Chicken Systems Translator Pro Sample Format Conversion Software

Chicken Systems Translator Pro Sample Format Conversion Software

Translator™ converts professional sampler formats. Take any sampler CD-Rom/disk and Translator™ can convert one or any of it's Samples, or Presets, or Banks - or the entire CD-ROM/disk - into another sampler format that you can use directly with that sampler! Program parameter information is translated as well as the samples and structure - wavedata, keymaps, looping, effects - Everything is possible!

Translator™ led the way five years ago in reading proprietary hardware sampler CD's and hard drives, and making those sounds available for the new breed of computer-driven samplers. Gigasampler's power was exclusively unlocked by Translator. HALion translations were released the day after HLAion was released as a product. And, the first software sampler, Seer System's Reality, is still only supported by Translator and no one else.

Even today, no program reads and translates more proprietary disk formats. Translator reads eleven of them! Count: 1) Akai S-1000/3000, 2) Roland S-7x, 3) Roland S-50/550 Series*, 4) Emu, 5) Kurzweil, 6) Ensoniq*, 7) Fairlight*, 8) Peavey*, 9) Yamaha*, 10) Akai MPC, 11) Macintosh HFS - with even more coming!
*unique to Translator

Software samplers have been slow to amass the programmability of hardware samplers, so Translator led the way in innovative designs that unlocked those features that other programs are just now discovering. Features like bidirectional and reverse looping, multi-stage envelope algorithms, and many more. Translator was the first to offer EXS-24 translations that truly stuffed more elaborate parameters into the global scheme of the EXS. Even today, Translator offers more accurate translations across the board than any other conversion program.

Features:

• Reads and Translates Ensoniq and Kurzweil Programs
• Reads and Translates Bulk DOS Disks
• Intelligent Automatic Stereo Combining and Splitting
• Giga Power
  -Translator is the ONLY program that writes real, authentic, exact .gig files, ones designed to be read into Giga without any rewriting etc. within the editor. Translator write regular files, not irregular ones as other programs do
  -Translator writes exact v2.0 files, while others write only version 1
  -Translator can write not only .gig files, but Giga Performances as well. This enables mimicking of Akai Multis and Roland Performances
  -Translator compensates for Giga's restriction on mono-or-stereo Regions by intelligently combining or splitting, also can pre-determine mono or stereo as the above
  -Compensates for non-exponential Layers and Dimensions accurately
  -Writes condensed .gig files and does not include residual information
  - Writes Instruments into single .gig files whenever possible, instead of splitting them, does not write unnecessary folders
  -" Bulk Convert" Roland option virtually eliminates replicated samples from Roland CD's or disks
  - Respects Giga's 128 Instrument limit and writes a minimum of multiple .gig files if necessary without sample replication (common issue with SoundFont->Giga translations)
  - Extracts Instruments into Groups or individually, extracts samples and imports them as well.
• Supports Akai, Roland, Emu, Kurzweil, Ensoniq, EXS, Giga, HALion, SampleCell, SampleTank, Reality, Reaktor, WAV/AIFF/SND/KSF/S, Pulsar, MESA, Triton, XV-5080, ASR-X, SoundFont, others
• Fast, Efficient Operation
• Detailed Status Dialogs with Pausable Translation featur
• Supports Emu "Links"
• Supports Roland Performances Easily
• View Roland disks in a more natural way
• Write To Proprietary Disks
• Supports Translating From Akai S-5000 Multi Files
• Use SMDI To Transfer Batches of Samples To and From Hardware Samplers
• View And Extract Mac Drives on the PC
• Wave Mapping Into Program Structures - Instrument Building
• Parameter Tolerance
• Works Within a Studio Network Environment
• Updates are ALWAYS Free