EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 07:54 AM 10/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:

> >I have translator pro edition on mac and it doesnt support Kontakt yet,
> >I am also looking for a converter for kontakt and battery files to exs
> >but have not found any, sorry
>
>Garth has told me that NI won't allow release of the Kontakt format
>converter, so unless something changes we may never see one.

That isn't _exactly_ the case, it's a little different than that but I'm 
not at liberty to discuss the details. NI hasn't restricted anything, but 
that's not the whole story.

Kontakt's format is intentionally encrypted to an extent, which makes it 
different than other formats, which are sort of WYSIWYG when it comes to 
reverse-engineering it.

There have been companies that are very protective, and that's not a bad 
thing - they developed a sampler, they can do what they want. (it's not a 
moral issue) Customers can do what they want - they can buy other samplers 
if they have a problem with that. NI is very open and an excellent company 
in my opinion.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User