If the samples are 24-bit, it is certainly a very large library. Do you happen to know how much disk space it takes up? In any case, click on the wrench button and in the source module you will see a DFD button. Clicking it will open a drop-down menu and you will have to select sampler. All samples will be loaded into RAM and, depending on the size of the library and your RAM capacity (if you have 8 GB, you can load 6 GB, beyond which the system will saturate). If the samples fit into RAM, you won't have any more problems. However, I must tell you that there is no way to make a library with 24-bit samples work correctly on a 5400 rpm hard disk. On a 7200 [rpm], if the library isn't enormous, you can barely get by.
There cannot be a 'general option' because using an instrument in sampler or DFD mode is a parameter specific to that particular instrument. I might decide to opt for loading some in DFD and others in sampler.
I would suggest switching to Mac. I am telling you this without bias, in the sense that I have 2 PCs and 2 Macs. The Windows-based PC is general purpose, but if one has to work with graphics, audio, and video, there is no alternative to the performance and stability of the Mac, which achieves near-zero latency times, guaranteed stability, and unparalleled memory management and system resource management in general, unless one opts for a PC with a Linux OS, upon which Apple based the Kernel for its OS X. The problem is that in Linux you miss out on a myriad of audio software and applications.
I took a look around. I believe that from an audio-video performance standpoint, it is the best choice. Unfortunately for me, they have two small flaws: a monstrous price and a tiny screen. The second can probably be resolved, but with additional costs. As for the first, I must carefully evaluate if it's worth it; I also looked among desktops, but it seems they cost even more than laptops.
I used to use only Windows. I had a Mac for a couple of weeks where I had the hard disk in my hands, changing it. I didn't hesitate for a moment to go buy one and migrate totally. Try it to believe it, I won't say anything else and Apple doesn't pay me to advertise for them. I believe only after having felt the difference with my own hands that there comes a moment when you move from gaming to professionalism, and the Mac is aimed at this field in audio, video, and images. I wouldn't be able to work with my current versatility anymore without a Mac. P.S. For laptops, there are also 17-inch ones which don't seem small to me at all. Furthermore, if equipped with a Retina display, you have an absurd resolution. Far above FullHD...
I had read that they don't make the 17-inch ones anymore. I found a refurbished one on the internet from Germany, but I don't trust it much (every time I have purchased on the internet from Germany I have been ripped off).
