EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 02:41 PM 12/22/02 -0500, you wrote: 

>
> Here's what I've done:
> 1. Offsite uncompress the .exe file onto a PC. It ends up as one large .gig
> file.
> 2. Move .gig file to Mac offsite. Again one large .gig file (~900 MB).
> 3. Use Stuffit to compress .gig file into a .sit file which fits onto a CD.
> Burn the CD.
> 4. Take the CD to my site and uncompress. It does uncompress but I get
> "error 17538".


I suspect that this is a CRC (error checking) problem -- that the big sit
archive is corrupt. The gig archive could also be corrupt but I don't think
Stuffit would spot that. That's why the first 12 files were decoded but you
lost everything after the error. If you moved the big .gig file via a network
that could also have introduced an error in the gig file. You could try a
repeat or just burn a CD using the PC you started on without a transfer to Mac
-- if that is an option.

You could simply try to compress the gig file again -- see if your archiving
program can get it right a second time or use a different compression format.
Another possiblity is to use a utilitly which will split a big file across two
or more CDs  -- these exist for PC and must surely be available for the mac

>
> Has anyone gone through this before? Any tips, suggestions, etc.? Any ideas
> on what it will take for the Giga format samples producers to recognize Mac
> as important or for eMagic itself to supply tested procedures for importing
> a supported format (Giga) which exists mainly on PC disks into the Logic
> application, which is, going forward, being supported on Mac only?


Despite having read several hundred "Get a Mac" replies to PC users help
requests and several thousand "I got a Mac cos it's better" sigs on the LUG
over the last 7 years I find that am still able to resist giving the obvious
answers here ;-).

On its native platform, the large self-extracting archive containing everything
for an instrument is very convenient but it visits a lot of trouble on Mac
people. Because the compressed gig files are often very large it is not simply
a matter of putting an alternative version on the same disc. Not compressing
means more CD's in the box and more expense for the end user. 

Making Mac specific discs would also increase costs and handling expenses on
small print runs. Perhaps the neatest solution is for the Mac to run a small PC
emulation environment built for the express purpose of running conversion of
native PC exectuable archive files. Maybe Alladin could build this into their
archive manager.

If the instrument builders see that they have a significant potential customer
base of Mac users they might be more accommodating in future. 

Regards,
Murray