EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 07:42 PM 6/15/2005 +0000, you wrote:

> > This is why God created the telephone.
> >
> > "duminakken" <kshnewsgroups@p...> wrote:
> >
> > > I wouldn't sweat it with this company.
> >
> > This is someone's livelihood you're empty the bladder on, dum. I know
> > Garth and can tell you that he's anything but the slimeball you're
> > describing.
> >
> > You really should think at least twice before posting such damaging
> > remarks. Garth doesn't deserve that.
> >
> > And you don't even have the decency to use your name. This sucks.
>
>Hi there
>I'm the one who posted the 'offending' post - and I do agree, that it 
>sucks that I left it
>anonymous. This was unintentional.

Thanks - good to hear from you and thanks for the post.

>Anyway I am a registrered user of Translator and have inquired about this 
>with Chickensys
>- now a long time ago, as this upgrade was promised 'within 2-3 weeks' 2 
>years ago. The
>response to questions on their forum/emails has alway been: in 2 - 3 weeks.
>Here is what Yamaha happily reported about their translation options for 
>the Motif:

>"We have been working behind the scenes with Garth from Chicken Systems. 
>He had already started working on a translator program for converting 
>different sample formats to Motif format including the synth parameters 
>like amp and filter EGs. Several weeks ago we provided him with complete 
>documentation on the Motif format under NDA so that he could both quickly 
>finish the convertor and also that it would be extermely accurate. This 
>will be in fact the first time to our knowledge that a version of Chicken 
>System
>Translator will be both developed with format information supplied and 
>authorized by a synth company. Garth said that he should be finished very 
>soon and we wll be looking at ways to introduce it to everyone. We think 
>that this will be a really nice addition to the many software tools that 
>are available for the Motif and ES,'

>This was announced on 09/28/03

Wow - I didn't even know they wrote that, that was nice of them. We did 
finish it, in 2003, for Windows. Not too many people have shown interest, 
though - but that's typical with that sort of unit.

I don't know what "format information supplied and authorized by a synth 
company" means, though. It makes good press, though.

>Still to this day no support IN THE MAC version of the software. I might 
>add nothing else has been upgraded in the Mac version in the past 2 years 
>- all the while the Windows version seems to have had numerous upgrades.

See our Forum on Northern Sounds. There's a thread that discusses this.

>In these 2 years the Mac platform has gone from OS 9 to various 
>incarnations of OS X,
>latest the Tiger. My Translator simply will not install in Tiger - another 
>reason why an
>upgrade is sorely missed.

Not really, there's another reason why that doesn't install - it has 
nothing to do with Translator itself. Contact us and we'll replace your CD. 
I've replied to you privately as well.

>I'm sorry if I have offended anyone, and certainly have nothing personally 
>against Garth -
>for all I know he is a great guy - but as a Mac user, I do feel left in 
>the dark re. Translator.

Thanks for your post, just give us a call or email and we can help explain 
things.

I do disagree with the great guy part, though. =)

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User