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hi

i was wondering how i would go about referencing my samples folder for use in machfive.

ive got a folder on my hard drive with my own wav samples and id like to be able to load them into machfive WITHOUT machfive copying them to the machfive folder (and therefor increasing hard disk consumption). is there a way to load a sample into machfive so it can just reference and retrieve the sample from my folder without copying or moving it?

thanks

<small>[ June 18, 2005, 02:59 AM: Message edited by: Equality 7-2521 ]</small>

I'm afraid no. Myself, I had to organise my sample folders in the machfive soundbank.
Imagine you want to sample stabs. Create a preset "Stabs".
Go in your machfive soundbank in the corresponding folder and the "samples" subfolder.
Now that you are under a "samples" subfolder you can organise any way you want and put anything you want in it. For example a "Horn stab" folder, a "guitar stab" folder, or an "everything" folder etc...
At the beginning I was disapointing about that, but at the end, it forced me to make clearer folders and I must admit it's better to work like this now !
You could even put all your samples in just one "samples" subfolder . But be careful if you change your samples of place after using it in a preset, when you re-open this preset Machfive will ask you to select the new location of the sample !

After, if you want to use samples into mach5 you just have to drag and drop them from the "samples" folder to the machfive window or import them with "apple" and double clicking on a note on the mach5 keyboard.