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Balam posted Jan 24 '18, 22:32:
    after several try-n-errors, I am able to load files from a usb drive ( old and new - even from a usb sd card reader )
the problem that I found is that some usb drives have 2 partitions ( 1 no visible )
linux samplerbox  mount the first particion on /media = usually first partition does not have the samples
reformatio the drive ( mac os ) did nothing to remove the ghost partiton.
my solution was to use a digital camara / video camara and format the sd card
and viola .  
hope this helps