EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi!

I've decided to convert my Akai library into EXS format using
CDxtract. I need to use the option "create directory structure":
CDxtract places the Exs instruments into folders, but all the
associated wav files into the above directory. If I want to convert
200 cds this would result in too much wav files in one directory. So I
would like to place the wav files of one Cd into one directory. The
whole conversion will take about 60 hours and I really don't want to
do it twice. So my question is: Will there be a way in 4.7 to move the
instrument wav files around without destroying the association
beetween *.exs and *.wav or will it only be possible to move the
instruments?

Bye

Markus

At 11:30 PM 1/21/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I've decided to convert my Akai library into EXS format using
>CDxtract. I need to use the option "create directory structure":
>CDxtract places the Exs instruments into folders, but all the
>associated wav files into the above directory. If I want to convert
>200 cds this would result in too much wav files in one directory. So I
>would like to place the wav files of one Cd into one directory. The
>whole conversion will take about 60 hours and I really don't want to
>do it twice. So my question is: Will there be a way in 4.7 to move the
>instrument wav files around without destroying the association
>beetween *.exs and *.wav or will it only be possible to move the
>instruments?

I can't speak for emagic, but I doubt it, and the file spec provides for a 
path name.

It's a bad idea to move the .wav files in one directory - what if two .wav 
files have the same name?

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This is not a problem. You can move AIFs and WAV files at will. The worst
thing that happens is that the EXS asks you to locate the new folder OR (and
this is very helpful) it will search for the files automatically and
reallocate the path. I use this feature all the time, so fire at will.
DISCLAIMER: I'm running on a Macintosh. If you are on a PC, you might want
to test this theory on a small scale. I can assure you that the feature
works beautifully on the Mac.

> From: "Rubber Chicken Software Co." <support@...>
> Reply-To: exs-users@egroups.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:01:56 -0600
> To: exs-users@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [exs] Placement of instrument wav files
> 
> At 11:30 PM 1/21/01 +0100, you wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I've decided to convert my Akai library into EXS format using
>> CDxtract. I need to use the option "create directory structure":
>> CDxtract places the Exs instruments into folders, but all the
>> associated wav files into the above directory. If I want to convert
>> 200 cds this would result in too much wav files in one directory. So I
>> would like to place the wav files of one Cd into one directory. The
>> whole conversion will take about 60 hours and I really don't want to
>> do it twice. So my question is: Will there be a way in 4.7 to move the
>> instrument wav files around without destroying the association
>> beetween *.exs and *.wav or will it only be possible to move the
>> instruments?
> 
> I can't speak for emagic, but I doubt it, and the file spec provides for a
> path name.
> 
> It's a bad idea to move the .wav files in one directory - what if two .wav
> files have the same name?
> 
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