EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "loop123123" <amt528@a...> wrote:
> I recently downloaded some AKAI programs (with corresponding 
> samples), and I wanted to convert them to EXS24 format.  I would 
> prefer to use the EXS24's own conversion as opposed to buying 
> CDXTRACT or a similar program. I was wondering if there was a way I 
> could burn the programs and samples to a CD such that the EXS24's 
> AKAI converter could read it.  For example, might the CD have to be 
> named something in particular, and structured in a certain way?    

The EXS convertor wants to see an Akai S-1000/3000 CD-ROM. This is a 
proprietary format that is not read normally by a computer, and the 
only way to make one of these CD's is to make a hard drive with the 
Akai itself or create one with Translator (see below).

My guess is that you have Akai S-5000 Programs and Samples (.akp 
and .wav). (You could have Pulsar: .p+.s, or MESA .s3p+wav, but my 
money is on the S-5000 stuff).

There isn't any easy free way, no, since it takes some smarts and 
technology and luck and perhaps a breakfast burrito (or two) to 
convert the S-5000 format back down to the S-3000 format. But there 
is a way... only if you have a PC or have use of one.

First download the Awave Demo, go to www.fmjsoft.com. You can convert 
the S-5000 files to Pulsar .p and .s files within the limits of the 
time-restricted demo. I don't know how good this conversion is, but 
hey, it's free.

Once you do that, download the Translator Demo (please read the note 
below), create a Virtual Drive, format it to Akai (see instructions, 
of course), and drag and drop the Pulsar files onto the Akai Virtual 
Drive. Then burn it to a CD, and then have the EXS read it (it will), 
and you are there. 

Translator Windows allows unlimited reading and writing of any Akai S-
1000/3000 type file, which are categorized as (Pulsar) .p, .sts, .s 
(or .wav); (MESA) .prg .s3p, and .wav, and lone .ak1 or .ak3 files 
(these contain in one file any Akai Programs and their referenced 
Samples).

There isn't any way on the Mac, at least not yet.

Please note two things: on earlier demos the reading and writing was 
somewhat restricted, we have taken that off and will post a new demo 
as soon as...

www.chickensys.com has been down since Thursday - yet another 
computer meltdown that all of us are so familiar with. (And it always 
happens right before the holidays!) Hopefully it'll be up ASAP.