As your sample library grows, the list of sampler instruments also expands. To help you keep the list of sampler instruments manageable, Sampler provides a simple, flexible file management method.
It is recommended that you copy any sampler instruments and all associated audio files to a local or networked hard drive. This provides fast access to your sampler instruments and makes it easier to organize your instrument library to meet your needs. You can play back samples that exceed the size of your computer RAM by streaming them from hard disk. This feature is not practical for optical drives.
Create a folder on the desktop—named Basses, for example—and drag it into the ~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Sampler Instruments folder.
Drag the sampler instruments you want to move into this newly created folder.
The modified menu structure is reflected in the Settings pop-up menu.
The Settings pop-up menu displays submenus only for folders that actually contain sampler instrument files. Other folders are not added to the Settings pop-up menu. Aliases pointing to folders that contain sampler instrument files outside the ~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Sampler Instruments folder can also be added to the Settings pop-up menu. The Sampler Instruments folder itself can be an alias to a folder on a different drive or in another location.
Copy the sampler instrument file into the ~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Sampler Instruments folder.
Copy the associated samples into ~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Samples/Instrument Name folder.
