Locating Drum Kit Samples in Finder

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Locating Drum Kit Samples in Finder

Hi, I am wondering: Is there is any way to easily locate the file for a drum sample in Finder when all I know is the kit that it's from and the location of the note on the keyboard?

I'm trying to take all of my favorite sounds from all of Logic X's drum kits and drum machines and compile them into just two or three new kits. Now that I know which sounds I like, what kits they're from and what note they are on the keyboard, I am having trouble easily and quickly finding each sample's file in Finder. I have compiled sounds from nearly every drum kit/machine within the "Drum Kit" and "Electronic Drum Kit" paths of the Sounds Library within logic. Similar forum topics suggest browsing through "HD>Library>Application Support>Logic>EXS Factory Samples" or "HD>Library>Application Support>Logic>Ultrabeat Samples" , however I do not see perfect symmetry between the way Logic X organizes its kits and the way they are organized in Finder. For example, I know I want the clap sample on D#1 in the Bluebird Kit, as well as the clap sample on D#1 in the 'East Bay' kit. I don't see folders for either of these kits within the suggested directories - what's the fastest way to show them in Finder?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 12:13 PM

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fuzzfilth

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Mar 31, 2019 12:54 PM in response to WalterEgo01

You can't do this from the Finder/Sample level. Here's why:

Pretty much all DKD samples are just portions of longer files, each containing an entire instrument's samples, located here: /Library/Application Support/Logic/EXS Factory Samples/Drum Kit Designer Consolidated

On top of that, those files have the samples chopped up, so the first second of the crash is here but the ringout is over there. The reason for this is that you can have many different attacks share the same decay, which saves memory space. However, this is the case with snares and kicks too, so I personally think it really is to discourage blatant piracy of the raw samples, because only a properly coded instrument can make sense of it.

The better way is to change directly from DKD to EXS24 in the plugin slot. This keeps the actual drumkit, and now you can enter the Zones Editor of EXS and copy Zones back and forth between EXS instruments, including properly set sample tails.

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