EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 03:26 PM 11/30/01 +0100, you wrote:

> >> I¹ve just tried to import  partitions A to G from an Akai/Emu CD-Rom 
> called
> >> Dance Mega Drums 2.
> >> When I insert the CD and hit Akai convert it only shows `Partitions A 
> and B
> >> in the partition window.
> >> Could anybody tell me where the other partitions have gone and how I could
> >> convert them?
> >
> > Either report the problem to Emagic, or use a 3rd-party convertor.
> >
> > As mentioned before, Emagic does not interpret the Akai partitioning
> > exactly correctly, so any CD that doesn't play tidy will confuse the Emagic
> > convertor.
>Could you recommend a 3rd party converter that would do the trick?
>Have a good weekend

Both CDXtract and Translator do a good job at this. I know Translator uses 
the Akai's method, so it's guaranteed in my view to see all the partitions. 
CDXtract usually finds all of them too, but I don't know the internal 
method - I know it's different than Translators.

>just bought an ESX-24. I have an S3000 sample library
>(4 gig on Zip250 disks) that I want to get into the Mac. I thought I was
>going to have to make disk images / CD-R's of these Zips to get them into
>the ESX.
>However with the first CD I did, the Akai conversion utility only sees
>samples which are part of programs. The vast majority of them are not
>instruments / in programs - they are just big groups of raw samples which I
>pull into programs as I'm writing a track. I can't even see them in the
>list of sounds, 'cause its so ruthlessly hierarchical.
>What's the quickest / simplest way for me to get these onto my Mac? Is
>there a conversion utility which will batch convert Akai samples into AIFF
>files?

CDXtract and Translator are good solutions here as well, but you will have 
to run them on Virtual PC (which you may or may not want to do). They will 
have Mac versions out shortly - no dates are announced. They can convert 
the Samples out into AIFF files. They will do better jobs anyway with the 
Programs too. And they will work with the Zips, instead of the CD's.

You can get Osmosis for Mac, that will do what you want, but that's $150 
for something that's not EXS specific. Transferstation is an option too, 
but I checked and their web site is "on holiday" imuse.com - whatever that 
means.

Here's a real hack method - but it does work. Get the information off the 
CD's or Zip's into a raw image file. Open this with an audio editor (Peak, 
whatever) to just play it back in raw mode, mono, at 44100. Just extract 
the pieces of wavedata information. VERY DIRTY, but it works!

I admit that I use the method a lot, even to reverse engineer things. It's 
a secret weapon!

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User