Installation Instructions
General Instructions
To use our Sample Packs:
1. Create a folder in your sample library or anywhere on your computer called “Samples From Mars”
2. Drag the entire product folder, that contains all formats, (“101 From Mars”, for instance) into the folder you created above. Do not change the folder structure or remove anything.
3. Now, whichever DAW you may be using (Ableton, Kontakt, Maschine, etc), you’ll navigate to the above folder to access the instruments (through that DAW’s browser or your computer’s browser).
*The only two formats which require a separate installation process are Logic EXS and MPC*. Please see those installation instructions for details.
4. You can navigate to the WAV folder to use any audio files directly in your own samplers or DAW - just be careful not to move any WAVs out of the folder, or the other instruments (Ableton, Kontakt, etc) may become unlinked.
Hit us up at info@samplesfrommars.com with any questions.
Enjoy!
Ableton Installation
This is a third party Ableton Library compatible with Ableton Live 9.7 and above (will not work with Ableton Intro).
You can work out of the included session, or install the instruments for use in your own sessions by following these instructions:
Quick Play
1. Open the included .ALS file. Record enable an instrument track (unfold a group track if there are groups) and play the instruments.
How to Install:
1. Drag the entire product folder (“101 From Mars, for instance) to your sample library, or anywhere on your computer. We recommend creating a “Samples From Mars” folder in your personal Sample Library.
2. Open Ableton, and on the left hand side, scroll to the bottom of Ableton’s browser. Click “Add Folder…”, navigate to the folder you created in step 1 and click “Open”.
3. You’ve just made a shortcut to your “Samples From Mars” sample library. Now, in any future Ableton session, navigate to this folder within Ableton’s browser (under “Places”), select the product you want, find the Ableton “Presets” folder, and drag any instrument into your current session. You can also access the session and WAV.
- There is a known bug with Ableton’s browser where it may take up to 5 minutes for the browser to show new contents
More Info:
- The Ableton Project Folder contains a session, a “Presets” folder containing the instruments, and a Samples folder containing all of the samples.
- You’ll need to keep this entire product folder intact, in any desired location on your computer - and then use Ableton’s “Places” to favorite that folder, so we can quickly access it and drag the presets into any session we’re in, open the included session, or browse the Samples.
- The WAV folder contains all of the included samples for the product
- *do not delete or move the WAV folder* or you’ll have to re-link the instrument.
- You can copy the WAV folder, and move that elsewhere if you’d like.
- What is an Ableton Pack and why isn’t there one included?
- An Ableton Pack is basically a way Ableton compresses the entire Project Folder. When you install it, its the same thing as uncompressing that folder and moving it to a preferred location on your computer. We did not include an Ableton Pack because we’ve found that a small amount of people experience errors when un-packing. Dragging the project folder accomplishes the same thing.
Logic EXS Installation
To install the EXS instruments:
Place the entire product folder, containing all formats, (“101 From Mars”, for example) in your Sample Library, in a folder called “Samples From Mars”. Alternatively, you can place the sample pack anywhere on your computer you’d like.
For Logic X
Now, navigate to the “Logic EXS” folder within the product folder described above, and find the folder (also titled by product name) containing all of the EXS files . Drag this folder to the following location: Macintosh HD -> Users -> Your Username -> Music -> Audio Music Apps -> Sampler Instruments.
For Logic Pro 9:
Drag the folder (titled by product name) containing all of the EXS files to the following location: Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Logic/Sampler Instruments/
*Do not delete the “WAV” folder. You can move it anywhere you’d like.*
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Open up any Logic session, open up EXS24, and navigate through the instruments within EXS24. (Above the cutoff knob).
**If Logic sees there are multiple samples for EXS instruments, choose any sample, and press OK. It will only ask you this when first loading the EXS instruments.
Kontakt Installation
This is a third party Kontakt Library and as such, will not install it as a Native Kontakt Library. Instead, you’ll place the entire sample pack anywhere you prefer on your computer, and load each instrument from either Kontakt’s file browser or your computer’s finder.
You’ll need a full version of Kontakt 5.6.6 or higher. - this will not work with Kontakt Player.
To install:
- Place the entire product folder (“101 From Mars”, for example) in any preferred location anywhere on your computer. We recommend creating a “Samples From Mars” folder in your sample library.
- Navigate to the above folder and double click or drag in any .NKI or .NKM to load the instrument into Kontakt. You can use the arrows in Kontakt to move between patches in the same folder.
- Alternatively, you can access this folder within Kontakt’s browser. Double click any .NKI or .NKM to load.
Don’t forget - you can further edit any patch to your liking by opening up edit mode.
- Keep the integrity / folder structure of the entire Sample Pack
- Do not delete or move the WAV folder unless you duplicate it first. If the instruments become unlinked you will need to complete a batch re-save. Please see Kontakt’s documentation for more into.
Reason NN-XT Installation
This is a third party Reason NN-XT Library. You will need Reason 8+
To install:
- Place the entire product folder (It may contain other formats such as Ableton, etc) in a preferred location anywhere on your computer.
- In any Reason session, load an NN-XT instance
- Within Reason’s browser, navigate to the folder you created in step one and double click a .SXT instrument to load it into NN-XT
Don’t forget - you can further edit any patch to your liking by opening up edit mode.
**Do not delete the “WAV” folder. If you move the folder containing the .SXT files, or if you move the samples folder, you’ll need to relocate the samples and re-save the instrument**
If you get a missing samples dialog, find the folder containing the samples in Reason’s browser and press “search folder”. Re-save instrument.
Structure Installation
This is a third party AVID Structure Library. You will need Pro Tools 11+
To install:
- Place the entire folder in a preferred location anywhere on your computer (preferably in a Samples From Mars folder in your sample library).
- In any Pro Tools session, load an instance of Structure
- Within Structure’s browser, navigate to the folder you created in step one and double click a .patch instrument to load into Structure
Don’t forget - you can further edit any patch to your liking by opening up edit mode.
**Do not delete the “WAV” folder. If you move it, you’ll need to relocate the samples and re-save the instrument**
Battery Installation
How to Install Battery Kits - Quick Method (these kits require Battery 4.1. and above)
1. Wherever you store/keep your samples, create a new folder called Samples From Mars
2. Unzip the product you’ve downloaded, and drag the entire folder into the folder you’ve created in step 1.
2. Open BATTERY.
3. Within Battery, in the top left corner, click FILES (next to LIBRARY) and navigate to the folder you created in step 1.
4. Right click the folder and “add to favorites”. You’ll now see your folder in the favorites tab - which will contain the kit names folder for each kit.
5. To load a kit, simply double click the kit name ex. 909 Kit.nbkt. This kit will now be loaded and ready to be played.
Do not delete or move the "WAV" folder or you may have to re-link the samples.
Maschine Installation
How to Install Maschine Kits
(these kits require Maschine V2 software and above)
1. Wherever you store/keep your samples, create a new folder called SAMPLES FROM MARS.
2. Unzip the product file youʼve downloaded, and drag the entire folder into the folder youʼve created in step 1.
3. Open Maschine.
4. Within the Maschine samples browser, (seen top left with options for Library/ Files) click files, then navigate to the folder you created in step 1.
5. When youʼve found that folder, right click and select “add to favorites”.
6. Youʼll now see your folder which contains the kit file names and the sample folder for each kit.”
7. To load a kit, simply click the kit name ex. 909 Kit.mxgrp. This kit will now be loaded in its own group, and ready to be played.
Do not delete or move the "WAV" folder or you may have to re-link the samples.
MPC500, MPC1000, MPC2500 Installation
On your MPC:
1. Connect a USB cable to your MPC1000 or MPC2500
2. Press Mode, Pad 2 (Load)
3. Press the USB button / softkey F3
4. Press the Mount button / softkey F6 if necessary
On your computer:
You should now see your MPC appear as an external hard drive on your computer.
5. Navigate to the product folder “ ____ From Mars” and drag it onto your MPC disk drive
6. Once the files are done transferring, eject the MPC disk drive from your computer
On your MPC:
7. Press the “Load” button / softkey F1
8. Navigate to the product folder from above, select a .PGM and press the “Do it” button / softkey F6
The Programs are now on your MPC1000 / 2500 and you can jam away.
Please refer to your MPC’s manual for further clarification / instruction
