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You can convert Akai samples like those on the Pinder CD with Halion, although some people consider Halion to be a bit over the hill (like our Mellotrons   ).  I've used it within Cubase SX to convert the entire CD to WAV files.

A good resource for anything midi is kvraudio.com.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas C. Doncourt" <tomdcour@...> wrote:
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> In the case of my z8 you connect the keyboard by Midi cable. You can
> connect two keyboards -one to midiA and one to midiB and play separate
> multi patches from them. While there is a usb connection I have not been
> able to play the unit through it. If you have an Akai formatted disk (the
> Pinder disk is) then you can download it directly from a Cd drive provided
> that it is a drive the Akai recognizes. I have a Sony CRX1750U that works
> fine for this purpose. You can edit the samples to some degree using the
> Akai software in your computer and send it back and forth via USB. The
> Akai has a fairly large hard disk- something like 50G so you may or may
> not need to interface with your computer. The sound comes out analog
> through a stereo pair of phone jacks.
> Have you considered using a software based sampler like Kontakt? If you
> are using a computer for recording and have an interface you could use it
> live and as a plug-in as well . Personally, the Akai has been much easier
> for me to set up for live and is much more versatile. It takes awhile to
> figure out some of the bells and whistles but you can really do some great
> stuff with it after a little investment of energy. TD
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> > I am not clear about this myself.  I know nothing about samplers. I have a
> > midi keyboard. I assume that the keyboard attatches via a midi cable to
> > the sampler. I assume that the samples could be loaded from CD rom
> > directly into the sampler ( my preferred option ) or via a USB cable from
> > a computer. I assume that the output signal comes from the sampler and can
> > then be sent to a mixer and powered speakers.
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> > Is that correct?
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> > --- On Fri, 8/22/08, lsf5275@... lsf5275@... wrote:
> > From: lsf5275@... lsf5275@...
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Samplers
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 10:27 AM
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> > [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Samplers
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> >> I could also recommend the
> > Akai Z4 or Z8. You can expand it up to 512 meg >which means you have a
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> > of sounds to play around with before you have >to load again from the
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> > disk. I find the architecture very easy for me >to use. You would have
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> > connect an external CD drive or load sounds >directly from the computer
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> > usb. The Akai interface software has been >easy for me to use
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> > i second the akai suggestion.
> > the newer ones have:
> > usb
> > available for direct connection to a computer
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> > software [free] that
> > utilizes that interface
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> > allows direct importing of .wav files for EASY
> > importing of just about any audio file you might want to put in it
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> > have an ensoniq asr-10 and an emu esi4000.
> > they both have serious
> > limitations that cannot be overcome.
> > they are, in some ways, complimentary,
> > and i use them both all the time.
> > but... the recent akais have, to put it
> > simply, removed all the limitations that make these others cumbersome
> > difficult and restrictive. if i recall the s5000 and s6000 are both
> > usb-capable as are the z-∗ series, but do verify this before purchasing.
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> > are all available on ebay all the time.
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> > some people find the akai
> > operating system unfriendly, but i think it's one of those things that
> > the
> > more you use it the easier it becomes, and just a small investment in
> > time
> > makes it all worthwhile.. .
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> >>I am thinking of buying a sampler,
> > but I do not know much about them. I >would be buying second hand in New
> > Zealand so it would probably be be 4-5 >years old and would be a very
> > popular model. Being a small country there >is a very limited choice of
> > musical equipment anything even slightly >unusual is not likely to be
> > imported.
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> >>It would need to be simple and load from CD rom and
> > connect via usb to a >midi keyboard.
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> > can you please clarify this
> > statement?
> > midi and usb are, obviously, not the same, and not for the same
> > purposes.
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> >>If anyone can help with advice and has the time to answer
> > some questions, >please contact me off
> > list.
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> >>Thanks
> >>Mark
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