Importing EXS Instrument(s) Directory Structure

[rp88.2]

Good morning:

Last night I had some real issues importing .SF2 instrument into Auria Pro - got it working.

I was about to try a couple commercial EXS instruments that I bought but when I looked at the directory structure, I wasn't sure if it would work (and it was getting way too late )

Here's the default directory structure:

CoolSynth Bank 1 > *.exs files
Samples > Lots of *.wav/*.aiff files


I'm assuming that I can do this:

Sampler Instruments > CoolSynth > CoolSynth Bank 1 > *.exs files
Sampler Instruments > CoolSynth > Samples > Lots of *.wav/*.aiff files


Will this work or do I need to change up the structure? Thanks!

I looked at some other posts here and on audiobus.us and wasn't able to find the answer.

Best regards,

Rich

[Corey W]

Rich,
The file structure for EXS files should actually look something more like this:

Sampler Instruments> Synth (folder)> Cool Synth (folder)> Cool Synth.exs
Sampler Instruments> Synth (folder)> Cool Synth (folder)> Cool Synth .wav files (in a folder)

It is of course optional if you want to put your new samples in a parent folder (like 'Synths')

Make sure that the name of the actual EXS file matches that of the folder which contains its .Wav audio files.

-Corey

[rp88.2]

Hi Corey:

Thanks for the reply. Turns out my structure above was incorrect...

I got it working with the default structure from the producer (DigitalSoundFactory) - I just decided let's import this 600MB mess

Here's how the instruments are structured :

Sampler Instruments > Synth1
Sampler Instruments > Synth1 > Bank 1
Sampler Instruments > Synth1 > Bank 1 > Patch 1.exs
Sampler Instruments > Synth1 > Bank 1 > Patch 2.exs
...
Sampler Instruments > Synth1 > Bank 2 > Patch 1.exs
...
Sampler Instruments > Synth2 > Bank 1 > Patch 1.exs
...


SoundFont Samples > Synth 1 Bank 1 > lots of .wav
SoundFont Samples > Synth 1 Bank 2 > lots of .wav
SoundFont Samples > Synth 2 Bank 1 > lots of .wav
...

Sorry for the confusion above.

Total it's about 6 synths with 4-6 banks each; with 75-100 patches per bank.

Rich