EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi HJ,

>In my Logic folder I have aliasses to folders "EXSamples" and "AKAI
>Samples", whose originals reside on another harddisk.  I thought this
>was the proper way to do it, but just want to make sure.  I'd like
>the EXS to spend as little time as possible searching my disk...  In
>fact, I'd like the EXS to _only_ search those folders and no others...

You did well, but currently EXS searches_always_when it does_not_find the 
referred audio files in the Sampler Instrument file description. This 
happens when you convert e.g. an Akai disk into exs format, and later you 
move these files into another folder.

Once you loaded a Sampler Instruments, and after it found the appropriate 
audio files,it overwrites the audio file location reference in current 
instrument to the right one, so loading it next time will happen very quickly.

If you open the Instrument editor, and go to Edit/Prefernces..at least on 
PC, then you can define there a volume where to search samples. 
Partitions/volumes are currently the biggest unit for searching, so 
currently you can not restrict the search process to a specific directory!

There are rumours about the Logic 5.2 where the current file management 
scheme will be improved.

>Since I converted some AKAI disks I still had lying around, and since
>those disks contain massive amounts of programs, the program-menu in
>the EXS contain quite a few entries & sub-entries.  Now it takes a
>_few seconds_ before the bloody menu opens -- each time I open it
>(not just the 1st time during a session).  Is this normal?  If not,
>what can I do to speed this up as it's extremely annoying.  Does the
>amount of entries have anything to do with it?

Hm...dunno on Mac, on PC it works fast. But it is advisable to rearrange 
and simplify the sometimes "5 volume for the same type of sound" 
overcomplicated and archaic Akai CD structures into less folders, and even 
deleting the useless folder levels.


>thanks in advance,
>HJ, off to play around a bit more :)
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>Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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