EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi folks,

I am sorry for approaching you directly, as I am sure somewhere
in the vaults of this groups lies the answer, but, I was too
lazy to go through thousands of messages.

Anyway... my problem is this:

I got a whole load of Emu ad Roland sample cd's with my sampler a
few years back. But, as I am increasingly more often using my Mac
Book Pro with Logic Pro 7 and its sampler, I been wondering if
there is a possibility to convert Emu and ROland samples into EXS
format or into any format that Logic reads. Managed to convert all
my Akai cd's perfectly though.

Yes, I know there are converters... have just not had very good
experiences with them...

Cheers.

Anxious John.

At 09:19 AM 4/29/2007, you wrote:

>I am sorry for approaching you directly, as I am sure somewhere
>in the vaults of this groups lies the answer, but, I was too
>lazy to go through thousands of messages.
>
>Anyway... my problem is this:
>
>I got a whole load of Emu ad Roland sample cd's with my sampler a
>few years back. But, as I am increasingly more often using my Mac
>Book Pro with Logic Pro 7 and its sampler, I been wondering if
>there is a possibility to convert Emu and ROland samples into EXS
>format or into any format that Logic reads. Managed to convert all
>my Akai cd's perfectly though.
>
>Yes, I know there are converters... have just not had very good
>experiences with them...

You have to use a third-party convertor, Emagic/Apple didn't provide 
this loading capability.

I work for one of the companies, Translator www.chickensys.com ours 
works quite well and we have lots of satisfied people. If you ever 
have problems you can always call our 800 TollFree line, send an 
email, or send in a report and we address things immediately.

I got this email this morning as a matter of fact:

"years ago i bought and happily used your product to transslate emu 
samples to my logic exs24. now i have an intel based macbook and want 
to know if the current translator product is compatible with my 
computer. i'm in the middle of a project that will pay my rent and 
would just love a response at your earliest convenience. thanks very much."

(the answer was yes, btw)

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User

Hi Garth,

Thanks for your swift reply.

After having considered all the options, I think chickensys. is
probably not such a bad thing. I will keep you posted as to what
the results are.

Cheers.

John.

PS No chance the software will do the same with an audio only
sample cd I have of the Fairlight CMI MK II Library? (It consists
of audio-tracks with each track again consisting of various samples
(approx. 700 all together), which, thrown into an audio-editor, can
be cut and chopped and edited and send to your sampler... but... I
never got around to manually separate every sample... too laborious
a task... )
No, didn't think so.

At 05:35 PM 4/29/2007, you wrote:

>Thanks for your swift reply.
>
>After having considered all the options, I think chickensys. is
>probably not such a bad thing. I will keep you posted as to what
>the results are.

Hope it helps.

>PS No chance the software will do the same with an audio only
>sample cd I have of the Fairlight CMI MK II Library? (It consists
>of audio-tracks with each track again consisting of various samples
>(approx. 700 all together), which, thrown into an audio-editor, can
>be cut and chopped and edited and send to your sampler... but... I
>never got around to manually separate every sample... too laborious
>a task... )
>No, didn't think so.

Think so. =)

The Windows version (not in the Mac yet) will rip tracks off an Audio 
CD, look for gaps in the audio (given user-set parameters on min time 
and threshold) and separate the audio into discreet chunks, and 
convert them into EXS24 in one shot.

Our upcoming Constructor program will do this with a couple of cool 
twists as well.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User

Dear Garth,
I have been looking for the opportunity to convert my yamaha A-series  
samples to exs. Appearently Translator does not feature this at the  
moment, but will it perhaps some time?
Hig.

At 10:51 AM 4/30/2007, you wrote:

>I have been looking for the opportunity to convert my yamaha A-series
>samples to exs. Appearently Translator does not feature this at the
>moment, but will it perhaps some time?

Yes! In fact we just put it into the Windows version. It will slide 
into the Mac version when the big update is finished.

BTW, I put in a neat feature recently - Logic 6 and 5.5 Windows can't 
load the GarageBand type .exs instruments. We put in a feature that 
converts them into 6.0/5.5 compatible files, while still allowing 
them to go into GB.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User