EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Julie Larson wrote:

Ok...as far as the release triggers go.
I'm comparing a CDXtract conversion with the internal one.  The
internal exs converter dropped the release samples and their group
completely.    Simply didn't convert at all.
On the MW front it appears that sometimes it works sometimes it
doesn't.  I just did a simple conversion Sam Trumpets Effects- MW
switch between 2 different "takes" of a cluster.  It converted
correctly.  But in more complicated setup...take for example one of the
Kirk Hunter Solo String programs, the converter has trouble....


Julie-

Your results seem to jive pretty well with what Maarten at Project SAM said 
to me regarding the various translations. Here's his quote:


"Internal Giga import of EXS is not too good. Surviving controllers and 
features are tuning and keyswitching. The rest of the program will disappear.
Crossfade layers will just get stacked. Release triggers won't work.
When I last tried CDXtract its conversion was ok, but kind of the opposite 
of internal-EXS. Crossfading was there, but keyswitching was not.
Translator I haven't tried."


I've had a heck of a time getting the SAM Trumpets into EXS24. I couldn't 
even copy most of the .gig files from the DVD to my hard drive, as my Mac 
reported errors and unreadable files. The ones it could read were truncated 
even though I have the Joliet reader. I was able to copy all the files 
using my PC, and so far I've translated just the main section programs 
using Translator (with proper file name reading on the Mac). Both the mod 
wheel and keyswitches seem to have come over, but since like you I don't 
have Gigasampler  I can't tell how accurate the translations really are. In 
addition, the louder samples are outrageously hot, forcing me to turn the 
level down at the EXS program level---making the softer samples almost too 
soft to use. I have no idea what's up with that!

This all seems like a frustrating waste of time, and I'm inclined to suffer 
without the trumpet library until SAM posts their own EXS versions which 
are promised "on the short term."  Of course, even then success will hinge 
on whether or not the original conversions created proper sample sets. Kind 
of makes me wonder why I don't just go out and get GigaStudio. Let us know 
if you meet with success---or failure---in your efforts to translate SAM 
Trumpets, and I'll do the same. Thanks,

Sean McCoy
Oregon Sound Recording