EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 09:27 AM 2/17/02 +0100, you wrote:

>I have like so many others downloaded some of the AKAI Samples from
>their server and the EXS files from James (thanks a lot!). I still
>think that these Samples are o.k. to use, because they had posted
>them freely themselves, but may be someone can find out more.(?)
>I have a different question related to them. Haven't done so much
>sampling myself, it's nice to have some examples to look at to learn
>to do it right. I find quite some instruments from these samples that
>have some quirks, and I was wondering whether that's related to the
>original AKAI files, or whether it's a problem with CDXtract (in view
>of the fact that I consider the purchase), or even a PC/Mac problem
>(I'm on a Mac).
>Here are examples of what I find:
>1) Looking at the acoustic guitar which uses the samples "XX MARTIN
>CS.WAV" I find that the lowest notes don't have the right tune. The
>sample used for that is called "E0 MARTIN CS.WAV" and the keynote in
>the EXS, which is also written in the file, is G1 (43). The next zone
>is "A0 MARTIN CS.WAV", which uses C2(48) as keynote, and so on. Most
>zones are detuned, so that they sound about right. However, "E0
>MARTIN CS.WAV" does not contain an E0 but an A0 (55Hz).
>2) The HIFI-CORNET is of very high pitch. The samples all have a
>keynote which is an octave low relative to the file name, like G1 for
>"CORNET_G2.WAV", and contain a tone which is again an octave higher
>(G3). In addition to the gross tuning they also seem to be slightly
>out of tune.
>There are a lot of instruments which sound fine, but some with
>obvious problems like the two above. Do others find the same? Does
>CDXtract screw this up? Has somebody tried these sounds on an
>original AKAI Sampler?
>Is there a reason why one would want to set the keynote incorrectly
>and then change the tuning to compensate?

Akai's have many, many tuning parameters to deal with, and I do know that 
my company's product, Translator, deals with them very precisely. We just 
got done with another round of about 75 or so CD's and not a flaw in the 
process. Of course that's S-1000 and s-3000, but we use the same code 
dealing with the S-5000 as well, so it would apply there as well.

I would challenge anyone at this point to use Translator and see if they 
ever would have a tuning problem at all.


Garth Hjelte
Sampler User