EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@y..., spudnikpotato@y... wrote:
> *snip*
> >I've been slowly putting together a Logic/EXS FAQ
> > and would like to include a definitive solution to this problem 
but 
> dont run
> > EXS on a Windows platform myself.....
> 
> I use exs on windows.
> I keep all my samples etc on my D: drive (D:\audio\Sampler 
> Instruments). I simply made this dir, created a shortcut to it, 
> deleted the "Sampler Instruments" dir in the logic folder, copied 
the 
> shortcut to the logic folder and renamed it "Sampler Instruments".
> In summary, I replaced the original "Sampler Instruments" dir in 
the 
> logic folder with a shortcut to a dir on my d: drive.

This doesn't work when I'm doing it like you describe. I have to make 
a shortcut to an .exs file (?) My file management now looking like 
this:

c:\program files\emagic\logic audio 4.5\sampler instruments\b3.exs ( 
the b3.exs is a shortcut to f:\samples\b3.exs)
f:\samples\
f:\samples\b3.exs
f:\samples\drums\
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\stereodrums.exs
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\stereodrums\kick.wav
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\stereodrums\snare.wav
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\stereodrums\and the other 
samples used in the stereodrums instrument
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\EXS 808.exs
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\EXS 808\kick.wav
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\EXS 808\snare.wav
f:\samples\drums\Emagic factory sounds\EXS 808\and the other samples 
used in the EXS 808 instrument
f:\samples\drums\XXL sample CD vol 1\
f:\samples\drums\XXL\TR909.exs
f:\samples\drums\XXL\TR909\kick.wav
f:\samples\drums\XXL\TR909\snare.wav
f:\samples\drums\XXL\TR909\and the other samples used in the TR909 
instrument
f:\samples\strings\
f:\samples\strings\Emagic factory sounds\
f:\samples\strings\Emagic factory sounds\steelstring.exs
f:\samples\strings\Emagic factory sounds\steelstring\1.wav
f:\samples\strings\Emagic factory sounds\steelstring\1.wav
f:\samples\strings\Emagic factory sounds\steelstring\and the other 
samples used in the steelstring instrument

My flip menu in the EXS is looking like this and that's fine with me:

Samples > Drums   > Emagic factory Sounds > Stereo drums
                                          > EXS 808
                    XXL sample CD vol. 1  > TR909
          Strings > Emagic factory Sounds > Steelstring

- a shortcut in the sampler instruments to a folder doesn't work here;
- when I delete the b3.exs (not the shortcut) it still works (?)
- why can't I use shortcut to folder f:\samples\ or f:\samples\drums\?

Maarten