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Logic EXS24

Where the EXS24 export lands on disk and how Logic finds it.

What you get

One folder per instrument. Inside it are the .exs instrument file and the WAV files it uses.

Kit Name/
  Kit Name.exs
  Kick 01.wav
  Snare 03.wav
  ...

Each sample reference inside the .exs carries a filename and the folder it was written from. Logic resolves the samples by name when they sit beside the instrument, so you can move the whole folder anywhere and it still loads. What breaks it is separating the two.

Where it goes

Logic looks for instruments in:

~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Sampler Instruments/

Copy the exported folder there. Logic reads subfolders, so the instrument appears under its own folder name rather than loose in the list.

Loading it

Add a Software Instrument track, load Sampler, then pick the instrument from the library menu at the top of the Sampler window. If Logic was already open when you copied the folder, the list refreshes when you reopen that menu.

If samples do not load

The usual cause is the WAV files having been separated from the .exs. Logic finds them by name in the instrument's own folder, so the two have to sit together. Put them back rather than relocating samples from inside Logic.

The format itself

This guide covers getting the file onto your sampler. For what is actually inside a .exs, what else reads it and where its limits are, see the Logic EXS24 instrument format.