How do you find the location of a Groove Agent sample?

Virtual instruments Groove Agent
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Like many people here I have a gi-normous collection of .WAV file samples. If they’re at all percussive I tend to make make drum kits out of them by dropping them onto pads in Groove Agent. When I do that I usually rename the pads because screen/text real-estate is so confined on the pads, so the original file name is lost.

If I go back a few months later and want to figure out what .WAV file has the source sample used for that particular pad, how do I do it? (Remember, these are not proprietary VSTSound files that you have limited access to, they are good’ol .WAV files that exist somewhere in your file system - I just want to know where)

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Click a pad.

  2. Click the Edit Tab.

  3. You can see the filename for samples in the editor. If there are a lot of layers of samples and names get clipped due to lack of space in the editor window you can hover the mouse over the layer tabs to see more.

    gasamplename1
    gasamplename11027×727 132 KB

  4. If you need to get the complete file path, click a layer to select it. Right click somewhere in the actual sample editing area and choose “Sample/Show in Explorerer”. This will open your OS File Explorer to the folder/directory containing the sample.

    gasamplename2
    gasamplename21030×719 133 KB

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Thanks!! Excellent tutorial!

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Which version ist it? Can’t do it on 5.1.11.176

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This is only available for imported samples. If your sample is located inside a .vstsound container (like the stock content and expansions), this option wont show up.

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But you can resample such content to use later in your own kits.