On Mar 16, 2006, at 4:33 AM, forums@logic-users.org wrote: > Message posted by Tor Banlon <torsig1967@yahoo.com> > ______________________________________________________________________ > > I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have > (for Mac) > is Translator or CDXtract. > > Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which > is the > best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like one shot, I've > also heard > some complaints about Translator. So I really don't know which to > chose. > Not sure about the S5000 but try this Open an EXS and inside of it you can import AKAI not in front of my rig but in the editor there is a tab that says import AKAI samples. Good Luck Ciao Gio

Greetings All, Any recommendations for realistic sounding/feeling string section sample sets that won't break the bank (under $300)? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! John F.

> Message posted by Tor Banlon <torsig1967@yahoo.com> > ______________________________________________________________________ > > I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have (for Mac) > is Translator or CDXtract. > > Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which is the > best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like one shot, I've also heard > some complaints about Translator. So I really don't know which to chose. CDxTract is much more reliable. For MAC, Translator is NO a choice... Nikko

At 10:34 AM 3/16/2006 -0600, you wrote: >I have roland S550 sample discs which should bbut dont currently load on my >S50. Comes up load S50 disc. Has anyone info on what i need to do to get the >S50 to read and load S550 samples..much appreciated.Ian That's like asking how to get your VW Beetle to go 100 mph. Answer: get a faster car. An older sampler is not going to read a newer samplers disks by itself. There are conversion softwares that can do that type of thing (such as the "NO CHOICE" Translator software), but both those are so old that none of them support that and it's unlikely that they will. Garth Hjelte Sampler User

At 07:02 PM 3/16/2006 +0100, you wrote: > > I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have (for Mac) > > is Translator or CDXtract. > > > > Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which is the > > best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like one shot, I've also heard > > some complaints about Translator. So I really don't know which to chose. >CDxTract is much more reliable. For MAC, Translator is NO a choice... Well, they can choose it if they want to. =) Garth Hjelte Sampler User

> Message posted by Tor Banlon <torsig1967@yahoo.com> > > I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have > (for Mac) > is Translator or CDXtract. > > Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which > is the > best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like one shot, I've > also heard > some complaints about Translator. So I really don't know which to > chose. I tried Chicken Systems Translator a year ago and it completely failed on my OS X system. I was translating from Sample Cell, not from Akai so maybe it would work better for you. In addition to incorrectly translating the instruments with major errors making the instruments unusable, it corrupted my original Sample Cell directories (where the translated programs were also being saved) and I had to restore them from a backup after using the program. On the plus side, their tech support was responsive and seemed motivated. They made a good faith effort to fix the problems and even sent me several updated versions of the application, but they were not able to fix it. They told me that the program worked fine on Windows and that they were having trouble porting it to OS X. I don't use Windows so did not test that. Eventually I gave up on the repeated installing of new versions and sending them reports of the problems so I requested a refund. They did issue the refund, after multiple reminders by email and phone over a period of three weeks. That was a year ago. Maybe by now they have fixed their problems with OS X. However if you decide to try their OS X version, make sure to back up all of your sampler source files to a separate drive, and test the translated files in detail before depending on them. Good luck! - Dave

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Garth Hjelte <garth@chickensys.com> > At 07:02 PM 3/16/2006 +0100, you wrote: > > > > I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have (for Mac) > > > is Translator or CDXtract. > > > > > > Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which is the > > > best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like one shot, I've also heard > > > some complaints about Translator. So I really don't know which to chose. > > >CDxTract is much more reliable. For MAC, Translator is NO a choice... > > Well, they can choose it if they want to. =) I have used Chickensys Translator on MAC to convert my Emu EOS samples to WAVs and it worked beautifully. I assume it will work equally well with Akai files. Kind regards, Dave

Gio wrote: >Open an EXS and inside of it you can import AKAI > Hello Gio, that only works with older Akai formats unfortunately.

On 16.03.2006, at 17:53, jfifieldus wrote: > Any recommendations for realistic sounding/feeling string section > sample sets that won't break the bank (under $300)? Any suggestions > would be appreciated. Garritan Personal Orchestra? The "Ensemble" function is somehow strange but for small sections one can use solo strings too. __ Peter Ostry

> > I need to convert from Akai S5000 to EXS24 and the chioces I have > > (for Mac) is Translator or CDXtract. > > > > Anyone with experience from these converters? I need advice which > > is the best. I've heard CDXtract misses parameters like > one shot, I've > > also heard some complaints about Translator. So I really > don't know which to chose. > > > > Not sure about the S5000 but try this > Open an EXS and inside of it you can import AKAI > not in front of my rig but in the editor there is a > tab that says import AKAI samples. > Good Luck > Ciao > Gio Yes, the Akai Import inside EXS worked very well for me.I had to fix one (1) loop after importing a complete library from CD Rom. CDextract worked very well for me . Sometimes you have to go back an re-import or re-convert a single program when you do a complete CD in one go. Markus Kmitta

Logic Pro 7.1.1/OSX.3.8 I have an external firewire drive with a few commercial libraries. The EXS sees most of them fine but there's one library that's invisible. The manual says "Instruments must be stored in the Sampler Instruments sub-folder of the main Logic program folder". I don't have one... On main drive>Applications I only see the bare app and Waveburner. What gives? I tried to put the renegade library alias in to main drive>Library>Application Support>Logic>Sampler Instruments but got a message that the Sampler Instruments folder cannot be modified. I also tried to put it in to main drive>users>"me">Library>Application Support>Logic>Sampler Instruments but the EXS doesn't see it. Please note that I've been using this library for over a year without a problem. I was recently forced to wipe the main drive and reinstall the system and everything else. I've had this problem only since trying to get things back to running Any help will be greatly appreciated. Andris

--- jfifieldus <juanitopepito@att.net> wrote: > Greetings All, > > Any recommendations for realistic sounding/feeling > string section > sample sets that won't break the bank (under $300)? > Any suggestions > would be appreciated. > You just missed the $200 closeout sale on Garritan Orchestral Strings. You could contact Gary Garritan and see if he has any copies left. JP

--- Andris Sice <hasice@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Logic Pro 7.1.1/OSX.3.8 > > I have an external firewire drive with a few > commercial libraries. The > EXS sees most of them fine but there's one library > that's invisible. > The manual says "Instruments must be stored in the > Sampler Instruments > sub-folder of the main Logic program folder". I > don't have one... On > main drive>Applications I only see the bare app and > Waveburner. > > What gives? > > I tried to put the renegade library alias in to > main > drive>Library>Application Support>Logic>Sampler > Instruments but got a > message that the Sampler Instruments folder cannot > be modified. I also > tried to put it in to main > drive>users>"me">Library>Application > Support>Logic>Sampler Instruments but the EXS > doesn't see it. > > Please note that I've been using this library for > over a year without a > problem. I was recently forced to wipe the main > drive and reinstall the > system and everything else. I've had this problem > only since trying to > get things back to running > Well you put it in the right place. It does belong in the user ...folder and not the Mac...folder. Why EXs doesn't see it i don't know. Have you tried EXS Manager? They offer a trial versioin that will work for a smaller library. If not, you could purchase the full version. As an alternative, you could try the project manager. Most here consider it a joke, but i have succesfully used it in situations similar to yours. JP

--- Andris Sice <hasice@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Logic Pro 7.1.1/OSX.3.8 > > I have an external firewire drive with a few > commercial libraries. The > EXS sees most of them fine but there's one library > that's invisible. > The manual says "Instruments must be stored in the > Sampler Instruments > sub-folder of the main Logic program folder". I > don't have one... On > main drive>Applications I only see the bare app and > Waveburner. > > What gives? > > I tried to put the renegade library alias in to > main > drive>Library>Application Support>Logic>Sampler > Instruments but got a > message that the Sampler Instruments folder cannot > be modified. I also > tried to put it in to main > drive>users>"me">Library>Application > Support>Logic>Sampler Instruments but the EXS > doesn't see it. > > Please note that I've been using this library for > over a year without a > problem. I was recently forced to wipe the main > drive and reinstall the > system and everything else. I've had this problem > only since trying to > get things back to running Another thought. Last time i had this type of problem I had to do something strange like put the instruments folder within a separate folder and then put that in the "sample instruments folder". I know it doesn't make sense but if I remember correctly it worked.

> On 16.03.2006, at 17:53, jfifieldus wrote: > > > Any recommendations for realistic sounding/feeling string section > > sample sets that won't break the bank (under $300)? Any suggestions > > would be appreciated. > > Garritan Personal Orchestra? > The "Ensemble" function is somehow strange but for small sections one > can use solo strings too. > > __ > Peter Ostry Thanks Peter. I was all set to jump on the GPO until I learned that it requires an XP operating system for PC. I am running Windows 2000 w/SP 4. Although I have been successful in running other XP-only devices on this system, I spoke to Gary Garritan directly and had an e-mail exchange with someone else from the company and they both said that there was no guaranty that the GPO would work with my system. If there are any users out there with the identical platform running GPO, please let me know what your experiences have been.

> --- jfifieldus <juanitopepito@att.net> wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > Any recommendations for realistic sounding/feeling string section > > sample sets that won't break the bank (under $300)? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > You just missed the $200 closeout sale on Garritan > Orchestral Strings. You could contact Gary Garritan > and see if he has any copies left. > JP Thanks James! I am in the process of trying to determine if it will be possible to use the GPO on my Windows 2000 system. John F.

>I have roland S550 sample discs which should bbut dont currently load on my >S50. Comes up load S50 disc. Has anyone info on what i need to do to get the >S50 to read and load S550 samples..much appreciated.Ian I have a program from ROLAND on a single floppy disk which is called "SYS 505 Library Converter"which does exactly what you are looking for. It converts S-550/330 Sound Disks into S-50 Disks and allows creating your own patches too.It's a little tricky but comes very handy after a while. The manual i have is in german only but i am shure you can download it from ROLAND's Archive site. If you send me a self stamped/self adressed letter I send you a copy of the disk. Send it to the following address: Markus Kmitta 333 N. Louise St.#13 GLENDALE CA 91206 Markus Kmitta

Try opening up the Project Manager, and have it re-scan all the folders that you have designated for your samples. Sampler Instruments & Actual sample files. My set up is not the standard set up. I've also got an external drive for which I've taken Alias' of the folders there and copied them into the boot drive's Sampler Instruments folder: "BootDiskLibraryApplication SupportLogicsampler Instruments". There's a possiblity that your Project Manager DB file got tweaked, and needs re-building Good Luck... Any by the way, if you have a lot of samples, I mean up to and over 100 Gig worth, the Project Manager scan can take hours.

--- John Fifield <juanitopepito@att.net> wrote: > > --- jfifieldus <juanitopepito@att.net> wrote: > > > > > Greetings All, > > > > > > Any recommendations for realistic > sounding/feeling string section > > > sample sets that won't break the bank (under > $300)? > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > > > > You just missed the $200 closeout sale on Garritan > > Orchestral Strings. You could contact Gary > Garritan > > and see if he has any copies left. > > JP > > > Thanks James! I am in the process of trying to > determine if it will be > possible to use the GPO on my Windows 2000 system. I was suggesting GOS not GPO. GOS predates XP and I would be fairly certain it would work fine on Win 2000. The problem is it may no longer be available. JP

> > > > Any recommendations for realistic sounding/feeling string section > > > > sample sets that won't break the bank (under $300)? > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > You just missed the $200 closeout sale on Garritan > > > Orchestral Strings. You could contact Gary Garritan > > > and see if he has any copies left. > > > JP > > > > > > Thanks James! I am in the process of trying to determine if it will be > > possible to use the GPO on my Windows 2000 system. > > I was suggesting GOS not GPO. GOS predates XP and I > would be fairly certain it would work fine on Win > 2000. The problem is it may no longer be available. > JP Thanks James. Since it appears that I will not be able to go with the GPO, I will inquire about the GOS set. John F.

James, I e-mailed Gary Garritan. The GOS is not available. John F. --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, james page <jimmymio@...> wrote: I was suggesting GOS not GPO. GOS predates XP and I would be fairly certain it would work fine on Win 2000. The problem is it may no longer be available. JP

>>I was suggesting GOS not GPO. GOS predates XP and I would be fairly certain it would work fine on Win 2000. The problem is it may no longer be available. >>JP >> >> >Thanks James. Since it appears that I will not be able to go with the GPO, >I will inquire about the GOS set. > > > Has anyone tried MOTU's Symphonic Instrument? I've not seen a review yet, so I would be interested in knowing what people think. Regards, David

on 3/20/06 2:53 PM, jfifieldus at juanitopepito@att.net wrote: > James, > > I e-mailed Gary Garritan. The GOS is not available. > > John F. > This may be more money than you want to spend, but you could try Sonic Implants Symphonic Strings Lite: http://tinyurl.com/o3qwf It comes in Giga 2 format, which you can then convert with the EXS (or Translator or CDXtract). The only problem is that you have to use a Windows PC to unpack the compressed files. Don

on 3/20/06 2:53 PM, jfifieldus at juanitopepito@att.net wrote: > James, > > I e-mailed Gary Garritan. The GOS is not available. > > John F. > For $179 you can still order the GOS lite Akai version, which you can convert in the EXS: http://www.mtlc.net/index.php?page=Product&searchvalue=garritan&pid0 67 Still a great value. I used it for a couple of years before upgrading to the full GOS library. Don

on 3/20/06 2:53 PM, jfifieldus at juanitopepito@att.net wrote: > James, > > I e-mailed Gary Garritan. The GOS is not available. > > John F. > Sorry to keep adding messages, but I now see that the GOS lite library can still be ordered in the Giga version as well: http://www.mtlc.net/index.php?page=Product&searchvalue=garritan&pid' 57 Don