EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Help!!  My EXS24 is loading the wrong instrument file!

I am trying to save a EXS plugin setting setting file which contains 
a reference to the clavinet exs instrument that was installed to my 
hard drive from the EXS factory CD.  This clavinet instrument is 
stored the file:

D:\Sampler Instruments\EXS24 Factory Sounds\01-Piano\cavinet.exs.

There is also another clavinet patch on my machine, derived from an 
Akai file.  This is located in 

D:\Sampler Instruments\Akai S5000 Library\Volume 1 - 
Various\Piano\MIX_PIANO\Clavinet.exs.


From a blank song, with a single EXS24 added, I load the original 
EXS24 clavinet Instrument using the instrument flip menu.  I then 
use the 'save setting' menu from the EXS plugin window and save my 
setting .PST file to the default 'Plug-In Settings\ESX24' folder.  
Shut down Logic and restart.  No I load up an EXS24 and recall 
the .PST. file.  And instead of the EXS clavinet, I find it's loaded 
the Akai one.  Arghhh.  

Can anyone else re-create this problem?

I understand that the PST file contains a reference to the EXS 
instrument file.  It would appear that the full path to the EXS file 
is not saved in the PST file and it is loading the first EXS file 
called 'clavinet.exs' that it finds.  Which in this case is the one 
in the Akai folder.

This problem can also be seen when a song containing an EXS24 is 
saved and re-loaded. 

Regards

Gordon

LAWP 5.1.3
Windows XP

I've had the same problem myself (on a Mac). I think you're 
right--the exs just loads the first instrument with the right name it 
finds in the list of instruments. The only thing I've found to do is 
delete or rename duplicate instruments so that every instrument 
has a unique name. The only disadvantage with this would be if 
you've used both versions of the instrument in different songs. 
The renamed one would come up as the unrenamed one.

--- In exs-users@y..., "gordonmurrison" <gordon.murrison@t...> 
wrote:
> Help!!  My EXS24 is loading the wrong instrument file!
> 
> I am trying to save a EXS plugin setting setting file which 
contains 
> a reference to the clavinet exs instrument that was installed to 
my 
> hard drive from the EXS factory CD.  This clavinet instrument is 
> stored the file:
> 
> D:\Sampler Instruments\EXS24 Factory 
Sounds\01-Piano\cavinet.exs.
> 
> There is also another clavinet patch on my machine, derived 
from an 
> Akai file.  This is located in 
> 
> D:\Sampler Instruments\Akai S5000 Library\Volume 1 - 
> Various\Piano\MIX_PIANO\Clavinet.exs.
> 
> 
> From a blank song, with a single EXS24 added, I load the 
original 
> EXS24 clavinet Instrument using the instrument flip menu.  I 
then 
> use the 'save setting' menu from the EXS plugin window and 
save my 
> setting .PST file to the default 'Plug-In Settings\ESX24' folder.  
> Shut down Logic and restart.  No I load up an EXS24 and recall 
> the .PST. file.  And instead of the EXS clavinet, I find it's loaded 
> the Akai one.  Arghhh.  
> 
> Can anyone else re-create this problem?
> 
> I understand that the PST file contains a reference to the EXS 
> instrument file.  It would appear that the full path to the EXS file 
> is not saved in the PST file and it is loading the first EXS file 
> called 'clavinet.exs' that it finds.  Which in this case is the one 
> in the Akai folder.
> 
> This problem can also be seen when a song containing an 
EXS24 is 

> saved and re-loaded. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Gordon
> 
> LAWP 5.1.3
> Windows XP