> > > >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. Hi Paul, I had a minute to mess with this tonight. I found a pref "keep common samples in memory when switching songs" on the EXS Instrument Editor page. That helps if I happen to be going to a song that uses some of the same samples as the last song. Certainly a step in the right direction but not the panacea I was hoping for. :-( The trick you talk about above only works while you are working in the same song, right? I do that with my general performance song that loads up the samples I routinely use. The delay occurs when EXS loads up samples after I change songs. I don't see a way around that problem unless I'm misunderstanding the concept. What I'd like to have is the ability to load the samples into EXS for the night and keep 'em there. Thus avoiding the delay while the samples for each song load. I guess that's not possible in a soft sampler. Thanks for your responses. -- Doug