EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Any of you cats got some tips on sample organization?
I feel like I have to do a lot of leg work when converting akai 
libraries in order to stay organized.
As of now, when I convert a library(usually just do the whole disc)
I move the converted samples that are put in the akai folder into a 
new folder with the name of the disc, then repeat for the sample 
instruments folder.I leave samples interleaved, but not sure if I 
should be merging the programs during conversion  b/c I'm really not 
sure what that does for akai libraries.
Any tips would be greayly appreciated.

    kind regards

dex

On a fine day, 18-04-2003, stereodex wrote:

>not sure if I should be merging the programs during conversion  b/c 
>I'm really not sure what that does for akai libraries.

Some akai setups use different programs in a single patch -- like 
violins with oboe.  In such cases "merge programs" would merge the 
violins and oboes into a single EXS instrument.  Without "merge" you 
would get one violins instrument and one oboe instrument.  AFAIK 
there's no easy way to 'see' (e.g. from the akai import window) if 
'merge' should be on or not -- it depends on what an akai sampler 
would do with those programs.   If one folder contains e.g. 4 
different violin programs, you can be pretty sure that those should 
_not_ be merged. if a folder called 'tutti' contains 5 instruments 
though, you probably should switch 'merge' on.  It's mainly a matter 
of experimentation -- or loading the disk into an akai sampler and 
see what it does.

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stereodex wrote:

Hi Dex,

> when I convert a library(usually just do the whole disc)
> I move the converted samples that are put in the akai folder into a
> new folder with the name of the disc,

I do the same thinjg. This is invaluable. And you need to do it after the very first disc you convert, and also every time you do a new disc. Or else it becomes impossible to distinguish which samples relate to which CDs.

> then repeat for the sample
> instruments folder.

You shouldn't need to do this manually. In the Akai conversion box there is an option to create and name a new sampler instruments folder for the current conversion about to to take place.This has been in Logic since one of the incremental v.4.x updates.


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