EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On a fine day, 18-03-2003, tony vincent wrote:

>as i look into my "sampler instruments" folder, i'm not understanding how
>things are set up.  is there a specific place for sample "maps" and then
>another for the actual samples?  it doesn't seem that there is rhyme or
>reason on my hard drive and i'm not wanting to delete files that are
>necessary...  but it looks like i have multiple directories...  (some aif,
>some wav some exs, etc...)

All EXS instrument (the *.exs files -- sample maps, as you call them) 
are supposed to be in the Sampler Instruments folder which resides in 
the Logic application folder.  You can of course also put an alias to 
some other folder (which contains .exs files) in the Sampler 
Instruments folder.

The samples themselves can be anywhere on your harddisk -- upon first 
loading an instrument, Logic will search all connected drives to 
locate the files.  When found, it will then write their location in 
the .exs file, so that next time you load the instruments, the 
load-time will be substantially shorter.

Logic uses its own scheme of folders when converting sample libraries 
and such --  samples from AKAI disks are put in a folder called 'Akai 
samples', converted Soundfonts are stored in a Soundfonts folder, 
etc.  You're free to move those around though, or merge all those 
folders into one. Just make sure the .exs files remain in the Sampler 
Instruments folder -- that's the only thing to care about.

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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