EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 03:49 PM 6/15/03 +0000, you wrote:

>ok i'm a little new to sampling and this group so please be patient with 
>me.  i have a
>aiff file that i would like to load into the exs and use.  i put the file 
>in the sampler
>instrument folder and refreshed the list in the exs, but no luck.  can 
>anyone help?
>thanks in advance!!!

The ESX is sampler that can play many different samples across a keyboard 
("horizontally"), and also layer samples ("vertically"). These setups are 
formed in an "ESX file", which is what the popup menu pays attention to, 
not the AIFF files themselves.

So it's easy to create an "ESX file" that contains one AIFF. Use these 
steps (also this HAS to be in the manual or the FAQ here - are you reading 
your manual??):

Start up ESX
Click the EDIT button, this brings up the ESX24 Instrument Editor
Click the Instrument menu-New, this creates a New instrument
Click the Zone menu-New Zone, this creates a New Zone
(Note that it's default is the whole keyboard)
Double click on the Audio File area of the Zone
Select your unsuspecting sample file (can be AIFF, WAVE, SD, Cuisnart)
Play to your hearts content; do the "it finally works!" dance
Click the Instrument menu-Save, save the file in the Sampler Instruments 
folder somewhere
Exit the Editor (get it out of the way)
Go back to the ESX plugin and go to the popup - the new instrument should 
be there
Select it, and play to your hearts content (if there's any contentment left)
Next, and the most important part...
Cook yourself some dinner, while you are doing that, print out the manual, 
and the cooking and printing should be done simultaneously (if you plan it 
right)
Use approved compatible dinnerware, and settle down to a good evening of 
reading and refreshment

(Forgive the fun, I know that Tom Clancy didn't write the manual, but it be 
sure fun if he did. Can you imagine - "The Sum Of All Fears" for ESX-24? 
Some of us have already experienced that...)

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User