EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hendrik Jan wrote:

> Thoughts from the mind of ukgfm, 10-04-2002:
> 
> >Perhaps I am being stupid but I thought the Sampler Instrument was
> >purely the EXS24 file for the instrument itself and that the EXS24
> >scanned the various hard drives and automatically found the related
> >audio file.
> 
> That's my understanding as well...

I was catching up on this group today and read another post a few weeks
older than this one, pointing out a setting which seems very relevant and
may not be activated by default -- Michael Karlsson wrote "Open the EXS,
choose edit and go into the edit menu. Open  Preferences and choose 'Search
samples on: External Volumes'"


> >Hendrick as said that once I have done that I can create an alias in 
> >Logic pointing to my new library. Could some kind soul explain the 
> >procedure for this aswell.
> 
> On a Mac: drag the folder with samples someplace else.  Delete the 
> original (inside the Logic folder).  On a Mac: press command-option 
> and drag the samples-folder "back" into the Logic folder: an alias 
> will be automatically created.  On PC: no idea -- probably 
> right-click and "make shortcut" or something similar.

Yep. On a PC: find the folder where all your .exs instruments are, right
click on it and 'Create Shortcut', then Cut/Paste this shortcut into the
Logic folder and rename it "Sampler Instruments". I *think* that's the right
name, whatever it is Logic uses by default (I remember reading this folder
name in the release notes of LAP as well). Also on the PC, if you just drag
folders/files to another partition it 'copies' them by default - if you want
to save a step just 'cut' the folders/files and 'paste' them on the other
partition. 

Jeremy