# Play loads duplicate samples under same name

**URL:** <https://backstage.polyend.com/t/play-loads-duplicate-samples-under-same-name/17200>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** play-plus, play\
**Created:** [December 23, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/play-loads-duplicate-samples-under-same-name/17200 "2024-12-23T21:45:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Random\_Sample](https://backstage.polyend.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Random\_Sample](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/Random_Sample)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/play-loads-duplicate-samples-under-same-name/17200/1 "2024-12-23T21:45:45Z")

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I found, accidentally, that I could load the same sample to the pool multiple times and each time it is loaded into the pool with the same name making selection ambiguous.

There’s no point to loading a sample more than once.

Is this intended behavior?

I’m assuming the system allows this because it doesn’t keep any record of the original path for samples loaded into the pool and so has no idea that an identical sample is being loaded.

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**Author:** ![katzi](https://backstage.polyend.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@katzi](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/katzi)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/play-loads-duplicate-samples-under-same-name/17200/2 "2024-12-24T08:39:15Z")

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> [@Random\_Sample](#):
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> There’s no point to loading a sample more than once

It can make sense if the sample is loaded into different folders to utlize Random Sample chance, for example.

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**Author:** ![Random\_Sample](https://backstage.polyend.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Random\_Sample](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/Random_Sample)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/play-loads-duplicate-samples-under-same-name/17200/3 "2024-12-24T15:45:04Z")

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I suppose so.

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**Author:** ![DPB](https://backstage.polyend.com/user_avatar/backstage.polyend.com/dpb/32/4152_2.png) [@DPB](https://backstage.polyend.com/u/DPB)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://backstage.polyend.com/t/play-loads-duplicate-samples-under-same-name/17200/4 "2024-12-24T19:30:07Z")

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It can be useful to create sample packs which may well contain duplicates of samples used in other packs - since your SD may have plenty of capacity for those duplicates you might as well do it of you prefer using packs. (If you wanted to create a series of tracks with a shared sonic character that would work well.)