EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hello


     I was wondering how can I read my S550 floppys and convert them to
the EXS24 format on a MAC G4 / 533 MP with MAC OS 9.2.2

Thanks in advance for your help

Best

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Cyril Blanc

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At 06:10 AM 6/2/02 +0200, you wrote:

>I was wondering how can I read my S550 floppys and convert them to
>the EXS24 format on a MAC G4 / 533 MP with MAC OS 9.2.2

That's the 3 time I've heard this asked - other times were on support calls.

(I hate floppies.)

The Mac does not like non-standard floppy formats. In fact, if you inserted 
a Ensoniq floppy into a Mac, it'll crash - I'm supposing this is the same 
with Roland ones. The explanation is that the Mac hates sector sizes higher 
than 9.

Anyway, there is a way to take a S-550 floppy and get it into the EXS, but 
you'll have to use a PC. You'd use a common domain (re: free) software 
called SDisk to get a ".out" file on your hard drive, then you could use 
Translator to convert it over, as it supports this format.

The other people asked if we'd put this in the Mac version, and we said... 
NOT. (See below)

(We have a philosophy that "legacy" issues are self-perpetuating. The only 
reason floppy drives even exist as standard equipment on computers (OK, 
PC's) is because manufacturers say that "people use them." The only reason 
people use them is because they're on the computer when UPS delivers it. 
Never mind that it's pre-1980's technology. Never mind that it's slower 
then the ENIAC. But we're idiots and we wrote conversion software on the PC 
side, at least. Call it boredom. Call it a challenge.)

(By the way, the person in a big way responsible for at least part of 
Ensoniq technology is the son of the co-inventor of the ENIAC. When you 
love the prefix "EN," well, you love it.)

(If you don't know what the ENIAC is, do a search on Google and prepare for 
fascinating reading. If you don't know why I keep writing useless boring 
messages using parentheses, it's probably because whenever I watch anything 
on TV that dickers with the Prime Directive, I can't sleep. And watching TV 
sex therapists with horrible teeth. Time to go to the store for some No-Doze.)

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User

>      I was wondering how can I read my S550 floppys and convert them to
>the EXS24 format on a MAC G4 / 533 MP with MAC OS 9.2.2

Hi Cyril,

There's a set of apps called SMac that allows you to load sounds and 
convert from S550/S330 floppies. From there, you'd have to map the 
sounds in the EXS24.

I think this is the file:
http://www.generalconcepts.com/sgroup/archive/utilities/macintosh/smac.hqx

In any case, these are great apps for backing up and/or restoring 
your precious S550 disks.

Or, if you have the S760, you could convert-load the sounds, then 
import them (I imagine) with CDXtract or Translator.

Hope this helps - Colin

I was wondering how can I read my S550 floppys and convert them to
  the EXS24 format on a MAC G4 / 533 MP with MAC OS 9.2.2

I think that D-soundPro (www.d-soundpro.com) can read Roland floppies.  I don't know
the best path from there to EXS-24, but that is a starting point...

Please let me know if if discover a good way to do this, I want to convert a large S550
library also.

   -smeet


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Hi,

Thanks for your answers.

I have tried SMAC, it is just extracting the samples so you have to 
re-do all the sample assignment :-(

Sumit Das wrote:

>        I was wondering how can I read my S550 floppys and convert them to
>   the EXS24 format on a MAC G4 / 533 MP with MAC OS 9.2.2
>
> I think that D-soundPro (www.d-soundpro.com) can read Roland 
> floppies.  I don't know
> the best path from there to EXS-24, but that is a starting point...
>
> Please let me know if if discover a good way to do this, I want to 
> convert a large S550
> library also.
>
>    -smeet
>
D-Sound-pro can do it on a old MAC having an internal floppy, but does 
not work on a USB floppy ! after reading the floppy D-sound-pro crashes !
I spoke to Steffano, D-Sound_pro devellopper, he does not want to patch 
3.5.1 and he told me that S50 import was not supported in the new 
incoming release. :-(

Best

-- 
Cyril Blanc

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92350 Plessis Robinson       
France

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