> >> There isn't any way to keep the instruments loaded into the > >> EXS while switching between songs in Logic, right? I'm using it live > >> and the wait for the instruments to load can be agonizing. I have a > >> song set up with all the instruments I regularly use loaded in and > >> that works great until I need to load up another song to play. > > > >There is a preference somewhere.... Maybe EXS Options panel, that > >says something like "Keep same instruments in memory when changing > >songs". If you search the manual with something like "same > >instrument" you'll find it I'm sure... > > > > Oh yeah? Wow! It didn't even occur to me to look for the > option. I assumed EXS had to load up as each song loaded. > > Thanks a million! I'll dig into the manual tomorrow. > -- My trick is to preload EXS samples that have been saved as performances in another track further down on my arrangement. That way when I call them up on another track for my splits or layers, whatever, they are already preloaded. Third party samplers won't do this in Logic, at least Kontakt won't.