EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

There really should be a way to change where all the converted AKAI samples
are going. Also even after converting some cd's.

There should be a preferences setting that lets you choose this at any time
IMHO.

I think  a lot of people are going to buy new HD's for samples and they
(read: me:) are going to want to move all the already converted samples to
the new drive.

At the moment everything ends up inside the C:/Program files/emagic/Logic
Audio/AKAI Samples folder. Now C: is full and I have a 45Gb HD dedicated to
samples that is almost empty.


Also it would be nice if there were subfolders inside the AKAI samples
folder and not just for the sampler instruments. If you call an
Akai-convertion for the CD name the EXS sampler will will have all the
presets in a subfolder with the cd name, but in the AKAI-samples folder you
will have no way of saying what cd they came from.

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

Solution !

Create any folder(name of the CD) on your 45GB Hard Drive and than 
move converted audio files (*.wav or *.aif ONLY) to that folder. EXS 
24 will find it!

DON'T MOVE THE .EXS FILE !!! 

--- In exs-users@y..., "Arvid Solvang" <arvid@v...> wrote:
> There really should be a way to change where all the converted AKAI 
samples
> are going. Also even after converting some cd's.
> 
> There should be a preferences setting that lets you choose this at 
any time
> IMHO.
> 
> I think  a lot of people are going to buy new HD's for samples and 
they
> (read: me:) are going to want to move all the already converted 
samples to
> the new drive.
> 
> At the moment everything ends up inside the C:/Program 
files/emagic/Logic
> Audio/AKAI Samples folder. Now C: is full and I have a 45Gb HD 
dedicated to
> samples that is almost empty.
> 
> 
> Also it would be nice if there were subfolders inside the AKAI 
samples
> folder and not just for the sampler instruments. If you call an
> Akai-convertion for the CD name the EXS sampler will will have all 
the
> presets in a subfolder with the cd name, but in the AKAI-samples 
folder you

> will have no way of saying what cd they came from.
> 
> --
> Arvid Solvang
> http://www.viagram.no/privat/arvid/

> --- In exs-users@y..., "Arvid Solvang" <arvid@v...> wrote:

> > At the moment everything ends up inside the C:/Program 
> files/emagic/Logic
> > Audio/AKAI Samples folder. Now C: is full and I have a 45Gb HD 
> dedicated to
> > samples that is almost empty.

   I create a new folder on the drive of my choice, and name it the 
name of Akai patch, and then move the files that I just converted, and 
 are put into the "Akai folder" into the newly made folder, as I go. 
You don't want to do a bunch of converions and then try to pick out 
the correct sample files and move them.

   One thing to think about in doing this. Many Akai cd libraries use 
the same sample for different programs. If you set up a sample folder 
for each patch, you will have many copies of the same sample file 
spread in different folders. So you may want to put all the string 
samples (for istance) in one big "string sample" folder, and maybe all 
the drum samples all in one big "drum sample" folder, so that you 
won't have several copies of the same sample on your hard drive.

   I set up different sample folders for every patch, and now I've got 
many copies of the same sample file, and have wasted much space due to 
this.I'll clean this up sooner or later, but it's best to think about 
as you go.

regards,
df