EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 12:41 AM 2/12/02 +0000, you wrote:
>> > Excuse my ignorance, but, the isn't the Akai site raw data in Akai
>>format?
>> >
>> > You provide the  EXS instruments, but doesn't the raw data still
>>have to be
>> > converted to aif or wav files?
>To be a bit more specific: AKAI has wisely purchased a license from
>microsoft to use msdos as the fileformat for the s5000/s6000, and wav
>as the raw audio data format.

Slight correction - Akai may have had to license to format a disk to MS-DOS 
format, but the files are simply files. You don't need to license anyone 
(even big brother MS) to make your own files or to use the RIFF spec.

>This means that all AKAI sample cds for
>these samplers will be instantly read by a pc or a mac, and it also
>means that you can finish your samples in the audio editor of your
>choice, then transfer them to the sampler without any conversion
>problems what so ever. This is really nice, something I enjoy every
>time I use my s5000 - to be honest, I haven't even tried the sample
>input jacks on the sampler; for what I know they may not be working
>at all, I wouldn't know since I always transfer wavefiles directly
>from my PC hd to the s5000, using USB. It also means that s5000
>samples will be instantly understood by any softsampler, such as the
>EXS24.

Righto.


Garth Hjelte
Sampler User