EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Is their a guide that I can refer to for the best way of setting up 
my sample library for the EXS 24. I have plenty of drive space and 
would be looking to make 2 copies of each set of data. My main 
concern is how do I make sure the EXS 24 will be able to find the 
instruments and data. I assume I cannot direct it to a certain 
location where to call on the instruments and data?

Of course you can direct it.

1. Put your library-structure of your EXS Instruments into a folder called
"Sampler Instruments"
2. Then make an alias of this folder and drag it into the Logic
Audio-Folder.
3. Remove the "alias"-part within the name of the alias so the alias is
named "Sampler Instruments" as well
4. No need to direct Logic to a specific folder for the samples. Logic is
looking through all connected drives anyway...

Marc
futurehit.com

> Is their a guide that I can refer to for the best way of setting up
> my sample library for the EXS 24. I have plenty of drive space and
> would be looking to make 2 copies of each set of data. My main
> concern is how do I make sure the EXS 24 will be able to find the
> instruments and data. I assume I cannot direct it to a certain
> location where to call on the instruments and data?

--- peter@... wrote: 
> Is their a guide that I can refer to for the best way of setting up 
> my sample library for the EXS 24. I have plenty of drive space and 
> would be looking to make 2 copies of each set of data. My main 
> concern is how do I make sure the EXS 24 will be able to find the 
> instruments and data. I assume I cannot direct it to a certain 
> location where to call on the instruments and data?
If you check back through the archive on yahoogroups.com we were discussing
this only a few weeks ago - in essence EXS24 has a dir for instrument
definitions you must use, or use a symlink/alias to. The samples can be
anywhere and EXS24 will find them by magic, as long as you avoid duplicate
sample names. If after reading the archive you have further questions, fire
away and I expect someone will be able to advise you.

HTH,

~Pev

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peter@... at peter@... wrote:

> I assume I cannot direct it to a certain
> location where to call on the instruments and data?

Not at all Peter.

It will find your samples and instruments wherever they go, providing there
is an alias to two folders... One named Akai Samples and one named Sampler
instruments. (This assumes you are using Akai of course). If not, then
substitute that name for the relevant one.

David T

Thanks guys. Bit worried about the duplicate sample issue. I intended 
to copy the files into a seperate folder for each song ie: exs 
and .wav using the same name so that I would have a back up.


--- In exs-users@y..., Dave Peverley <no_such_user@y...> wrote:
>  --- peter@u... wrote: 
> > Is their a guide that I can refer to for the best way of setting 
up 
> > my sample library for the EXS 24. I have plenty of drive space 
and 
> > would be looking to make 2 copies of each set of data. My main 
> > concern is how do I make sure the EXS 24 will be able to find the 
> > instruments and data. I assume I cannot direct it to a certain 
> > location where to call on the instruments and data?
> If you check back through the archive on yahoogroups.com we were 
discussing
> this only a few weeks ago - in essence EXS24 has a dir for 
instrument
> definitions you must use, or use a symlink/alias to. The samples 
can be
> anywhere and EXS24 will find them by magic, as long as you avoid 
duplicate
> sample names. If after reading the archive you have further 
questions, fire
> away and I expect someone will be able to advise you.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> ~Pev
> 
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----- Original Message -----

From: <peter@...>
To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>


> Thanks guys. Bit worried about the duplicate sample issue.
Don't be - it just asks you which of the similarly named samples you wish to
use when you load up the instrument - its more of an annoyance than a
problem.

> I intended to copy the files into a seperate folder for each
> song
That should be ok - there was a post on logic-users iirc explaining the deal
with storing sample instruments in song folders but I forgot to copy it into
my faq or make a note of it... doh!

~Pev


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-----Original Message-----

From: Studio <studio@...>

>4. No need to direct Logic to a specific folder for the samples. Logic is
>looking through all connected drives anyway...

This is defently one of the EXS24' weaknesses.
I would _really_ like to know where the samples goes.
I have a 45Gb hd just for samples and it is starting to fill up.
I have no idea of what is where since the EXS24 doesn't give us an option to
select where to store the samples. Now I have tons of folders called
volume016 etc...

I also would like to do a couple of convertions over again since they where
converted when I only had samples on my c:drive. When you have over 200Gb of
storagecapacity in your pc it is really hard to check out a preset when it
is going to search for every sample on all the hd.
To check out s aingle preset on my Distorted reality cd takes about 5min of
searching.

I have no way to know what to uninnstall (or delete) from the sample cd.
Bummer...

--
Arvid Solvang
http://www.viagram.no/

a logic irc channel?

could you point us to it?


   there was a post on logic-users iirc explaining the deal
  with storing sample instruments in song folders but I forgot to copy it
into
  my faq or make a note of it... doh!

  ~Pev


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At 1:53 AM +0100 2001.11.13, Floris Grootendorst wrote:
>a logic irc channel?
>
>could you point us to it?
>
>
>    there was a post on logic-users iirc explaining the deal
>   with storing sample instruments in song folders but I forgot to copy it
>into
>   my faq or make a note of it... doh!
>
>   ~Pev


IIRC = "if I recall correctly"

logic-users = http://groups.yahoo.com/group/logic-users

G

peter@... at peter@... wrote:

> Thanks guys. Bit worried about the duplicate sample issue. I intended
> to copy the files into a seperate folder for each song ie: exs
> and .wav using the same name so that I would have a back up.

In logic, you can assign a key command, of backup exs files by song, or
something like that.

It assigns them folders within the song automatically and then you can back
it up, knowing that the EXS will automatically find the stuff when needed

David t

Arvid Solvang at arvid@... wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Studio <studio@...>
> 
>> 4. No need to direct Logic to a specific folder for the samples. Logic is
>> looking through all connected drives anyway...
> 
> This is defently one of the EXS24' weaknesses.
> I would _really_ like to know where the samples goes.
> I have a 45Gb hd just for samples and it is starting to fill up.
> I have no idea of what is where since the EXS24 doesn't give us an option to
> select where to store the samples. Now I have tons of folders called
> volume016 etc...

What I was advised to do (and it works) is each time you import from CD, you
tell the alias (that you have made) which is called Akai Samples (located in
your logic audio folder) to point to a different original - which can be
wherever you would like those samples to go.  This means that each set is
saved in a sensible place.

regards

David T

Dave Peverley wrote:

>  there was a post on logic-users iirc explaining the deal
> with storing sample instruments in song folders but I forgot to copy
> it into
> my faq or make a note of it... doh!

Search the LUG archive for

> [LUG]  [GEN] EXS file management
>
posted by Sascha Franck on or about the 24th of April.

This info has been written into the Readme that installs with Logic now
though. Under the info for 4.7.2


Dave Eager

-----Original Message-----

From: David Tobin <wowandflutter@...>

>What I was advised to do (and it works) is each time you import from CD,
you
>tell the alias (that you have made) which is called Akai Samples (located
in
>your logic audio folder) to point to a different original - which can be
>wherever you would like those samples to go.  This means that each set is
>saved in a sensible place.

Again a nice tip (workaround) from this list :)

But again - It should be an option from inside the EXS24 to be able to
select where you want to store your samples.

--
Arvid Solvang
http://www.viagram.no/