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Chapter 9 EXS24 mkII 156
Sampler instruments
Sampler instruments overview
A sampler instrument is the le type that is loaded into EXS24 mkII. You load sampler
instruments using the Sampler Instruments pop-up menu directly above the Cuto knob. When
you choose a sampler instrument, the associated audio les are automatically located on the
hard disk (or disks), and are loaded into your computer’s RAM. You play and record the loaded
sampler instrument in the same way as any software instrument.
A sampler instrument tells EXS24 mkII which samples—audio les—to use, and how to organize
them into zones and groups.
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A zone is a location into which a single sample—an audio le—can be loaded from a hard
disk.
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Zones can be assigned to groups, which provide parameters that allow you to simultaneously
edit all zones in the group. You can dene as many groups as required.
EXS24 mkII is compatible with the following audio le formats: AIFF, WAV, SDII, and CAF. Each
audio le is loaded into EXS24 mkII as a separate sample. Each audio le is then automatically
assigned to a zone in the EXS24 mkII Instrument Editor window. These zones can be edited and
organized into sampler instruments. See Zone and group edit overview on page 196.
Important: Audio les are not contained within a sampler instrument. The sampler instrument
only stores information about audio lenames, parameter settings, and locations on the hard
disk. If you delete or rename an audio le, any sampler instrument that uses this le will not be
able to nd it. You can move audio les to another location on your system, however, because
EXS24 mkII automatically searches for les when you load a sampler instrument.
EXS24 mkII is compatible with the SoundFont2, DLS, Gigasampler, and ReCycle sample formats,
as well as the Vienna Library. See Import SoundFont2, DLS, and Gigasampler les on page 159
and Convert ReCycle les to sampler instruments on page 162.
Sample storage locations
To be visible in the EXS24 mkII Sampler Instruments pop-up menu, instruments must be stored
in the Sampler Instruments subfolder of any of the following folders:
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~/Library/Application Support/Logic: User-dened or edited instruments are stored here.
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/Library/Application Support/Logic: Factory-supplied sampler instruments are installed here.
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…/ProjectName: Logic Pro also searches for sampler instruments in the project folder.
Search by project is included for backward compatibility with existing projects.
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If you use the Save As command, old project les and folders are converted to project
bundles. The original les are not changed.
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If you save a new project, sampler instruments and samples are saved with the
project bundle.
Note: You can store your sampler instruments in any folder on any connected hard disk. Create
an alias pointing to this folder within a Sampler Instruments subfolder (using any of the paths
listed above) and they are shown in the Sampler Instruments pop-up menu.