Chicken Systems has announced the immediate availability of a new update of Translator: version 5.9.0.94 for Mac OS X and version 2.9.0.128 for Windows.
New Source Formats (Mac/Win):
- SFZ 2.0 (added to SFZ 1.0).
- Drumagog.
- Akai MPC-5000 Program (Drum .50s and Keygroup .50k).
New Destination Formats (Mac/Win):
- Kurzweil.
- Emu E3/ESi.
- Roland Fantom-G.
- Akai MPC-5000 Program (Drum .50s and Keygroup .50k).
- SFZ 2.0 (added to SFZ 1.0).
- EmulatorX (Mac; already implemented in Windows).
Mac New Features and Fixes:
- [ALL] Added Object List File Filter; objects in the Object List can be filtered.
- [ALL] Added single Preset EmulatorX export.
- [ALL] Added viewing of Presets and Samples inside EmulatorX Banks.
- [ALL] Added auditioning of EmulatorX samples.
- [ALL] Added Recycle-> option to fade out end of sample.
- [ALL] Now can audition E3/ESi and Ensoniq samples from counterpart files (.esi, .e3b, .efe, .efa).
- [ALL] Ensoniq-> now combines stereo samples.
- [ALL] Added custom Motif icons.
- [ALL] Improved Motif, SND, and Emu sample auditioning.
- [ALL] Improved Recycle-> conversions.
- [ALL] Improved ->Stylus conversions.
- [ALL] Improved Recycle-> conversions.
- [ALL] Improved Bulk Export ->Independence and ->MachFive; now reacts to selections.
- [ALL] Improved auditioning stereo files off proprietary disk.
- [ALL] Fixed Refresh Folder command.
- [ALL] Fixed issues with reading occasional "mixed byte-order" EXS files.
- [ALL] Fixed some MPC-3000 reading issues.
- [ALL] Fixed several PPC-specific bugs in Reference Manager.
- [ALL] Fixed EXS-> bug when Zone does not have a sample referenced.
- [ALL] Fixed EmulatorX->, was not reading Transpose values correctly.
- [ALL] Updated documentation; PDF.
- [INDEPENDENCE] Fixed EXS-> with named Groups coming in.
- [SAMPLETANK] Improved averaging of incoming velocity ranges.
- [SOUNDFONT] Fixed merging of SoundFont presets (implicit operation).
- [MACHFIVE] Fixed Bulk->MachFive.
- [KURZWEIL] Fixed ->Kurzweil regarding stereo samples.
- [ENSONIQ] Improved averaging of incoming velocity ranges.
- [REASON] Fixed EXS->Reason conversion; optimized ->Reason also.
- [ROLAND] Improved averaging of incoming velocity ranges for Fantom.
- [MOTIF] Added converting into existing Motif Banks.
- [MOTIF] Added converting into plain Waveforms (no realtime conversion).
- [MOTIF] Added incoming Groups-> predetermined Elements/Waveforms.
- [AKAI] Improved averaging of incoming velocity ranges for Akai S-1000/3000, Pulsar, MESA, and MPC.
- [KORG] Improved averaging of incoming velocity ranges.
- [KORG] Improved ->Triton conversions.
- [EXS] Automatically converts incoming 32-bit float samples (EXS does not support these).
- [NI] Fixed EXS-> issue with ungrouped Zones.
- [NI] Fixed issue when envelope stages were being modulated.
- [NI] Optimized ->Battery 2, Battery 3 conversions: 64 Groups made; syncs up with keyranges.
Windows New Features and Fixes:
- [ALL] Added single Preset EmulatorX export.
- [ALL] Added Support features - Email, Chat, Forum - from application.
- [ALL] Fixed EXS-> when working with Motorola byte-order files.
- [ALL] Fixed various MV8000-> issues.
- [ALL] Fixed various ->MPC-1000/MPC5000 issues.
- [ALL] Fixed issues with reading occasional "mixed byte-order" EXS files.
- [ALL] Fixed some MPC-3000 reading issues.
- [ALL] Fixed EXS-> bug when Zone does not have a sample referenced.
- [ALL] Ensoniq audition playback loops correctly and now does not add noise.
- [ALL] Recycle playback now auditions slices correctly.
- [ALL] Recycle-> now writes correct loop points in the slices.
- [ALL] Now can view contents of .esi and .e3x files.
- [ALL] Fixed MV-8000->WAVE.
- [ALL] Fixed MPC Disks->WAVE and other formats.
- [ALL] Added Bias Modulator functionality; add Modulators mid-translation.
- [ALL] Improved Check For Update feature.
- [ALL] Routine maintenance.
- [SHORTCIRCUIT] Fixed ->Shortcircuit when incompatible modulators are used.
- [INDEPENDENCE] Fixed EXS-> issue with ungrouped Zones.
- [SOUNDFONT] Fixed merging of SoundFont presets (implicit operation).
- [STRUCTURE] Added Knob support, Knob labeling, with Initial Values.
- [STRUCTURE] Added support for the Logo under PATCH COPYRIGHT.
- [AKAI] Fixed some instances of ->MPC-1000.
- [AKAI] Improved ->MPC-1000 .pgm conversions.
- [NI] Fixed EXS-> issue with ungrouped Zones.
- [NI] Fixed tuning issue with some Kontakt3 and up files.
- [NI] Added Kontakt Conversion Templates; Instrument, Script, and Group.
- [NI] Corrected some Kontakt 4 issues.
- [NI] Optimized ->Battery 2, Battery 3 conversions: 64 Groups made; syncs up with keyranges.
