thanks John. So in my case i should delete that folder and then… it will ask to locate the sounds folder? can i also point it to the midi libraries which i keep in the location (i think that’s done in the setup>midi area?)

thanks again john. regarding the midi, on my main setup I have all the midi in a folder within the folder that houses the ezxs. should it be outside that folder? on my main setup i’ve had some issues with getting adding the third party folder to the ‘include in searches’ in the setup sectio i think it says something like “cannot be added because this is where you’re ezx libraries are kept”. something like that.

thanks. so should i keep the third party midi outside of the folder that holds the ezxs and the toontrack midi? it seems that when i tried to add the third party kristi to the search function it was saying it couldn’t do that because it was in the same location as the toontrack midi

i I’ve got some additional questions regarding folder structure for Midi Files. I’m adding it here, not sure if I should start a new topic for this.

I keep my Toontrack Sounds and Midi on an external SSD, and am copying it to a new SSD for my travel setup and wanted to clean it all up so it can all be copied, as well as cleaning up the current arrangement as well. I’m finding that sometimes opening EZ Drummer, it churns for a while, andI think the messy location structure of the mid info may be causing this.

The locations are as follows.

SSD> Toontrack> EZ Drummer>Midi
This folder holds what looks to be all the Midi for the installed EZ Drummer libraries. But there are some third party folders in there as well. In the EZ Drummer Midi Libraries Setting pane they are listed individually under Third-Party

SSD> Toontrack> EZ Drummer>Midi>My Midifiles
This folder holds most of my third party (Groove Monkee/Odd Groves, etc) Midi folders

Internal HD>Users>Me>Music>EZ Drummer>User Midi
This folder seems to hold some files I may have marked as favorites within Ez Drummer? Not many, 10 or so individual files (not folders)…

I’d love to find out what the proper arrangement is for all this. And once I’ve done that, how would I reset(?) the paths in EZ Drummer, let it scan everything correctly and remove any old pathways?

Additionaly, can the User Midi folder be located in this folder on the SSD, so it can be moved with everything else?

I’m attaching a screenshot of the Midi Libraries pane in Settings, if that’s any help….

thanks again!

Doug

Thanks John. Can I move those other midi folders in the User Folder, to the folder on the external, keeping them all together?

If EZ Drummer is taking a while to get going every time I load it up, would it be good to unlink everything, and let it do all the scanning again for a fresh start?

And the User Folder I would need to copy to the laptop external separately if I want those, it sounds like?