Mellotronists

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.

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