Changing audio folder structure effect on existing OT projects

Elektron Gear Octatrack
#1

Hi,

If I rearrange my audio sample folder structure on the flashcard, will this ensue in a disaster for existing projects on my Octatrack?

…or do the audio samples get saved into the project when they are loaded into a machine?

Thank you!

#2

Potential disaster.

You’d be breaking the Project’s references to the Samples.

Use the [ Collect Samples ] option for the Project; which will collect (copy) them into the Project folder.

Downside then of course is that those samples copied in there aren’t available to other Projects.

I have other ways and means of course :slight_smile:

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#3

Thanks for confirming this. Luckily it’s only a few projects so I can afford to make the samples used in those projects a project specific copy.

:slight_smile:

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#4

They are: when populating sample slots you can navigate to any location within the set

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#5

Yeah, I know. But then you are directly fighting against the philosophy of collecting the samples as a point of isolating and quarantining them within the Project; as opposed to a shared pool; and there is the potential there, that sooner or later you are going to change something, that could affect both projects.

I was utilising the KISS principle :wink:

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