EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Garth Hjelte <garth@c...> wrote:
> At 12:14 PM 7/5/03 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi guys !
> >Just some hours ago ,my friend came with some cool sample cds.
> >One of the what we loved most to use in our music is in CDDA
> >format.
> >
> >As u know with AKAI cds its more easely,u just import AKAI into
> >EXS24 and thats it.
> >
> >But with wav u have to create ur own instruments.
> >I would like to move whole cd to my sound drive and just create in
> >Logics dir the exs files,but i can't.
> >
> >So what iam asking is if there any other way to manage wav samples
> >from sample cd or i just have to create all by hand?
> 
> First you'll have to "rip" the samples off the Audio CD. Rippers 
are 
> available everywhere, just like funny things are everywhere (Dr. 
Suess). 
> ITunes for Mac, Windows Media Player PC. Linux?
> 
> Once there are in WAV or AIFF format...
> 
> EXS has a nice feature call "Load multiple samples."
> 
> Crate a new Instrument in the Editor
> Click Zone-Load Multiple samples
> Choose your samples
> It then gives you a choice how to map them
>    AutoMap, Drums, Chromatic, the dialog tells you what each does
> You will wind up with an .exs instrument with those samples mapped 
in some 
> form across the keyboard.
> 
> My company's Translator program also does this and offers more 
features 
> besides that. One that is especially helpful in your case  is 
the "split" 
> function. YOu will notice that your Audio CD only has 99 tracks, 
and each 
> track likely has multiple samples on it. Translator's function 
splits each 
> sample into it's separate file, so instead of having 5-6 (whatever) 
samples 
> per file, you have one sample per file, which is what you want. YOu 
can set 
> threshold and time parameters to get it just how you want.
> 
> Garth Hjelte
> Sampler User


Hi Garth ,thank you for usefull info...i just wonder is ur companys 
Translator is freeware?
If so where i can get it.
Thank you again !