EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I'm considering reconverting my Akai CD's to EXS format and am 
wondering weather any have comments either way on which might give a 
better conversion out of Chicken Systems Translator or the EXS's native 
conversion.

Thanks


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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com

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Hi Paul,

On 4-Jan-05, at 2:20 PM, Paul Najar wrote:

> I'm considering reconverting my Akai CD's to EXS format and am
>  wondering weather any have comments either way on which might give a
>  better conversion out of Chicken Systems Translator or the EXS's 
> native
>  conversion.

I have found exs' native conversion to be quite slow.  Sometimes, the 
conversions don't work well but, for the most part, it does an adequate 
job.  That being said, I personally feel that Chicken Systems 
Translator or CDXtract are better overall in conversions.  For basic 
stuff such as loop libraries and whatnot, exs conversions are usually 
okay.  Any libs which have more complex programming are usually 
converted more completely by one of the 3rd party solutions and, 
especially, much quicker.  If you only have one CD, probably might not 
be worth it to buy either software.  If you have several though, I 
would say that it is worthwhile.  You can get a specialized version of 
Translator for a cheaper price (ie it will only convert from Akai to 
exs and nothing else) and then upgrade at a later date if you need to.  
That might be another option for you.

HTH,
Fernstudio


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On 05/01/2005, at 9:27 AM, Fernstudio wrote:

>
> Hi Paul,
>
> On 4-Jan-05, at 2:20 PM, Paul Najar wrote:
>
>> I'm considering reconverting my Akai CD's to EXS format and am
>>  wondering weather any have comments either way on which might give a
>>  better conversion out of Chicken Systems Translator or the EXS's
>> native
>>  conversion.
>
> I have found exs' native conversion to be quite slow.  Sometimes, the
> conversions don't work well but, for the most part, it does an adequate
> job.  That being said, I personally feel that Chicken Systems
> Translator or CDXtract are better overall in conversions.  For basic
> stuff such as loop libraries and whatnot, exs conversions are usually
> okay.  Any libs which have more complex programming are usually
> converted more completely by one of the 3rd party solutions and,
> especially, much quicker.  If you only have one CD, probably might not
> be worth it to buy either software.  If you have several though, I
> would say that it is worthwhile.  You can get a specialized version of
> Translator for a cheaper price (ie it will only convert from Akai to
> exs and nothing else) and then upgrade at a later date if you need to.
> That might be another option for you.

Thanks for the quick response. I actually own a full copy of Translator 
which is why I wondered. I have about 15 Akai CD's worth converting so 
I think the answer is use Translator and then clean up all the 
duplicate samples which both Translator & EXS conversion bring, using 
the Project Manger or really splash out and buy EXS Manger which 
everyone seems to rave about....

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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com

Hi Paul,

On 4-Jan-05, at 3:16 PM, Paul Najar wrote:

>  Thanks for the quick response. I actually own a full copy of 
> Translator
>  which is why I wondered. I have about 15 Akai CD's worth converting so
>  I think the answer is use Translator and then clean up all the
>  duplicate samples which both Translator & EXS conversion bring, using
>  the Project Manger or really splash out and buy EXS Manger which
>  everyone seems to rave about....

I think that it is worth it to have EXS Manager.  Project Manager is so 
slow that I can't stand it.  I have a lot of samples, both legal 3rd 
party sample libraries and a bunch of my own custom sample libs, and it 
was so painful to have Project Manager go through them all.  What took 
hours to do with PM, only took a couple of minutes (this is *not* an 
exaggeration).

HTH,
Fernstudio


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Hello :
My vote for CDxtract . It´s more flexible and does a great job.