EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi there,

I have a couple of AKAI imports that are spread all over the place 
with just one sound per instrument even though they should really be 
all in the same instrument.

Is there a tool that will merge all these into one or do I have to 
copy paste by hand? We're talking several houndred files here so 
doing it by hand isn't really feasible with the current deadline I'm 
facing.

Thanks for the help

Cheers
Hans

On Jan ,30, 2006, at 6:05 AM, Hans Hafner wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I have a couple of AKAI imports that are spread all over the place
> with just one sound per instrument even though they should really be
> all in the same instrument.
>
> Is there a tool that will merge all these into one or do I have to
> copy paste by hand? We're talking several houndred files here so
> doing it by hand isn't really feasible with the current deadline I'm
> facing.

Couldn't you just create a new blank instrument and go to the import 
multiple zones menu command in the EXS editor? You could then navigate 
to all the individual samples and have EXS map them all on import. If 
they are not pitched, this should work fine. If they are pitched, you 
probably wouldn't want too many of them all in one instrument.

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Eli Krantzberg
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com
Almat Productions

At 7:58 Uhr -0500 30.01.2006, Eli Krantzberg wrote:
>Couldn't you just create a new blank instrument and go to the import
>multiple zones menu command in the EXS editor? You could then navigate
>to all the individual samples and have EXS map them all on import. If
>they are not pitched, this should work fine. If they are pitched, you
>probably wouldn't want too many of them all in one instrument.

D'oh, of course!!! Sheesh sometimes I overlook the simplest things! 
Works well for the loops, however, as you say already it won't help 
for all the pitched loops.

Hmmm... the good news is: whenever I'm facing stupid tasks like these 
the musical ideas flow a lot quicker with me and I forget about the 
instruments and just go with what's there... god do I love deadlines! 
And I'm serious!

Cheers
Hans

At 12:05 PM 1/30/2006 +0100, you wrote:

>I have a couple of AKAI imports that are spread all over the place
>with just one sound per instrument even though they should really be
>all in the same instrument.
>
>Is there a tool that will merge all these into one or do I have to
>copy paste by hand? We're talking several houndred files here so
>doing it by hand isn't really feasible with the current deadline I'm
>facing.

How do you want them to be merged? One sound per key? Obviously all of them 
layered wouldn't be correct. =) And if there are over 1000, do you want 
several instruments (like 61 per .exs file)?

If so, send the .exs files to me and I'll do it for you if you'd like. Or 
if you have a Win machine I can set up a special function in Translator for 
you and have it do it that way (part of our CPS Custom Programming Service).

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User

On Jan ,30, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Hans Hafner wrote:

> it won't help
> for all the pitched loops.

Not necessarily. If you only want the pitched loops to play back at 
their root pitch and speed (and not transpose them) then the multiple 
import can work fine. If you do want to be able to trigger them from 
different notes at different pitches/tempos then yeah; that won't work.

>  god do I love deadlines!
> And I'm serious!

I know exactly what you mean, and I agree completely. There's nothing 
like a deadline to get the juices flowing. The absence of limitations 
is probably the biggest obstacle to creativity......


--------
Eli Krantzberg
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com
Almat Productions

Hans,

Some of us don't compose at all without deadlines! ;-)

Ned

On 30-Jan-06, at 8:40 AM, Hans Hafner wrote:

> god do I love deadlines!
> And I'm serious!
>