ESXP1 sample instruments are made up of and use 2 types of files. The first is the instrument file known as anyinstrument.EXS files. These will have the .EXS suffix – this file is the map of what sound sample plays back from what key and at what pitch etc. These files must be stored in a folder called SAMPLER INSTRUMENTS located in the ROOT directory of the Logic Hit Kit program (see picture below)
You can of course create an alias (or shortcut) pointing to where the files are stored as long as this alias (or shortcut) is stored in the sampler instruments folder.
The other files are the actual sound (audio) files (see picture on the left). These can be in either WAV or AIFF file format. These audio files can be in any folder on your hard drive that is convenient for you.
ESXP1 instrument files are supplied with both the sampler instruments and the audio files for use as on the ESXP1 – the ESXP1 instrument will know which WAV or AIFF file it needs to find.
With ESXP1 it is playback only so you can’t edit the actual sampler instruments or create new ones (you can however save your edited versions as used in your songs).
Logic’s flagship sampler ESX24 allows full editing and manipulation of the samples and sampler instruments.
Another note: Don’t forget that the Hit Kit also has as ESP synthesizer - see chapter 9.2 page 98 for more on this – using this great little synth will also allow some fantastic synthesizer sounds in your productions.
