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I will add my two cents and join this discussion :wink: ; I have two strategies I frequently use:

In my ~/.sonic-pi/init.rb (that’s the place for a Linux system) you can find e. g.:

define :beats do
  beats = "~/projects/sonicpi/playground/audio/samples/loops/beats/"
end

Let’s assume this folder contains a sample named my_best_loop.wav I then load it with:

live_loop :test do
  sample beats, "best", beat_stretch: 4
  sleep 4
end

I also have entries in the init.rb like

define :beats do
  collection = "~/a/sample/collection/with/subfolders/"
end

as shortcut to a folder which will contain subfolders with samples. Let’s assume the my_best_loop.wav would reside in a subfolder called selected_loops. It then goes this way:

live_loop :test do
  sample , collection + "selected_loops", "best", beat_stretch: 4
  sleep 4
end

That way I can reference a whole collection of folders (and samples) without the need to adjust my init.rb all the time. But that’s a matter of taste and workflow.

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