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Chapter 29 EXS24 mkII 529
It works as follows: When opening a Logic Project, the EXS24 initially looks for a sub-
folder named “Sampler Instruments” in the folder that contains the song file. If such a
sub-folder exists, all Sampler Instruments found in this folder are added to the Sampler
Instrument pull-down menu in the EXS24 GUI. This new entry in the Sampler
Instrument pull-down menu will appear as a sub-menu item that matches the song file
name. This behavior ensures that the EXS24 will always locate any song-related
Sampler Instrument files before searching in the global Sampler Instrument folder,
found in the Logic program directory.
To save Instruments related to a particular song
1 Create a new folder for a song/Project and name it.
2 Save the song file itself into this folder.
3 Create a sub folder named “Sampler Instruments” within the Project folder.
4 Simply copy/move the Sampler Instrument files required into this folder. Note that only
the Sampler Instrument files, not the raw samples used by these Sampler Instruments
should be copied, except when archiving (or unique samples are used), as discussed
below. The “Used by EXS24” option could be useful.
Even simpler:
1 Save your song with the File > Save as Project function. More information on this can be
found in your Logic manual.
2 When Logic is booted, the song is loaded, and an EXS24 instance is opened; a new
hierarchical menu item will appear within the EXS24 Sampler Instrument pull-down
menu when clicked. This new menu item will retain the song’s name and contains all of
the Sampler Instrument entries copied to this folder earlier.
3 When saving any newly created or modified Sampler Instruments, ensure that you use
the “Save as” function and browse to the “Sampler Instruments” folder inside the new
song folder.
When saving on a per-song basis, you should observe the following folder hierarchy:
• The Project folder contains the song file and the “Sampler Instruments” folder.
• The “Sampler Instruments” folder contains all Sampler Instruments that are used in
this song exclusively.
As the EXS24 automatically locates the audio files associated with Sampler Instruments,
it generally does not matter where these audio files are stored. One circumstance,
however, where the storage location of the audio files does matter is as follows: Should
you need to archive the song with all related data, or wish to deal with a particular set
of samples that will not be used in another song, you will want to store the audio files
inside the Project folder as well.