EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi,

I am working on Logic 5.5.1 Gold (Win) and discovered something that may 
interest all "poor" exs users without project-management of Logic 6. Do not 
know if similar solution could help to Logic 5 Mac users too.

Have you ever felt miserable when Logic starts for e.g. 5-6 min just 
browsing the exs instruments? Or when saving.. it starts the same hated 
hdd-browsing again...and again.. and again....?

EXS manual suggests that you can use the shortcut features of Windows, that 
is: just drop the shortcuts of exs files from e.g. another drive into the 
"Sampler Instruments" folder of Program Files/emagic/Logic x.x/Sampler 
Instruments.

DO NOT DO IT!!! The "shortcut" method sucks, at least at me!

What is the solution for fast Logic startup and convenient/fast loading of 
EXS instruments?

1. I located all my samples and EXS Instruments in subfolders within e.g. 
"D:/EXS Bank". It can be anywhere else on your hdd-s.

2. Logic starts fast, if the exs instrument files are copied directly into 
the "c:/Program Files/emagic/Logic x.x/Sampler Instruments" folder!!! 
Forget the shortcuts! So we should copy *all* of our exs instruments 
directly to the original Sampler Instruments folder!

3. If you have a complex folder hierarchy of EXS Instruments at the source, 
it would be hard to re-create it manually again just for the EXS files into 
the original Sampler Instruments folder.
My solution for this: in WindowsCommander (new versions are called Total 
Commander, downloadable form www.windowscommander.com) I go into the the 
source folder, where my exs-s currently exist.

4. On the other side of the panel, open the "c:/Program Files/emagic/Logic 
x.x/Sampler Instruments"

5. Going back to the source folder panel, now select the Commands --> 
Folder Synchronization (sorry dunno the exact name, as I use my own 
language version of Commander, but it should be something similar)

6. At the upcoming file selector the "*.*" change to "*.exs"

7. Click the "subfolders too" option

8. Click to Synchronization

9. Commander will copy *only* the EXS files *with all their subfolder 
hierarchy* into the original "c:/Program Files/emagic/Logic x.x/Sampler 
Instruments" folder.

I suggest you to run the Andrea Gozzi's EXSManager before copying, just to 
filter out missing samples, reassing samples to the proper exs instruments, 
etc.

10. Restart Logic.. and voila.... it starts much more faster!!!!

Hope this would facilitate the life some PC EXS users.

bye,

 > z o o l a b <  ItaB
Experimental melodic trance
www.zoolabmusic.com

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