Converting Emulator Patches/Samples into Sampler

esky · Post by **esky** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:19 am

Good morning from Berlin,

Sampler does converting of Akai patches and samples in a reliable way. But i have tons of samples for my old Emulator e6400 as well. How can i make them useable for sampler eg. get them converted by Live...? Any ideas? Maybe there is a small freeware program (Windows) or something like that...?
Thanks, Esky

esky · Post by **esky** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:16 am

No one using an Emu e4/e6400/e5000 etc and tried and to convert his library...? Bummer!

nbinder · Post by **nbinder** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:16 pm

Have you really tried google? I found a converter back in the days when I needed one. it wasn't free, but IIRC Emulator CDs were supported.

This is what I just found with google:

http://www.cdxtract.com/home.php

Took about 5 seconds.

esky · Post by **esky** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:42 pm

I always try to get a solution myself before i'm staring to ask stupid questions to the community. I discoverd Cdxtract too but it seems to be a little dated and therefore doesn't support Sampler directly. All i could do is convert the Emus into Akai Disks and then transfer it to Sampler, is that right? Or into Exs format. I thought there might be a direct way to convert my Emu library...

Well...bummer...

nbinder · Post by **nbinder** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:41 pm

Didn't mean to attack you, was just wondering. You cannot directly convert to sampler, but you can convert to Akai, then to sampler. Not an elegant way, but at least one way....

I didn't find more on the first try, maybe someone else knows more....

esky · Post by **esky** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:45 pm

Don't worry, didn't understand it as an attack. Yeah, first Akai, then Sampler...more bummer...

jonny72 · Post by **jonny72** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:14 pm

Chicken Systems Translator is another option, while it won't export directly to Sampler either there are cut down versions that export to just one format (EXS maybe) at $80 each.

Might be worth contacting them to see if they've got any plans to add Sampler support in the future.

horneusz · Post by **horneusz** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:23 pm

Try Extreme Sample Converter: http://www.extranslator.com/
Only 80 euro.

Atardecer · Post by **Atardecer** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:43 am

+1 for Extreme Sample Converter

esky · Post by **esky** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:15 am

Thank you guys, now that's what i call feedback...! Ok, i downloaded the demo of extranslator and in contrast to chicken systems translator i could easlily get results. Unfortunatly there where clicks and spikes on the translated samples, i have to check that again. As there is no direct support for sampler, which format do you guys choose for transfering...?
Thanks again, Esky

horneusz · Post by **horneusz** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:26 pm

The author of ESC plans a new version to add support for the Sampler.