So, this isn’t all that hard to do…
- Create a new project
- Rename and load it
- Clear the sample pool: Func+Samples > Project RAM > → (to get menu) > Select All, then Unload
- Load up samples from the +Drive: Func+Samples > +Drive → (navigate to a folder of samples) > → (to get menu) > Select All, then Load to Proejct
This will load the samples into Sample Pool slots A001 upward for as many samples as you selected. As all the default patterns use slots A001 through A016 for the 16 tracks… yer set!
If you want to do this for an existing project… you can do step 4… and the samples will be assigned consecutive free slots in the sample pool. You can see the assigned locations right after you do the load operation. Now, go back to some pattern, and assign those samples to the 16 tracks, one by one. This part is a bit tedious, but surprisingly quick once you get the hang of it.
You can use the elk-herd beta to then load up the project, and see how the samples are sitting in the Sample Pool and easily move them around if you like, preserving the assignments in whatever patterns you’ve created.
Question for others: Would such a feature in elk-herd be useful for you? If so, I’d like to understand how you’d envision such a feature to work. DM me!