EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I'll try to keep this short:

- The instrument files have to reside in a folder called "sampler
instruments" (without the quotes of course). There's three options for an
instrument file folder to exist:
1) As a subdirectory of your Logic program folder.
2) As a subdirectory of your songfolder (you DO create a dedicated folder
for each song, don't you? If not, it's time to start doing so!). In that
case the instrument patches will only show up in your EXS patch pulldown as
long as the song in question is loaded. Makes sense for patches that you
only plan use in that very song.
3) Anywhere on your harddisk, but you will have to create a shortcut/alias
to the folder then, called "sampler instruments" as a sub"item" in one of
the possible directories listed under 1) and 2).

- The samples used can be placed virtually *anywhere* on your harddisk. No
shortcuts or whatever will be required.
The EXS will find them in any place (depending on your OS and directory
structure that might take a while after moving them from their original
place). There is however an EXS preference (EXS editor > Edit > Preferences)
allowing you to specify an exclusive partition you want the EXS to search
on. IMPORTANT note: ANY files on other partitions that you moved (so the EXS
has to search) won't be found in case you moved them to any other partition
than the preferred one (yes, it should ask whether you'd like to locate the
samples manually instead, but it simply doesn't)!

- "AKAI Samples", "SoundFont Samples" and "DLS-Giga Samples" can all be
treated using the above mentioned shortcut/alias system as well. So you can
just put those directories on your preferred audio partition and create
shortcuts in Logics program directory.

These operations should work 100% the same on PCs and Macs but I wouldn't
happen to know how to create a shortcut under any MacOS.

Hope this helps,
Sascha