convert utility

cream · Post by **cream** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:43 pm

Hi,

Is there any utility that converts akai to sts?
(sts program with waves) I saw on chicken systems'website this message:

Pulsar/STS Translation Status
This refers to translating to .p and .s files of the original Pulsar. .p+.wav combinations will be available shortly, as well as the new .sts+.wav combination.

Any other programs that convert akai to sts?
(paste as sts in the sfp browser is not an option for copying cd's)

thanks

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:31 pm

CDXtract does it

cream · Post by **cream** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:55 pm

correct me if i'm wrong but cdxtract does only convert to *.p, not to *.sts with wavs.

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:10 pm

outch! Sorry

[ This Message was edited by: samplaire on 2005-02-15 18:10 ]

Kymeia · Post by **Kymeia** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:32 pm

Extreme Sample Converter

http://www.extranslator.com/

Ben Walker · Post by **Ben Walker** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:36 am

Aawave Studio from http://www.fmjsoft.com does it too.

cream · Post by **cream** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:46 am

thanks all

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:56 am

cream wrote:
Is there any utility that converts akai to sts?

Any sts sampler!

Load the akai into it from the file browser, then do a "Save As Volume..." et voilá!

Royston

edit: this is of course somewhat long-winded if you have loads of samples to convert...

[ This Message was edited by: Counterparts on 2005-02-16 04:57 ]

cream · Post by **cream** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:48 am

awave studio doesn't read akai cd's says the faq..

cream · Post by **cream** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:56 pm

I've downloaded the demo of extreme sample converter but i'm wondering how you can convert a whole akai cd at once. I can't select the partitions.

cream · Post by **cream** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:09 am

I'm still looking for a converter which converts whole akai cd's to sts. So it has to read akai cd's and must have the ability to convert a whole cd at once..

anyone?

Kymeia · Post by **Kymeia** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:08 pm

Well you didn't say you wanted the whole disk converting at once. It will convert the whole disk but just one partition at a time - I don't know why it won't select multiple partitions at once but its never been a big deal to me - it still does the same job and with a bit more precision perhaps (I always find converting a whole disk at once to any format is a pain as you are left with AKAI's stupid directory structure that way).

Anyway - maybe try CDXtract? It says here it does convert the prgramme and sample (STS)

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

[ This Message was edited by: Kymeia on 2005-02-21 14:09 ]

dbmac · Post by **dbmac** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:45 pm

CDXtract does the job, but it uses the old STS filenames - *.p for program and *.s for samples, instead of *.sts and *.wav.
Other than that, the converted samples load fine.
I've asked the CDXtract guy to address this a long time ago, and he said it would be done. Maybe some more pestering is in order.

/dave