EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> Message posted by Tor Banlon <torsig1967@...>
> 
> I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have  
> (for Mac)
> is Translator or CDXtract.
>
> Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which  
> is the
> best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like one shot, I've  
> also heard
> some complaints about Translator. So I really don't know which to  
> chose.


I tried Chicken Systems Translator a year ago and it completely  
failed on my OS X system.  I was translating from Sample Cell, not  
from Akai so maybe it would work better for you.  In addition to  
incorrectly translating the instruments with major errors making the  
instruments unusable, it corrupted my original Sample Cell  
directories (where the translated programs were also being saved) and  
I had to restore them from a backup after using the program.

On the plus side, their tech support was responsive and seemed  
motivated.  They made a good faith effort to fix the problems and  
even sent me several updated versions of the application, but they  
were not able to fix it. They told me that the program worked fine on  
Windows and that they were having trouble porting it to OS X.  I  
don't use Windows so did not test that.

Eventually I gave up on the repeated installing of new versions and  
sending them reports of the problems so I requested a refund.  They  
did issue the refund, after multiple reminders by email and phone  
over a period of three weeks.

That was a year ago.  Maybe by now they have fixed their problems  
with OS X.  However if you decide to try their OS X version, make  
sure to back up all of your sampler source files to a separate drive,  
and test the translated files in detail before depending on them.

Good luck!

- Dave