EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Emagic literature says that EXS will play Sample Cell files, but 
the mappings that result from opening a Sample Cell bank file in 
EXS are far from acceptable. Discovering this, I purchased 
Translator from Chicken Systems. For the past month I have 
been back and forth with support there, and they've been very 
helpful. They even sent me a beta version of their latest 
Translator build. Unfortunately, even with the beta, I have yet to 
translate a bank that opens in EXS on my desktop as it does in 
Sample Cell.
I 've sent stuffed files that I have translated to Chicken Systems, 
and they tell me they are able to open the files on their desktop in 
EXS.
I'm brand new to EXS, and Logic so I 'm probably overlooking 
something. My questions: What would cause the translated files
to not see midi input at all on my desktop?  All other EXS files 
open and play as they should, and all other EXS files show midi 
input on the keyboard in the edit window. The mappings in the 
edit window of the translated files are correct, and the names of 
the samples are all correct. The velocity switchings are all 
correct. I have the ESB TDM bridge, but am opening EXS on the 
DTDM side.
Would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Jack Turner
G4 1.25 dual, OS9.2.2, 6.3.1, Mix+

At 11:29 PM 2/17/04 +0000, you wrote:

>Emagic literature says that EXS will play Sample Cell files, but
>the mappings that result from opening a Sample Cell bank file in
>EXS are far from acceptable. Discovering this, I purchased
>Translator from Chicken Systems. For the past month I have
>been back and forth with support there, and they've been very
>helpful. They even sent me a beta version of their latest
>Translator build.
>I've sent stuffed files that I have translated to Chicken Systems,
>and they tell me they are able to open the files on their EXS.
>I'm brand new to EXS, and Logic so I 'm probably overlooking
>something. My questions: What would cause the translated files
>to not see midi input at all on my desktop?

Jack, I found a couple things upon closer observation, although I was able 
to load both sets of translated files you sent me no problem in both OS9 
and OSX.

(It's not that it's not receiving MIDI, the lacking of notes showing on the 
keys in the editor isn't indicative of MIDI reception.)

Are you opening these in OSX or OS9?
Are you getting a "not found" message upon loading the file via the popup 
menu? If so, EXS-24 sometimes just doesn't load anything into the 
instrument even though it shows in the interface, the editor shows the 
files, and plenty of samples were loadable.

Give us a call tomorrow anytime when you are in front of it, let's take 
another stab at it.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User