--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Ned Bouhalassa <ned@n...> wrote: > Pete, > > Here's an email that I received from Hans Adamson about this very question. > It worked flawlessly for me (I'm also on Mac): > It didn't wor for me. I tried it on 9.2.2 and 10.2.6 to no avail. I tried everything and neither Logic nor CDXtract converts it. Mark

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "loop123123" <amt528@a...> wrote: > I recently downloaded some AKAI programs (with corresponding > samples), and I wanted to convert them to EXS24 format. I would > prefer to use the EXS24's own conversion as opposed to buying > CDXTRACT or a similar program. I was wondering if there was a way I > could burn the programs and samples to a CD such that the EXS24's > AKAI converter could read it. For example, might the CD have to be > named something in particular, and structured in a certain way? The EXS convertor wants to see an Akai S-1000/3000 CD-ROM. This is a proprietary format that is not read normally by a computer, and the only way to make one of these CD's is to make a hard drive with the Akai itself or create one with Translator (see below). My guess is that you have Akai S-5000 Programs and Samples (.akp and .wav). (You could have Pulsar: .p+.s, or MESA .s3p+wav, but my money is on the S-5000 stuff). There isn't any easy free way, no, since it takes some smarts and technology and luck and perhaps a breakfast burrito (or two) to convert the S-5000 format back down to the S-3000 format. But there is a way... only if you have a PC or have use of one. First download the Awave Demo, go to www.fmjsoft.com. You can convert the S-5000 files to Pulsar .p and .s files within the limits of the time-restricted demo. I don't know how good this conversion is, but hey, it's free. Once you do that, download the Translator Demo (please read the note below), create a Virtual Drive, format it to Akai (see instructions, of course), and drag and drop the Pulsar files onto the Akai Virtual Drive. Then burn it to a CD, and then have the EXS read it (it will), and you are there. Translator Windows allows unlimited reading and writing of any Akai S- 1000/3000 type file, which are categorized as (Pulsar) .p, .sts, .s (or .wav); (MESA) .prg .s3p, and .wav, and lone .ak1 or .ak3 files (these contain in one file any Akai Programs and their referenced Samples). There isn't any way on the Mac, at least not yet. Please note two things: on earlier demos the reading and writing was somewhat restricted, we have taken that off and will post a new demo as soon as... www.chickensys.com has been down since Thursday - yet another computer meltdown that all of us are so familiar with. (And it always happens right before the holidays!) Hopefully it'll be up ASAP.

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "msjones4th" <mjones4th@h...> wrote: > --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Ned Bouhalassa <ned@n...> wrote: > > Pete, > > > > Here's an email that I received from Hans Adamson about this very question. > > It worked flawlessly for me (I'm also on Mac): > > > > > It didn't wor for me. I tried it on 9.2.2 and 10.2.6 to no avail. I tried everything and > neither Logic nor CDXtract converts it. > > Mark Mark, I am sorry to hear that you have been unable to import our Malmsjö sample into EXS. We do have many customers that are currently using the Malmsjö with EXS. The only reason for this problem, that I can think of is that there may be a defect to your discs. If that is the case you will get a new set. Let me know. Hans Adamson Art Vista Productions http://www.artvista.net/

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Ned Bouhalassa <ned@n...> wrote: > XFades, yes; Articulation info? What do you mean? > > Ned > > gedgrimes wrote: > > Hi all > > Can anyone tell me if CD Extract Ver 4 converts Xfade and > > articulation info when converting from Gigasamples to ESX format..? > > > > > http://www.nedfx.com > > Ned Bouhalassa > > n e d @ n e d f x . c o m Thanks Ned. By articulation info I guess Im trying to get ESX to automatically translate everything that my gigasampler does.For example the Maestro Tools Auto Alternator feature in Garritan Strings for playing alternate bowstrokes, can ESX emulate this or will I have to try and program this function manually. Thanks Ged

Thanks, that makes sense. I just have one more question, though. Would it be better to go from AKAI format to Pulsar format using Awave, back to AKAI format using Translator, and to EXS24 format using EXS24 -OR- going from AKAI to Pulsar using Awave, and then straight to EXS24 using Translator (if Translator supports that conversion)? Thanks in advance

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "loop123123" <amt528@a...> wrote: > Thanks, that makes sense. I just have one more question, though. > Would it be better to go from AKAI format to Pulsar format using > Awave, back to AKAI format using Translator, and to EXS24 format > using EXS24 That's the no cost method. >-OR- going from AKAI to Pulsar using Awave, and then > straight to EXS24 using Translator (if Translator supports that > conversion)? Thanks in advance The Demo doesn't do that, because it's a "translation," whereas Pulsar really IS the Akai format, there's no data-changing. The Creamware Pulsar sort of "hijacked" the format for it's own uses. It just serves your purposes now. We do, though, sell a low cost version of Transaltor called the EXS- 24 Edition, which is $79.95 and just converts from everything to EXS- 24 only.

Duh, I had the files backward, when I reversed the combination order, it worked like a charm. I'm so slow, thanks for the help guys. Mark >Mark, > >I am sorry to hear that you have been unable to import our Malmsjö >sample into EXS. We do have many customers that are currently using >the Malmsjö with EXS. The only reason for this problem, that I can >think of is that there may be a defect to your discs. If that is the >case you will get a new set. Let me know. > >Hans Adamson >Art Vista Productions >http://www.artvista.net/ > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >________________________________________________________________________ > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pageþatures/junkmail

I'd like any edits I make on the EXS24 to be song-independent and so I followed the manual's instructions on setting up a sub-folder named "Sampler Instruments" inside the song folder and copying the related sampler instrument files into this folder. Just like it says, a new hierarchical menu item appears within the EXS24's sampler instrument flip menu containing the song's name and any instrument entries copied to this folder earlier. However, any edits I make don't have any effect at all on the patches from this new menu. I don't understand why. If I select the same intrument and patch from the original (master) selection patch menu, the edits work BUT, I don't want to write to the MASTER file, I want the edits to be song-independent. Anyone using the EXS24 know how to make this work right? Thanks.

At 14:33 Uhr -0400 26.05.2003, David Fraga wrote: >If I select the same intrument and patch from the original (master) >selection patch menu, the edits >work BUT, I don't want to write to the MASTER file, >I want the edits to be song-independent. I have had the same problem and I think the real issue is, that the EXS gets confused if there are two preset files with the same name. If you add something to the name when you do a save as... in the instrument editor window and then save it to your songs folder you should have no problem. Make sure that after doing this you actually have that file selected in the sampler interface. Hope this helps Cheers Hans

> From: "David Fraga" <davidfraga@...> > I'd like any edits I make on the EXS24 to be song-independent i just open tha master instrument, make edits, don't save them in exs, but save my logic song. the exs edits are saved with the song. no hassle this is on mac..

Well, I tried what you just said. Don't know how it works for you and not me. What ends up happening is, I'll say NO to saving the exs file and, Yes, it will save the settings with the song but when I go to open up a new song file again, that sample is now in the same way it was left when it was edited in the last song. In other words, the master file itself gets edited as well instead of only in the specific song. I'm running logic 6 on Mac OS X 10.6.2 -----Original Message----- From: Nassau [mailto:nassau@...] Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:00 PM To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [EXS] Help saving EXS24 settings with songs > From: "David Fraga" <davidfraga@...> > I'd like any edits I make on the EXS24 to be song-independent i just open tha master instrument, make edits, don't save them in exs, but save my logic song. the exs edits are saved with the song. no hassle this is on mac.. ____________________________________________________________ EXS* Users Group - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 08:35 PM, David Fraga wrote: > Well, I tried what you just said. Don't know how it works for you and > not > me. What ends up happening is, I'll say NO to saving the exs file > and, Yes, > it will save the settings with the song but when I go to open up a new > song > file again, that sample is now in the same way it was left when it was > edited in the last song. In other words, the master file itself gets > edited > as well instead of only in the specific song. > Got the same problem here, and I have for a while now.. V5 I think.. George ________________________________________________________ My Home : www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ "Reet to tee to tee to tee to teeeeeeee" Frank Zappa " All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" Walt Disney

>> From: "David Fraga" <davidfraga@...> >> I'd like any edits I make on the EXS24 to be song-independent > > i just open tha master instrument, make edits, don't save them in exs, but > save my logic song. the exs edits are saved with the song. > > no hassle > > this is on mac.. > > From: "David Fraga" <davidfraga@...> > > Well, I tried what you just said. Don't know how it works for you and not > me. What ends up happening is, I'll say NO to saving the exs file and, Yes, > it will save the settings with the song but when I go to open up a new song > file again, that sample is now in the same way it was left when it was > edited in the last song. In other words, the master file itself gets edited > as well instead of only in the specific song. > > I'm running logic 6 on Mac OS X 10.6.2 well... i don't know... what i do is this - let's say i create a new instrument, "steel guitar" for instance. i make this instrument exactly the way i want it with all the settings in the exs. i save the instrument in the sampler instruments folder (in the logic folder). then, let's say i start new a song, where i want the "steel guitar" instrument to be transposed. instead of making a new instrument (calling it eg steel guitar-transposed-new song) i just tweak it as i please in the exs. only in the graphic "sampler display" look thing tho, not in EDIT mode. maybe this is what u mean. i'm only changing stuff like transpose, pitchwheel, ADSR etc... not keyboardlayouts and stuff in the EDIT mode window. after that i save my new song and my exs edits are saved with it - and ONLY with that song-in the song file. i'm not sure where u are trying to edit but in the graphic "sampler display" i can edit "without" saving (other than saving the song of course). /nassau

... I should've reported back to the list with this... ned helped me with the conversion, it worked first time and it all works lovely now. I'm very happy with my wonderful new dark malmsjo piano, result. pete. _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

Here's the answer, clear as day, right from the manual. How I missed this earlier I don't know. Anyway... "When saving any newly created or modified Sampler Instruments, ensure that you use the "Save as" function and browse to the "Sampler Instruments" folder inside the new song folder." That's it. -----Original Message----- From: George Leger III [mailto:george3@...] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:41 AM To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [EXS] Help saving EXS24 settings with songs On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 08:35 PM, David Fraga wrote: > Well, I tried what you just said. Don't know how it works for you and > not > me. What ends up happening is, I'll say NO to saving the exs file > and, Yes, > it will save the settings with the song but when I go to open up a new > song > file again, that sample is now in the same way it was left when it was > edited in the last song. In other words, the master file itself gets > edited > as well instead of only in the specific song. > Got the same problem here, and I have for a while now.. V5 I think.. George ________________________________________________________ My Home : www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ "Reet to tee to tee to tee to teeeeeeee" Frank Zappa " All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" Walt Disney Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ____________________________________________________________ EXS* Users Group - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ - UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com - Contact list admin: email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Hi y'all My Audiosuite plug-ins work fine and dandy within ProTools LE. However, I believe they are supposed to work in Logic as well. They don't show up! What must I do? Thanks in advance Mac OS9, G4 933, Logic 4.8.1

On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 10:23 AM, themanofsong wrote: > Hi y'all > > My Audiosuite plug-ins work fine and dandy within ProTools LE. > However, I believe they are supposed to work in Logic as well. > They don't show up! What must I do? > > Thanks in advance > > Mac OS9, G4 933, Logic 4.8.1 > 1st question.. are they RTAS? If so, your out of luck, 2nd question. Are you running DAE as your audio engine in Logic? You need to to get AS working. George ________________________________________________________ My Home : www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ "Reet to tee to tee to tee to teeeeeeee" Frank Zappa " All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" Walt Disney

I think the current way to navigate through your sound is absolutely hopeless. Very annoying. Why don't they implement a drawer or add a panel on the bottom (for MacOS X) which works the same as column view in the finder? This would be much more logical and much more handy. Remco

Does anyone know where I can download the .exs files from the Emagic Factory Sounds CD? Here's the deal... I installed OS X exclusively on my Mac (that means no more OS 9). The CD has all the .aif samples, but requires me to run an installer that will only run in OS 9 or classic mode to install. I only need the .exs files to get my "Factory Sounds" up and running. Can anyone help?

On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 07:51 PM, aleksvolt wrote: > Does anyone know where I can download the .exs files from the Emagic > Factory Sounds CD? > Here's the deal... > I installed OS X exclusively on my Mac (that means no more OS 9). > The CD has all the .aif samples, but requires me to run an installer > that will only run in OS 9 or classic mode to install. > I only need the .exs files to get my "Factory Sounds" up and running. > > Can anyone help? I believe they get installed with the Logic V6 OSX installer.. George ________________________________________________________ My Home : www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ "Reet to tee to tee to tee to teeeeeeee" Frank Zappa " All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" Walt Disney

Hi , has anyone successfully converted the Post Grandioso Bosendorfer 290 to use for the EXS24 on a mac, I just received the cdrom from them and it contains a self extracting exe. file , I would assume there's no way to open this on a mac . Can anyone suggest anything other than using a pc to do it. TIA mike

At 9:18 Uhr +0100 28.05.2003, miketimothy@... wrote: >Hi , has anyone successfully converted the Post Grandioso Bosendorfer >290 to use for the EXS24 on a mac, I just received the cdrom from them >and it contains a self extracting exe. file , I would assume there's no >way to open this on a mac . Can anyone suggest anything other than >using a pc to do it. >TIA mike Stuffit Expander should be able to open that. Cheers Hans

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, George Leger III <george3@u...> wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 07:51 PM, aleksvolt wrote: > > > Does anyone know where I can download the .exs files from the Emagic > > Factory Sounds CD? > > Here's the deal... > > I installed OS X exclusively on my Mac (that means no more OS 9). > > The CD has all the .aif samples, but requires me to run an installer > > that will only run in OS 9 or classic mode to install. > > I only need the .exs files to get my "Factory Sounds" up and running. > > > > Can anyone help? > > I believe they get installed with the Logic V6 OSX installer.. > George > ________________________________________________________ > My Home : www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com > > EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ > > "Reet to tee to tee to tee to teeeeeeee" > Frank Zappa > > " All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" > Walt Disney Great, I just ordered the 6 upgrade, so hopefully I should be good to go. -Alexander

> From: Remco Muntz <rmuntz@...> > > I think the current way to navigate through your sound is absolutely > hopeless. Very annoying. Why don't they implement a drawer or add a > panel on the bottom (for MacOS X) which works the same as column view > in the finder? This would be much more logical and much more handy. > > Remco > > Co-sign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > From: Remco Muntz <rmuntz@...> >> >> I think the current way to navigate through your sound is absolutely >> hopeless. Very annoying. Why don't they implement a drawer or add a >> panel on the bottom (for MacOS X) which works the same as column view > > in the finder? This would be much more logical and much more handy. > >Co-sign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good ideas Include me please Regards - Colin