EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi all,

God I feel stupid!
I'm so organised with my Logic files and associated audio, but I'm
struggling with the EXS.....just don't know where to put it all!

Thing is I've just moved from an Akai, where I'd have the samples and
programmes they belong to on a disk, then when I'd finished the track I'd
store the disk that belonged with it separately, or if on an Akai with a HD
store the programme and samples in their own directory. If I needed to
reload I'd just reload the appropriate disk. The samples could have been
drawn from all over, but the disk would have its own set of edited samples
and programmes.

Ok so my instinct is to do this:

Create a folder on my audio drive for the song as usual. (e.g. SONG)
Within this create an Audio folder as usual. (e.g. SONG AUDIO)
Also create a Samples folder. (e.g SONG SAMPLES)
In creating my Logic file and EXS instrument I might use audio files from
CD, elsewhere on my audio drive or wherever, but I'd want to put the
versions I'd used in the folder SONG SAMPLES, and I'd save my EXS
Instruments there too.
Finally, the Logic file would go in the SONG folder.

In this way archiving/backing up would simply be a matter of burning the
SONG folder to CD.

The original samples would remain intact, but if I removed them for any
reason I'd still be able to reload my song because the EXS instruments and
the associated samples were archived with the song!

So...........how do I do this!!!?
Am I being really stupid here?
It just seems that doing this will involve lots of copying and moving,
...lots of room for mistakes and time consuming.

Or maybe there's a better way of doing this!?

Any help and advice appreciated!

Dave


on 28/9/01 11:09 am, Dave Peverley at no_such_user@... wrote:

>> Just received the EXS. Want to structure my sample files (.wav and
>> now also .exs files)
>> 
>> Lot's of discussions here about the organisation and saving of
>> the .exs and .wav/.aiff files.

> (I'm at work not in the studio so my recollection of folder names may not be
> perfect but...)
> 
> I don't know about the Windows (argh!) way but the Mac way is thus :
> In the Logic Folder you have a Sampler Instruments folder and a samples
> folder.


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