EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

There are definitely pluses and minues to each file management 
approach.  I'm really just playing devil's advocate with the 
Soundfont "all-in-one" file structure.

I guess I tend to move my sound library around more than some people 
do.  For instance, I might move some EXS Instruments (and samples) 
onto an external FireWire drive in order to go to a friend's studio 
to work on a track.  With the current EXS format, this can be a bit 
of a hassle (especially if the "destination" computer is a PC).  If 
all the EXS Instruments and associated samples were stored together, 
it would be much easier to move sounds from one studio to another.

But, to each his/her own. :-)


--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@k...> 
wrote:
> On a fine day, 01-06-2003, hottesttoddy wrote:
> 
> >  > Ohw, that's by far the worst suggestion I could imagine...  
So if
> >  > you have a 250 MB piano and make 5 variations of it, you 
would end up
> >  > having 1.25 GB of data???  Not a very nice idea.
> >
> >Think this through a bit more before dismissing the suggestion out
> >of hand.
> 
> <thinking through...>  Uhm, still don't like the idea :-).  I 
simply 
> don't like proprietary formats where a bunch of files are packed 
into 
> one archive-like construct, such that you can no longer access 
> individual files without using special software (the EXS in this 
> case).  A file should simply be a file -- out there in the open 
and 
> ready for me to do with it whatever I like.
> 
> >You wouldn't need to duplicate a 250 MB piano five times!
> >You would just store all the variations within the Instrument /
> >Sample file the same way you can with Soundfonts.
> 
> So if I have one collection of samples and use different filter 
> settings for various songs, I would be forced to back up the 
entire 
> xxx meg worth of samples instead of the few kb that an instrument 
> file is?  Still don't like the idea...
> 
> >This would be much more convenient since all your variations 
would be stored
> >within one file for easier file management and portability.
> 
> A solution for the backup/portability problem would be an option 
to 
> "collect all used soundfiles", much like QuarkXpress allows you to 
> "collect all files for output" when sending print-stuff to a 
> print-shop.  But then, the EXS already _does_ have this option, 
> doesn't it?  So I fail to see the problem, to be honest.
> 
> >I don't think my suggestion is completely daffy as this is the
> >approach Native Instruments is taking with the next version of
> >Kontakt.
> 
> I didn't say it was daffy.  I just said I didn't like it -- matter 
of 
> taste.  And the fact that some company decides to implement 
something 
> some way doesn't necessarily mean your idea is _not_ daffy :-).
> 
> -- 
> Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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