Does anyone out there have a utility that expands RAR files in OS9? I have UnRARX for OS X, but since I do all my work in OS9, I'd really like to have something that works there, rather than having to reboot. Stuffit Expander doesn't do the job for RARs, unfortunately. It seems like a lot of samples out there on the web are in this format, like those I've found on the KVR site. Regards, Lenny -- =========================================================================Len ny Stearns lens@... Alexandria, Virginia =========================================================================

Maybe you'd like to try this: http://macrar.free.fr/ No idea how it'll handle RAR 3 files. - Sascha

Hello to all, I was told recently that it's possible to essentially "build" a drum kit (or other instrument) out of individual .wav files and use the EXS24 to play the new creation. Although I have occasionally used a loop in .wav format by dropping it directly into an audio track, I have never used the EXS24 to play a .wav (or .aif) file without its corresponding .exs file. My first question is: can this be done? Second, if yes, where can I find accurate instructions on how to do it? Thanks in advance! John F.

I think there is a MacRar thingie out there somewhere. I remember it as freeware but not sure. simon On Aug 30, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Lenny Stearns wrote: > > Does anyone out there have a utility that expands RAR files in OS9? > I have UnRARX for OS X, but since I do all my work in OS9, I'd really > like to have something that works there, rather than having to > reboot. Stuffit Expander doesn't do the job for RARs, unfortunately. > It seems like a lot of samples out there on the web are in this > format, like those I've found on the KVR site. > > > Regards, > Lenny > -- > ======================================================================> ==> Lenny Stearns > lens@... > Alexandria, Virginia > ======================================================================> ==> > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > EXS* Users Group > - To UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ > - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > - To contact list admins, email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

Hello Fellow EXS Users My question concerns the EXS output. I primarily use the EXS for creating drum tracks in my projects. I use the drumkit from hell samples, which i highly recommend by the way. I end up with one track which contains all the different drums... for instance, i will end up with a Audio Inst 1 track with the EXS where the midi track in it contains all the drum, cymbols, hihats, toms etc. However, when i then come to add an eq, or a plugin or anything, it will apply it to the whole sound, ie. all the toms, cymbols etc. What would be great is if there was a way to make the ouput of the kick drum go one place, the ouput of the snare drum go another place, and same with all the other drums/cymbols, so that I could eq them all individually. I currently cut and paste the midi parts for the different drum parts to different tracks to accomplish this, but this is time consuming and takes up too much RAM and is thus not a very good way of accomplishing it. Im sure there is a better way of doing this. Thankyou very much in advance for any replies. Thanks, Jamie

On Aug 30, 2004, at 2:55 PM, jamiender_s wrote: > Hello Fellow EXS Users > > My question concerns the EXS output. > > I primarily use the EXS for creating drum tracks in my projects.  I > use the drumkit from hell samples, which i highly recommend by the > way. > > I end up with one track which contains all the different drums... for > instance, i will end up with a Audio Inst 1 track with the EXS where > the midi track in it contains all the drum, cymbols, hihats, toms etc. > > However, when i then come to add an eq, or a plugin or anything, it > will apply it to the whole sound, ie. all the toms, cymbols etc. > > What would be great is if there was a way to make the ouput of the > kick drum go one place, the ouput of the snare drum go another place, > and same with all the other drums/cymbols, so that I could eq them > all individually. > > I currently cut and paste the midi parts for the different drum parts > to different tracks to accomplish this, but this is time consuming > and takes up too much RAM and is thus not a very good way of > accomplishing it.  Im sure there is a better way of doing this. > > Thankyou very much in advance for any replies. > > Thanks, Jamie > > Instead of choosing a stereo version of the exs, use the multi version. Then edit the instrument and assign each group to a separate output. (ie, Kicks to one output, Snare to another and so on.) You should obviously save this new version of the kit. Then, in your environment, assign each aux to receive on the corresponding channel from the exs instrument. Now you have complete control over each drum! Hope that makes sense. :) The only drawback I know by using this method is that you can't freeze a multi instrument. And yes, Drumkit from Hell does sound really good. .Chris

Thanks, Sascha! - Lenny At 2:29 PM +0000 8/31/04, "Sascha Franck" <S.Franck@...> wrote: > >Maybe you'd like to try this: >http://macrar.free.fr/ > >No idea how it'll handle RAR 3 files. > >- Sascha -- =========================================================================Len ny Stearns lens@... Alexandria, Virginia =========================================================================

I haven't been able to convert Akai CDROMS with the EXS24. I re-installed the software and was able to convert part of an AKAI CDROM but not the whole disc. With Battery I am able to access and load all partitions of an Akai CDROM which saves the sounds to the computers HD as you load them. But not with the EXS24? What would be the logical steps to problem solve this. I have many akai CDROMs going unused because of this. Roman Pirie.

Silly question, but did you go into EXS24 window and click on "options" in the upper right? Did the "waiting for akai disc" window come up okay? Simon On Aug 31, 2004, at 11:00 PM, roman pirie wrote: > I haven't been able to convert Akai CDROMS with the EXS24. I > re-installed > the software and was able to convert part of an AKAI CDROM but not the > whole > disc. > With Battery I am able to access and load all partitions of an Akai > CDROM > which saves the sounds to the computers HD as you load them. > > But not with the EXS24? > What would be the logical steps to problem solve this. I have many akai > CDROMs going unused because of this. > Roman Pirie. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > EXS* Users Group > - To UNSUBSCRIBE: email exs-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > - EXS/Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ > - Free legal samples: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exs-users/links/ > - To contact list admins, email exs-users-owner@yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

> Silly question, but did you go into EXS24 window and click on "options" > in the upper right? Did the "waiting for akai disc" window come up > okay? Yes. The problem being at this very point in the procedure. The akai disc goes into the CDROM drive and doesn't read.

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 18:00:14 +1200, roman pirie <romanp@...> wrote: >I haven't been able to convert Akai CDROMS with the EXS24. What would be >the logical steps to problem solve this. I have many akai CDROMs going >unused because of this. Roman Pirie. Roman, It should work, but I suggest you go out and invest some money on the sample conversion program CDXtract. It makes AKAI import etc. an absolute breeze. http://www.cdxtract.com/home.php Good luck Seb

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> I haven't been able to convert Akai CDROMS with the EXS24. I re-installed > the software and was able to convert part of an AKAI CDROM but not the whole > disc. > With Battery I am able to access and load all partitions of an Akai CDROM > which saves the sounds to the computers HD as you load them. > But not with the EXS24? > What would be the logical steps to problem solve this. I have many akai > CDROMs going unused because of this. > Roman Pirie. Roman I have this problem also at the moment after a hardrive went down and I have reformated and loaded on Logic 5.2 but still have not got this to work. Anyone else out there who can offer a solution?? It really is quite annoying to say the least! Regards to you all and thanks for your help in advance Darren

If my soundcard is set to 48k, will the EXS play back 44k samples at the correct pitch..? Or should I convert the 44k samples to 48k..? Cheers, Andy M.

Hello, please excuse this off topic question. I'm on os x and have this co-writer friend, who's still using 9.2. When I send him an mp3(created in iTunes) of something we're working on, he can't play it. If anyone can suggest an encoder that might work, I'd appreciate it. Thanx. mn _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pageþatures/junkmail

Andy M. wrote: > If my soundcard is set to 48k, will the EXS play back 44k samples at > the correct pitch..? Yes, it will. The only downside is that when previewing files they will playback at the samplerate you set in Logic, so they might seem out of pitch - but once you load them into the EXS, everything will be fine. > Or should I convert the 44k samples to 48k..? I wouldn't do so, but that might be a matter of personal preference - and a matter of filesize perhaps too. In case the EXS is set to stream samples (via VSM) it'll have to do the conversions on the fly, no idea whether that'll slow things down in a noticeable way, personally I've never been running into troubles. After all, 44.1 is by far the most common samplerate used by any sampler patches. That's also why it will take a long time until I bother to work at anything but 44.1 as my Logic/soundcard samplerate. Regards, Sascha

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Sascha Franck" <S.Franck@g...> wrote: > Andy M. wrote: > > If my soundcard is set to 48k, will the EXS play back 44k samples at > > the correct pitch..? > > Yes, it will. > The only downside is that when previewing files they will playback at the > samplerate you set in Logic, so they might seem out of pitch - but once you > load them into the EXS, everything will be fine. > Ahh... That's why they sounded strange. Thanks for clearing that up for me Sascha. Cheers, Andy M.

Maybe I'm a little out of touch, but aren't mp3s just mp3s? I don't think this is an operating system incompatibility. Shouldn't iTunes in 9.2 play mp3s created in iTunes in X? Did you encode them as AACs instead by accident? Check your encoding settings. Try sending him a straight (i.e., non-variable bit-rate) 128K encoded mp3 and see if he can play it. - Lenny >Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 07:02:42 +0200 > From: "Micke Nilsson" <mickenilsson@...> >Subject: OT: mp3 encoder > >Hello, please excuse this off topic question. I'm on os x and have this >co-writer friend, who's still using 9.2. When I send him an mp3(created in >iTunes) of something we're working on, he can't play it. If anyone can >suggest an encoder that might work, I'd appreciate it. Thanx. mn -- =========================================================================Len ny Stearns lens@... Alexandria, Virginia =========================================================================

Peak LE software (that comes along with Protools LE with Digidesign stuff) has an MP3 converter - don't know if this would solve the problem but I have used this function ok but not on os9. Presumably if you don't have protools you'd prob have to pay for peak editing software (manufactured by Bias - I find it quite a useful basic editing and splitting prog) Gareth On 2/9/04 5:25 pm, "exs-users@yahoogroups.com" <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 07:02:42 +0200 > From: "Micke Nilsson" <mickenilsson@...> > Subject: OT: mp3 encoder > > Hello, please excuse this off topic question. I'm on os x and have this > co-writer friend, who's still using 9.2. When I send him an mp3(created in > iTunes) of something we're working on, he can't play it. If anyone can > suggest an encoder that might work, I'd appreciate it. Thanx. mn > > _________________________________________________________________ --

I use CDXtractor 4.1.5 to import akai sample disks. EXS does the giga conversion automatically. I have a G5, 1.8mhz, OS 10.3.5 Is there any way when importing/converting sample to exs format that the EXS can assign the samples "MEANINGFUL" instrument names that make sense and mean something. Cause everytime I import a cd all I get are names that show up in EXS that are hard to dicpher abbreviation or just plain ole cyrptograms!! :) Why dont sample instrument names show up as like "brass slide 1", Eb tympani, muted trumpet, woodwind section 2, ....whatever.. as oppose to meaningless crap like... STB XLWRV-SS.exs, 63WETSECT CH.exs, ER LOOPSA144.exs... this crap means nothing musical to me. Is there any solution for this. Thanks for any1s help!!! Maestro Songwriter-Producer ASCAP

> From: phillymaestro <phillyMaestro@...> > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:55:06 +0000 > To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [EXS] Odd Sample Names!!! > > I use CDXtractor 4.1.5 to import akai sample disks. EXS does the giga > conversion > automatically. I have a G5, 1.8mhz, OS 10.3.5 > > Is there any way when importing/converting sample to exs format that the EXS > can assign > the samples "MEANINGFUL" instrument names that make sense and mean something. > Cause everytime I import a cd all I get are names that show up in EXS that are > hard to > dicpher abbreviation or just plain ole cyrptograms!! :) > > Why dont sample instrument names show up as like "brass slide 1", Eb > tympani, muted > trumpet, woodwind section 2, ....whatever.. as oppose to meaningless crap > like... > > STB XLWRV-SS.exs, 63WETSECT CH.exs, ER LOOPSA144.exs... > > this crap means nothing musical to me. Is there any solution for this. > > Thanks for any1s help!!! > > Maestro > Songwriter-Producer > ASCAP I agree, it's pretty stupid, but remember, the AKAI disk format was a descendant of the old DOS school of thought with a limited number of alpha numeric characters allowed in the file name. You can easily just go to your sampler instrument folder and rename them anything you like. Just be sure to keep the .exs extension at the end of the name. Tedious, but I think it's the only way. James

On 9/1/04 10:02 PM, "Micke Nilsson" <mickenilsson@...> wrote: > Hello, please excuse this off topic question. I'm on os x and have this > co-writer friend, who's still using 9.2. When I send him an mp3(created in > iTunes) of something we're working on, he can't play it. If anyone can > suggest an encoder that might work, I'd appreciate it. Thanx. mn Make sure your song has the .mp3 suffix attached Mysong = no Mysong.mp3 = yes Otherwise it might be getting screwed up when sent thru email.... -- Thanks - RevDave Lists@... [db-lists] Check out some great Domain Names at: http://www.domains4days.com

At 07:32 PM 9/2/04 -0400, you wrote: > > Is there any way when importing/converting sample to exs format that > the EXS > > can assign the samples "MEANINGFUL" instrument names that make sense > and mean something. > > Why dont sample instrument names show up as like "brass slide 1", Eb > > tympani, muted trumpet, woodwind section 2, ....whatever.. as oppose to > meaningless crap > > like... STB XLWRV-SS.exs, 63WETSECT CH.exs, ER LOOPSA144.exs... > > this crap means nothing musical to me. Is there any solution for this. >the AKAI disk format was a descendant of the old DOS school of thought >with a limited number of alpha >numeric characters allowed in the file name. You can easily just go to >your sampler instrument folder and rename them anything you like. Just be >sure to keep the .exs extension at the end of the name. Tedious, but I >think it's the only way. James is right. Hardware samplers were manufactured when memory and design limitation were significant. Now, if you are cyncial, you say - "why do modern hardware synths and samplers have the SAME name limitations!" Gosh, I don't know! Maybe it's because the engineers know that the display can't handle that many characters. It's sort of a Catch 22 - a reasonable display name tops out at 32 characters, really. YOu can tell when you program an Emu sampler. That handles 16 characters, and still you wind up with having to abbreviate. At least the Emu deals with lots of characters. The Akai only dealt with uppercase letters, numbers, and a few other characters. And only 12 characters - 10 if you were dealing with stereo. But - on the constructive end of the argument... that's a great idea I'm going to suggest to be put into Translator. Right now I'm looking at a set of Akai samples that look like this: CL LGFFD#4-L CL LGFFD#4-R CL LBFF A5-L CL LBFF A5-R ... Imagine if you had a user-defined palette of substitution name, or even something that used regular expressions. In this case the "LG" would be replaced with "Long ", "FF" with "ff ", and the "CL" with "Clarinet ". This would address this persons complaint. James idea need more explanation, though - you just can't go in and rename sample files - then the EXS loses track of them. You'd have to rename the sample files and then reattach them. UGGG Garth Hjelte Sampler User

Hi, For some reason my Sidlechec english horn will not load anymore. I can load anythin else in this exs24 instanciation, but any e hrn from this folder won't. It shows up in the list, but the Logic Exs doesn't like this folder anymore. I have re copied from a backup with no luck. I've used EXS Manager to link to samples. Strange. Anything else on this drive is fine, but not this one particular instrument. Thanks for any advice, Jeff

I know some developers that do this on purpose so it is hard to figure out which samples are exactly which so that the raw samples can not be reused or reprogrammed. Some devs even go as far as to break samples up into different folders with all these nonsensible names to take that thought one step further. Not saying this is the reason for the current set of samples you are looking at - but it may be something to keep in mind... Garth, some of the devs might not like your uncoding... ;) LastLibs doesn't do this - our naming scheme is pretty clear and straight forward. Alan Lastufka | LastLibs.com -- ---------- A.J.L. tel: 815-919-0524 site: http://www.alanjoseph.com -------- --