EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 11:40 AM 7/13/01 -0400, you wrote:

> >> I have been using the EXS for about 5 seconds now and can't figure,out how
> >> to import programs from MESA. Any clues out there? Or is the Akai import
> >> function only for Akai CD's?
> > Yep, it's only for Akai CD's. For one-step translations, CDXtract and
> > Translator can do the job.
>thanks Garth. Do you think I can save all my programs from within the
>sampler on zip or an external HD and get them from there from within the exs
>Akai dialogue?

Not sure if I understand the question - it sounds like a repeat of the 
first question; forgive me if I misunderstand. The EXS convertor only 
recognizes CD-ROM Drives, not anything else - not a ZipDrive or a hard 
drive. That's what is helpful with the external programs I mentioned - they 
access virtually every other media, usually do a better job with the 
translation, and show status info, and generally are more reliable.

>what is a one step translation?

It's when you can convert the source format directly into the desired 
format. To contrast, a two-step translation is like this: Someone with a PC 
has a .krz file (a Kurzweil file/set of programs with samples), and really 
likes it and wants to play it on his/her EXS. So he/she uses Awave to 
translate it to a SoundFont file. He/she then can load this into EXS.

Mike Ziemba (sic) (hey Mike!) suggested this as well about a week ago - he 
said, if you want Roland->EXS, get Osmosis or the Online Demo in a pinch, 
translate to SampleCell, and then load into EXS. That's a two-step.

Two-step translations, while a smart way to convert sounds, are more prone 
to poor translations, since it's going through two steps. What the first 
step will mask out can't get to the destination, and plus it increases the 
possibility of the loops, tunings, or maps to be incorrect. But it's a 
working system - no reason not to do it.

A one-step with EXS is when you have a convertor program, or the native 
convertors that Emagic chooses to put in EXS, that translates directly into 
the sampler or into a EXS file. Usually preferred.

(Plug for Translator: you can make Akai CD-ROM's with Translator, by the 
chance that you really want to use the EXS's convertor.)




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