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exs24 file format

2000-11-15 by Willem Cramer

Hi All,

Is there anyonewho's got a description of the exs24 file format? I'd like to
be able to convert .gig to .exs files and emagic let me know they are not
planning on a conversion utility in the near future (grrrrrrrr).

Best,

Zincman

Re: exs24 file format

2006-12-31 by bacizone

Message posted by bacizone <bacizone@...>:

Hello!

I would also like to have the EXS24 MK I,II format description.
Did you manage to get it? 

Can anyone help us in this?

Thanks,
Bz.

Re: [EXS] Re: exs24 file format

2006-12-31 by Eli Krantzberg

On Dec ,31, 2006, at 4:09 AM, bacizone wrote:

>
>
> I would also like to have the EXS24 MK I,II format description.
> Did you manage to get it?
>
> Can anyone help us in this?
>

The actual sampler instrument format is as proprietary format used  
from within Logic Pro only. There's no particular "description' for  
it - it's a unique format designed exclusively to work inside Logic.

The samples that the sampler instrument reads/accesses on the other  
hand can be any or all of the standard SDll, AIFF, or WAV formats.


--------
Eli Krantzberg
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com
Almat Productions




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Re: exs24 file format

2007-10-30 by Peter Falck

Message posted by Peter Falck <gudenpedda@...>:

Hi, 

Ofcourse there's a description for the file format, it's just not released to the public. 
However, I managed to reverse engineer the most important parts of it to program an utility 
that simply loads wav files and creates exs instrument files for them. It also recreats the 
folder structure from which the wav:s were loaded, (that becomes the menus in the EXS24). 

I first tried this with a library of 2000 wav:s I have had om my HD for a long time that now 
are playable from the EXS24 :)

I haven't reverse engineered all bytes of the exs file format, just enough to be able to create 
exs files (so far). If anyone's interested I'd be happy to share this little utility! I can also 
think of several features that could be added in the future.

Note: The program only applies to PC and is only tested for the EXS24 that comes with Logic 
ver 5.5.1, it's also an early alfa release 0.0.1  

Cheers everyone

Re: [EXS] exs24 file format

2007-10-30 by jf@ai.univ-paris8.fr

At 04:23 -0500 2007/10/30, Peter Falck wrote:
>If anyone's interested I'd be happy to share this little utility

Yes, I'm deeply interested... Should I PM you?

-- 
Jym Feat -- Paris FR 75018

Re: exs24 file format

2007-10-30 by superdan139

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, jf@... wrote:
>
> At 04:23 -0500 2007/10/30, Peter Falck wrote:
> >If anyone's interested I'd be happy to share this little utility
> 
> Yes, I'm deeply interested... Should I PM you?
> 
> -- 
> Jym Feat -- Paris FR 75018
>


I have logic 8....so is there anyway in the future to make one that
will work with 8? Thanks!

-Dan

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