Howto: Use Your Own Samples In Logic Express 7, Logic Express Samples Options

[jofer716]

Here's a little cheat that I used today after searching fruitlessly for a solution to use my own samples in Logic Express 7.

I had need to modify and use custom versions of a snare, cowbell, claves, shakers, etc. I have a Sample CD which ad samples closer to what I needed than Logic.

Here's what I did:
1. Modified the samples (which were in .wav format) in Adobe Audition on my PC to my liking and saved in .aiff format.
2. Downloaded a free EXS24 sampler instrument to install into the EXS and mangle with my own samples. In this case it was called Ambient Gretsch. You could just as easily use a sampler instrument that you don't care about.
3. Opened Finder and browsed to Library\Application Support\Logic\EXS Factory Samples\Ambient Gretsch.
4. Took note that there are 13 .aif sample files in this directory for the 'Ambient Gretsch' instrument.
5. Renamed MY 6 created samples as the first 6 filenames in the directory. For example: in the directory there were the files 'JP sn.aif', 'JP crash.aif', etc. I renamed my snare sample as 'JP sn.aif'. I renamed my shaker sample as 'JP crash.aif'. It makes no difference that the filename may not accurately describe what the actual sample is...it only matters that when the EXS sampler goes looking to load its files that it finds the file names it is expecting.
6. Replaced the files in the directory with my sample files.

Viola'...when I assigned the EXS sampler instrument 'Ambient Gretch' to a track...there my samples were, in the positions on the keyboard that the original instrument samples were.

Messy, but hey it worked.

[flu1512]

can I ask why you didn't just create a new exs instrument, with those sounds.

I'm not familiar with logic express, so I don't even know if that would be possible.

[gdoubleyou]

Logic Express6 contained the EXS editor that is in Logic Pro. that feature was removed from Logic Express7.

Redmatica is supposed to ship Keymap this month it is an app for creating EXS instruments, and is the only option I know for Express7.

http://redmatica.com/Site/Pages/KM.php

[jofer716]

It's probably apparent by now, but you can't edit or create EXS instruments in Logic Express 7, and I needed a fix right then without having to go buy any software.

[gdoubleyou]

Well if you are technical minded you can take an existing exs instrument and modify in text edit to point to each samples file path, it can be done but it gave me a headache.

[jofer716]

I code in several languages, so that is probably an even easier way to do it. I'll check it out, thanks!

...Joey

[gdoubleyou]

Kool, you probably can handle it, take a good lookat a few .exs files it will give you a clue, remember to rename the result, or you could loose an existing instrument.

[safron1234]

Hey jofer716

PLEASE can you give me a link to the EXS24 sampler instrument that you used, the Ambient Gretsch one. Ive fully worked out how to do the rest of it but i just cant find a decent sampler instrument to take over with my own samples , All the ones i have tryed have too many samples in the folder and it gets confussing, or they wont let me trigger the sample for more than about a second.

Anway, yeah if you could gimmie a link to the Ambient Gretsch download id be very happy

Thanks alot

Safron

[jofer716]

I'm truly sorry...it was two years ago, I can't remember!
Seems like I just googled some keywords: EXS24, free, download, sample, instrument.

Hey jofer716

PLEASE can you give me a link to the EXS24 sampler instrument that you used, the Ambient Gretsch one. Ive fully worked out how to do the rest of it but i just cant find a decent sampler instrument to take over with my own samples , All the ones i have tryed have too many samples in the folder and it gets confussing, or they wont let me trigger the sample for more than about a second.

Anway, yeah if you could gimmie a link to the Ambient Gretsch download id be very happy

Thanks alot

Safron