Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 109)

Chapter 19 EXSP24 109
When selecting a Sampler Instrument from a sub menu, a bold entry at the top of the
root menu is added, to indicate the current selection. The sub menu that contains the
selected Sampler Instrument is also shown in bold type, as are further sub menus. This
makes it easy to trace the file path of the currently loaded Sampler Instrument.
Saving of Project-Related EXSP24 Instruments
This feature allows all EXSP24 Instruments associated with a Project to be saved/loaded
into/from a single folder location, which also contains the song file. These Sampler
Instruments will then be exclusively associated with this song.
This is useful for two reasons:
• It makes the archiving and handling of songs, including the associated Sampler
Instruments, easier.
• It makes it simpler to deal with a particular set of samples that will not be used in
another song—vocals, modified drum kits and so on.
It works as follows: When opening a Logic Project, the EXSP24 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 EXSP24 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 EXSP24 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 EXSP24” 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 EXSP24 instance is opened; a new
hierarchical menu item will appear within the EXSP24 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.