EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I'm trying to archieve a song for PC on my Mac. The EXS doesn't 
translate easily...these are my problems.
1)PC EXS can't find sample instrument-I found out that you have to 
rename the sample instrument .EXS - Do I have to do this to every 
sample instrument that I load to a PC from a Mac?
2)PC EXS doesn't alocate the samples to the proper location 
stipulated by the sample instrument e.g. After adding the 
extention .exs, I can now see "909 kit.exs". But, When I load the 
sample instrument I get a warning saying that there is no "909 kick". 
When I open the editor and click the sample name the sample folder 
pops up full of 909 samples...none have been assigned...WHY? Do 
samples have to be .wav for allocation purposes (these samples happen 
to be .aif). There has go to be an easy and efficiant way...Help!
Thanks, Mitch

On a fine day, 14-05-2003, archetypemusic wrote:

>1)PC EXS can't find sample instrument-I found out that you have to
>rename the sample instrument .EXS - Do I have to do this to every
>sample instrument that I load to a PC from a Mac?

Probably you have to, yes.  You can download my "quick and dirty 
renamer" application (for Mac -- from the Soft section of my website: 
see signature).  It will a.o. let you add a suffiix, like ".exs" to 
files.  Just pick the Sampler Instruments folder as target and click 
'go'.  Less than a minute work...

>2)PC EXS doesn't alocate the samples to the proper location
>stipulated by the sample instrument e.g. After adding the
>extention .exs, I can now see "909 kit.exs". But, When I load the
>sample instrument I get a warning saying that there is no "909 kick".

Weird -- the EXS should always find any samples it needs.  Check to 
see if in the PC EXS preferences it's set to scan _all_ connected 
volumes and not just some of them...

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com/

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 10:58  am, exs-users@yahoogroups.com 
wrote:

> Message: 6
>    Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 14:45:59 -0000
>    From: "archetypemusic" <archetype@...>
> Subject: PC EXS won't play Mac EXS Sample Instrument
>
> I'm trying to archieve a song for PC on my Mac. The EXS doesn't
> translate easily...these are my problems.
> 1)PC EXS can't find sample instrument-I found out that you have to
> rename the sample instrument .EXS - Do I have to do this to every
> sample instrument that I load to a PC from a Mac?
> 2)PC EXS doesn't alocate the samples to the proper location
> stipulated by the sample instrument e.g. After adding the
> extention .exs, I can now see "909 kit.exs". But, When I load the
> sample instrument I get a warning saying that there is no "909 kick".
> When I open the editor and click the sample name the sample folder
> pops up full of 909 samples...none have been assigned...WHY? Do
> samples have to be .wav for allocation purposes (these samples happen
> to be .aif). There has go to be an easy and efficiant way...Help!
> Thanks, Mitch
>
>


Mitch,

Is it possible that some other evil program has taken the files for 
it's own nefarious purposes, Real player etc.
I have had some problems with suddenly missing sound files but I 
noticed they were all .wav and so I converted them    using  Peak batch 
convert to .aif and they were found again.
Probably just me as usual....

Paul.

Actually Paul you reminded me of another problem (re. evil program 
taking files for its own). Before we figured out to and  .exs to 
Sample instruments to be able to see the EXS 24 file we (foolishly) 
just click on  one (of the three) instrument files. Up popped "what 
program would you like to open this with?" We choose Logic. There was 
a couple of blips and then the Logic autoload song opened...that was 
it. We still couldn't find the sample instrument. After this we 
discovered the extention solution and changed the three files 
to .exs. Open Logic again and, BINGO, we can see TWO of the three 
sample instruments. The delinquent instrument is the first one that 
we opened with Logic. Even with .exs added that particular file can't 
be seen by the sampler. That particular file still looks like a logic 
file.
How do we redirect the file to the EXS. (We tried reloading it but it 
automatically is turned into a logic...thing again)

If you ahve any insight to this problem that woulld be great,
Thanks,
Mitch


--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Paul <horselesspaul@m...> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 10:58  am, exs-users@yahoogroups.com 
> wrote:
> 
> > Message: 6
> >    Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 14:45:59 -0000
> >    From: "archetypemusic" <archetype@s...>
> > Subject: PC EXS won't play Mac EXS Sample Instrument
> >
> > I'm trying to archieve a song for PC on my Mac. The EXS doesn't
> > translate easily...these are my problems.
> > 1)PC EXS can't find sample instrument-I found out that you have to
> > rename the sample instrument .EXS - Do I have to do this to every
> > sample instrument that I load to a PC from a Mac?
> > 2)PC EXS doesn't alocate the samples to the proper location
> > stipulated by the sample instrument e.g. After adding the
> > extention .exs, I can now see "909 kit.exs". But, When I load the
> > sample instrument I get a warning saying that there is no "909 
kick".
> > When I open the editor and click the sample name the sample folder
> > pops up full of 909 samples...none have been assigned...WHY? Do
> > samples have to be .wav for allocation purposes (these samples 
happen
> > to be .aif). There has go to be an easy and efficiant way...Help!
> > Thanks, Mitch
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Mitch,
> 
> Is it possible that some other evil program has taken the files for 
> it's own nefarious purposes, Real player etc.
> I have had some problems with suddenly missing sound files but I 
> noticed they were all .wav and so I converted them    using  Peak 
batch 

> convert to .aif and they were found again.
> Probably just me as usual....
> 
> Paul.