Wavetable Locations

[Tao Tone]

Hi all.
I have a library of wavetables and several VSTis that ues wavetables.
Both Synthmaster One and Synthmaster 2.9 also use wavetabels. I know it is possible to drag and drop my own wavetables into each synth for use. I alos know I can copy wavetables to the 'wavetable' folder in 'MyDocuments' in each Synthmasters' Folder. What I would like to know is there a way to cofigure both Synthmaster programs to look at my wavetable library so that the wavetables show up in the Synthmaster Wavetables menus and so that I do not have to have multiple copies of my wavetable library.

[zzz00m]

Good question!

[devilnishy]

Symbolic links?

[Tao Tone]

I hope KV331 chime in here.

[yellowmix]

Symbolic links work. Just be careful if you have a lot of wavetables, as it takes time to scan and index them when it launches.

Also, on Windows at least, there is a limit to how many items can show up in the menu they use, but they create sub-menus if there are subfolders. So I suggest organizing your wavetables into subfolders if there are too many.

[kv331]

Hi guys

I guess shortcuts/symbolic links should here in this case.

[Tao Tone]

OK, looks like we're getting somewhere. But just mentioning 'Symbolic links' does not help me very much. What are symbolic links and how do I use them to solve the problem in the original post.

Assistance always gratefully appreciated.

[drdriller]

a symbolic link is a shortcut which act like a real folder.

you can use dos command or powershell to create symlink, here is a powershell example :

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New-Item -Path $targetpath -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value $sourcePath

another example, how i create my wavetable folders in serum :

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"Freaky", "Massive" | % { New-Item -Path $([IO.Path]::Combine($xferTablesFolder, "z_$($_)")) -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value $([IO.Path]::Combine($samplesFolder, "Tables", "$_")) }

[Faiky]

Symbolic link, yes, best for samples and audio in general!

[zzz00m]

The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows

howtogeek article

[Tao Tone]

The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows

howtogeek article

This is perfect. Thank you.