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Copy sampler instruments to your hard drive
1 To open the Library folder in a Finder window, Option-click the Go menu from the desktop, then
click Library.
2 Copy the sampler instrument le into the ~/Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler
Instruments folder.
3 Copy the associated samples into a folder named Samples in the same folder as the Sampler
Instruments folder.
Create a backup of sampler instruments in MainStage
1 To copy the audio and sampler instrument les of all currently active sampler instruments in the
project to a specied le location, choose Consolidate from the File > Project menu.
Tip: You can also do this by saving a project. By default, sampler instruments and samples are
saved in the project bundle. For more information, see MainStage Help.
2 In the dialog, choose the type of les you want to copy or move.
Choose Delete empty folders after moving, if applicable.
3 Click the Copy or Move button.
Use sampler instruments and settings
Sampler instruments are distinct from plug-in settings, which are loaded and saved in the
plug-in window header. Each has advantages and disadvantages for handling parameter values
in the Parameter window.
Typically, you store the current Parameter window settings into the loaded sampler instrument.
This overrides the settings currently saved in the loaded sampler instrument. Alternatively, you
can save a new sampler instrument.
A plug-in setting, by comparison, stores all parameter adjustments made in the Parameter
window, but these settings are distinct from the sampler instrument being loaded. A plug-in
setting contains only a pointer to an associated instrument, which means that loading a setting
also loads the assigned sampler instrument.
This separation between plug-in settings and sampler instruments enables you to use sampler
instruments as you would use waveforms in a synthesizer. For example, you could create a
plug-in setting with guitar-like envelope, modulation, and lter parameter values. You would
then use the Sampler Instruments pop-up menu to load an instrument without any existing
settings, such as a ute, to create a plucked or strummed ute sound.
Important: Using sampler instruments as described requires that they contain no settings.
Remove settings from an existing sampler instrument
1 Choose Options > “Save Instrument as” to create a copy of the sampler instrument (see
EXS24 mkII Options pop-up menu commands on page 170).
2 Choose Options > Delete Settings from Instrument to remove the settings from the
copied instrument.
Note: All of the factory-supplied sampler instruments contain settings, so you need to follow the
steps above to use these instruments in this way.