding the "Save Setting as..." menu
>  on the EXS GUI. Here is what I am trying to do:

>  After creating a viable instrument, let's say violas with a modwheel
>  swell, I then save the setting as "modSwell". Then I load up some cellos,
>  and want to apply the "modSwell" setting to the cellos. When I load the
>  "modSwell" setting, the whole viola instrument, along with the samples
>  and everything gets loaded, which dumps the cellos I had up, as if
>  instead of simply having saved the setting before, the whole instrument
>  got saved attached to the"modSwell" setting.

>  So how can I save a setting, and then later apply it to other instruments?

Hi Kirk -

Yes, you're correct, when you save an EXS "Setting" it's attached to 
the Instrument (complete with samples) that it references, so when 
you load the Setting the Instrument/Samples are also automatically 
loaded. To apply a Setting to a *different* Instrument, you have to 
do the following..

- Save a Setting you want to re-use (Let's call it Setting A)
- Load up a different Instrument you want to apply that Setting to
- In the Options submenu (right side EXS GUI) choose the menu option
   "Delete settings from instrument"
- Choose "Save instrument as" from the same submenu and give it a new
   name (let's call it Instrument A)
- Load Setting A - this will blow out the Instrument you just saved
   (Instrument A), but that's ok
- Now load Instrument A. Normally this would blow out the Setting
   and Instrument currently loaded, but since you just saved Instrument A
   with no settings, only the Instrument will be blown out, and the new
   Setting (Setting A) will remain loaded along with Instrument A
- Now you can save the settings from Setting A to Instrument A
   via the EXS GUI Options submenu with "Save settings to instrument"
- You can also save this new Instrument A with Setting A as a new Setting,
   with "Save Setting as" from the Settings submenu (left side EXS GUI) -
   this will create a Setting which references/loads Instrument A

Yes, it's a bit of a kludge, but it's easier to do than to describe - 
once you get the routine down it's pretty quick.. Perhaps someday 
Apple will implement the ability to load *just* a Setting without its 
associated Instrument, which would make this process less 
ass-backward.. ;-)

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