EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Ok - having stared at this til late last night I think I've got it! And it
revolves around the MOVE and COPY commands in the Instrument Edit File menu!

So, here's how I'm planning to do things - tell me if this is silly!....

1.  Keep my sample library in its own folder. This will include the default
EXS samples and Any Akai volumes I convert. I'll probably also create CD
versions of this library so I don't have to re convert if ever I need to
remove and replace them.

2.  When it comes to using instruments and samples in a song, I'll create a
folder for them in my song folder, and COPY the samples to this folder,
where the instrument will also be saved. This could be done once my samples
are all assembled, but HAS to be done before I do any destructive editing.

This means that the original samples remain intact in the library, and the
samples and instruments used in a song get stored with the song. Yippee!

Now hopefully when I reopen the song the EXS instruments I use will be ready
to go...I'll try it today.

If this works its so simple but I know I'm not alone in having puzzled about
it.

Dave



on 3/10/01 1:21 am, Dave Howard at david@... wrote:

> 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
> 
> 

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