Re: [exs] Digest Number 766
2002-11-12 by Studio@beating-heart.de
----- Original Message ----- From: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: [exs] Digest Number 766 > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send a blank email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > For a list of places to get free samples please see: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > There are 18 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: Re: rar-files > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > 2. Re: Re: rar-files > From: <HELP@...> > 3. Re: rar-files > From: teddybut <teddybut@...> > 4. Re: rar-files > From: teddybut <teddybut@...> > 5. Re: rar-files/MEGA Piano report > From: teddybut <teddybut@...> > 6. Anybody use the '56 Strat? > From: Bob Vandiver <bobv@...> > 7. Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > From: roman pirie <romanp@...> > 8. Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > 9. Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > From: <HELP@...> > 10. Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > 11. Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > From: <HELP@...> > 12. Re: Re: rar-files > From: Bill Canty <bill@...> > 13. Re: Anybody use the '56 Strat? > From: "bernard chavonnet" <exs@...> > 14. Re: Anybody use the '56 Strat? > From: Bob Vandiver <bobv@...> > 15. LAM + EXS 24 + SAM Horns > From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...> > 16. Fwd: .AKP and .AKM-files in EXS > From: Bruno Marek <b.marek@...> > 17. Re: Fwd: .AKP and .AKM-files in EXS > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > 18. Re: LAM + EXS 24 + SAM Horns > From: Ned Bouhalassa <ned@...> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:32:36 +0100 > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > Subject: Re: Re: rar-files > > The problem is, there seems to be a fundamental difference in the file > formats between rar versions 2.x and 3.x. > Even on PCs you won't be able to open most rar3.x files with WinRar 2.x. > So, most likely Stuffit is only compatible to rar3.x... maybe you should try > MacRar or something else. > > Btw, is there a rar version for Macs allowing to compress files? For > whatever it's worth in times of cheap CDs, HDDs and fast internet > connections, WinRar still does a great job on lossless file compression (up > to 60% compression on some audiofiles, even more on docs, BMPs and > whatever), allows for creating selfextracting archives and so on. Simply > brilliant. > I even found myself compressing a few song folders in case they wouldn't fit > on one CD. > If I'd ever switch to a Mac, this would be one of the tools I'd miss a lot. > > Regards, > Sascha > . > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:02:17 -0500 > From: <HELP@...> > Subject: Re: Re: rar-files > > Please upload the samples as ZIP files. This'll nip the problem in the bud, > as everyone on this list can open Zipped files. I am not interested in > paying for a RAR utility that I will almost never use. Hope to see those > samples again -- zipped. -Jer > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:18:26 -0500 > From: teddybut <teddybut@...> > Subject: Re: rar-files > > > > > > > > also there's a OS9 version called Mac Rar at http://macrar.free.fr/ > > I tired that, very weird behavior. kept asking me for files that didn't > exist. > > teddybut > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:19:27 -0500 > From: teddybut <teddybut@...> > Subject: Re: rar-files > > > >> There is an OSX version of RAR at http://www.rarlab.com/ > > I'll try it in OSX and see if I have better luck.. report later > > teddybut > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:54:45 -0500 > From: teddybut <teddybut@...> > Subject: Re: rar-files/MEGA Piano report > > > > >>> There is an OSX version of RAR at http://www.rarlab.com/ > > > > I'll try it in OSX and see if I have better luck.. report later > > > > teddybut > > I got UnRarX 1.5.1 from versiontracker.com and it did the trick. I just > dragged all the files into the program and everything happened without a > single dialog box. everything loaded fine into EXS. > > My question to you, Dirk, is... did you intend to have a velocity switch in > the exs instrument? it looks like you have 2 stereo samples per note, a soft > one and a loud one, but when I play soft the loud sample is still playing. I > couldn't figure out if that's how you wanted it, it's a conversion problem > or if it was a mistake on your part. The samples sound awesome! seems like > you hit C5 a little too lightly though. > > my $0.02 > > teddybut > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:30:04 -0800 > From: Bob Vandiver <bobv@...> > Subject: Anybody use the '56 Strat? > > On the web site the blurb Re: the '56 Strat says that it is not compatible > with the Mac version of Halion. Anybody know how well it works for the Mac > EXS-24? > > TIA, > > Bob Vandiver > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:26:01 +1300 > From: roman pirie <romanp@...> > Subject: Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > Battery let's you audition samples on your hard disk in context. I scroll > through drums while the beat plays to pick the best one. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:13:56 +0100 > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > Subject: Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > roman pirie wrote: > > Battery let's you audition samples on your hard disk in context. I scroll > > through drums while the beat plays to pick the best one. > > And the EXS lets you do just that as well since 5.2. > > Sascha > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:39:44 -0500 > From: <HELP@...> > Subject: Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > Uh, really? Can you expound, Sascha? At what point is this possible? > > > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:13:56 +0100 > > To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [exs] The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > > >> Battery let's you audition samples on your hard disk in context. I scroll > >> through drums while the beat plays to pick the best one. > > > > And the EXS lets you do just that as well since 5.2. > > > > Sascha > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:48:17 +0100 > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > Subject: Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > > Uh, really? Can you expound, Sascha? At what point is this possible? > > - Load a drumset (well, a single zone for that matter would be sufficient). > - Load a sample into that zone if there isn't any allready. > - Record and play some sequence through it (or play it manually). > - Click into the zone's sample box to bring up the "open" dialog. > - In that dialog box, check "Auto-Exchange". > - Scroll through your samples happily, when done press enter. > > That's it. > > Cheers, > Sascha > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:09:03 -0500 > From: <HELP@...> > Subject: Re: The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > Thank ya! -Jer > > > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:48:17 +0100 > > To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [exs] The most important wish list for drum sample lovers > > > >> Uh, really? Can you expound, Sascha? At what point is this possible? > > > > - Load a drumset (well, a single zone for that matter would be sufficient). > > - Load a sample into that zone if there isn't any allready. > > - Record and play some sequence through it (or play it manually). > > - Click into the zone's sample box to bring up the "open" dialog. > > - In that dialog box, check "Auto-Exchange". > > - Scroll through your samples happily, when done press enter. > > > > That's it. > > > > Cheers, > > Sascha > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send a blank email to: > > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > For a list of places to get free samples please see: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:16:19 +1100 > From: Bill Canty <bill@...> > Subject: Re: Re: rar-files > > Sascha Franck wrote: > > > > Btw, is there a rar version for Macs allowing to compress files? For > > whatever it's worth in times of cheap CDs, HDDs and fast internet > > connections, WinRar still does a great job on lossless file compression (up > > to 60% compression on some audiofiles, even more on docs, BMPs and > > whatever), allows for creating selfextracting archives and so on. Simply > > brilliant. > > I even found myself compressing a few song folders in case they wouldn't fit > > on one CD. > > I use Emagic's Zap for exactly the same thing. Only for audio files > though, of course. > > It's particularly handy when I'm not sure if something's important > enough to waste one backup CD on, let alone two. ;-) > > > Cheers, Bill Canty > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:02:55 -0500 > From: "bernard chavonnet" <exs@...> > Subject: Re: Anybody use the '56 Strat? > > > On the web site the blurb Re: the '56 Strat says that it is not > compatible > > with the Mac version of Halion. Anybody know how well it works for the Mac > > EXS-24? > > The reason why it's not compatible with Halion Mac it's because this CD > has a windows .exe installer instead of a regular .gig file. Therefore you > need > Windows to install the content of this CD. But if you install this CD on > Windows > and then copy the .Gig file on your Mac then you can import it in Halion > Mac without any problem. :-) > By the way the 56 Strat is not compatible with EXS Mac for the same reason. > > Bernard > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 14 > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:16:18 -0800 > From: Bob Vandiver <bobv@...> > Subject: Re: Anybody use the '56 Strat? > > Thanks Bernard! > > Bob > > > From: "bernard chavonnet" <exs@...> > > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:02:55 -0500 > > To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [exs] Anybody use the '56 Strat? > > > >> On the web site the blurb Re: the '56 Strat says that it is not > > compatible > >> with the Mac version of Halion. Anybody know how well it works for the Mac > >> EXS-24? > > > > The reason why it's not compatible with Halion Mac it's because this CD > > has a windows .exe installer instead of a regular .gig file. Therefore you > > need > > Windows to install the content of this CD. But if you install this CD on > > Windows > > and then copy the .Gig file on your Mac then you can import it in Halion > > Mac without any problem. :-) > > By the way the 56 Strat is not compatible with EXS Mac for the same reason. > > > > Bernard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send a blank email to: > > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > For a list of places to get free samples please see: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 15 > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:02:39 +0100 > From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...> > Subject: LAM + EXS 24 + SAM Horns > > Hello > > > Has anybody bought SAM horns sample library and have use it with the > EXS24 ? > > How does is sounds ? As good as on the demo pieces ? > > > Thanks in advance for your comments. > > Best regards > > Cyril Blanc > France > > The box said "Use Windows 95 or better" so I got a Macintosh > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 16 > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:15:26 +0100 > From: Bruno Marek <b.marek@...> > Subject: Fwd: .AKP and .AKM-files in EXS > > >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:54:25 +0100 > >To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > >From: Bruno Marek <b.marek@...> > >Subject: Fwd: .AKP and .AKM-files in EXS > >Cc: > >Bcc: > >X-Attachments: > > > >>Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:04:19 +0100 > >>To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > >>From: Bruno Marek <b.marek@...> > >>Subject: .AKP and .AKM-files in EXS > >>Cc: > >>Bcc: > >>X-Attachments: > >> > >>Hello, > >>does anybody know how i can convert AKAI program files (ending with > >>.AKP and .AKM) into EXS-files? > >> > >>thanks > >>bruno > >>-- > >> > >>-- > >> > > > > > >-- > > > > > -- > mailto:b.marek@... > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 17 > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:02:11 +0100 > From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@...> > Subject: Re: Fwd: .AKP and .AKM-files in EXS > > Bruno Marek wrote: > > >>Hello, > > >>does anybody know how i can convert AKAI program files (ending with > > >>.AKP and .AKM) into EXS-files? > > The EXS doesn't do that directly. You'll have to get yourself some extra > conversion tool such as CDxtract (www.cdxtract.com) or Chickensys Translator
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> (www.chickensys.com). > > Regards, > Sascha > (btw, sending attachements to this list won't work...) > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 18 > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:56:22 -0500 > From: Ned Bouhalassa <ned@...> > Subject: Re: LAM + EXS 24 + SAM Horns > > Cyril, > > I also am using the SAM + EXS in Mac combination. > > SAM Horns are fantastic. They are my favourite samples right now! Do note > however that you'll need a friend with a PC in order to decompress the > cd-rom that SAM will send you. Just go over to your friend's place with a > bottle of wine or a few beers, and two blank cd-roms (after decompression > the data will not fit on one cd). The whole process will take less than 45 > minutes (copy from cd-rom, decompress, burn cd-roms). > > It's a GREAT deal for the money. > > Enjoy, > > Ned > > > http://www.nedfx.com > > Ned Bouhalassa > > n e d @ n e d f x . c o m > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >