On 29/06/2006, at 1:16 PM, Doug Slick wrote: > 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. :-( That was the pref I was thinking of and no it won't help you across different instruments from song to song > The trick you talk about above only works while you are > working in the same song, right? Correct. > 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. You're getting it just right. I'm assuming you need to load different songs because you actually have to PLAY songs back. I don't have to run Logic. I merely use it as a rack of synths and live vocoder. As such I only have one song and I never have to hit play so the approach works for me. You have to have EXS virtual memory turned on. Once it is you can have many more instruments loaded whose total ram requirements far exceed that of your physical ram. It seems to work well. > 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. It might be if you had a standalone sampler like Kontakt triggered via rewire??? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Paul Najar Jaminajar Music Production www.jaminajar.com