EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 09:23 AM 7/25/03 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi Guy's
>
>Q1, Is there a file converter to convert gigasampler and other
>formats to ESX ( I know about the SF and akai convertion )?

You can convert Giga using the sampler itself, just like you do SoundFonts. 
There are two other 3rd-party convertors that do the trick too, while 
providing better conversions and additional features

CDxtract www.cdxtract.com
Translator www.chickensys.com/translator (supports the rare ESX format as 
well as the normal EXS one)

Quick digression: I can understand people _SAYING_ ESX instead of EXS (they 
do so all the time), because, at least for Americuns, it's far easier to 
say phonetically. But writing/typing it? I don't find it instinctively 
easier to type. Yes, another "why is that?"

Maybe there could be a special ESX-24 sampler where it plays all the 
samples backwards.

>Q2, Is there a file manager to sort out the samples I want to use.
>ie, when I open a sound font with 20 instruments I may only want to
>keep 1 or 2. Manualy deleting/and moving instruments ( and the sound
>font info )is painful.

That's one of the things that the 3rd party convertors does, allows you to 
convert single/multiple Presets or Instruments.

>Q3, I have instuments in a different drive form logic, can I get ESX
>to look at these other drives/directories? again im doing a lot of
>manual cut and paste work I would like to avoid.

In order for EXS (oops, I mean ESX) to see the .exs instrument in the popup 
menu on the spaceship, it has to be in the Sampler Instruments folder in 
the Logic folder, or linked/aliased to it. (With the Mac, putting an alias 
to another folder is an easy way to do this.) You can move your .exs files 
around anywhere within these folders without penalty or injury.

The samples are a different story. The .exs files use a path system to find 
the samples to load when the .exs file is loaded. So if you move these 
samples, the .exs files can't find them and EXS (I mean ESX) goes an looks 
for them, with an additional danger of not even finding them if conditions 
are right (or wrong).

Use the Project Manager in Logic 6, if you have it, this helps resolves 
things. There's also a freeware program called EXSManager for PC you can 
download, and also for PC the Translator program (this feature is PC only 
for now) you can also fix these sample references.

Q: Is this in the manual, or in the FAQ?


Garth Hjelte
Sampler User