kenmerb@... wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've got a request from someone who is trying to play the Pinder CDROM
> samples in his sampler, but can't seem to do it.
>
> He' got an EMU ESI 2000 sampler with a SCSI CDROM drive attached. The
> Pinder CDR is in the AKAI format, and he says that his sampler can't read it.
> Now he's trying to read the CDR files on his PC's CD drive, but the disk
> appears empty to the PC (this doesn't surprise me - AKAI is not a PC
> compatible format like WAV or MP3, I don't think).
>
> So, the question is - how can he get the EMU sampler to read in the
> Pinder Mellotron samples? Is there a conversion utility available which
> converts from the AKAI format to a format the ESI 2000 will recognize and
> read?
>
> I've got a Kurzweil 2600, and it reads the Pinder CDR just fine, even
> though it is in the AKAI and not Kurzweil format..
>
> I know that there are some people on our list who use this EMU sampler,
> and many others on the list who use the Pinder CDR. Any suggestions? Our
> friend says his band is "chomping at the bit" to use the Mellotron samples.
> Thanks.
>
> Ken M.
http://www.cdxtract.com/home.php is the home page for the author of the
program that you need (CD Extract v4). Worth every penny.
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