Hmmm, very strange - very strange indeed

[Karmacomposer]

I have been researching software for sample conversion. I already own Extreme Sample Converter - which is excellent, I must say. No help or manuals, but most things so far are easy to figure out.

I looked at Awave, Chickensys Translator and a few others. Then I saw CDeXtract software.

Hmmmm

Strange?

Weird?

Ya know, CDeXtract looks very very VERY VERY similar to Extreme Sample Converter!!!!

I wonder if one copied the other? Did they work together and have a falling out?

Take a look at both - the similarities are not just obvious, someone ripped someone else off!

Mike

[Spe3D]

I wonder if one copied the other? Did they work together and have a falling out?

Take a look at both - the similarities are not just obvious, someone ripped someone else off!

Mike

They don't like each other much - when exsc first came to the market it was attacked by chicken systems for violation of trade marks (this resulted in exsc changing its name), plus various controversy on sample conversion of 'possibly' unlicensed technologies. - as time went on it looks like exsc cleaned up its act a bit - though the programming in his app was all done by him - it was probably not a cool move to near exactly copy the competitor - though I think some gui elements are module based on programming language used.



Best regards,

Spe3d

:O)

[jupiter8]

CDXtract was out long before ESC. Draw your own conclusions.

[Karmacomposer]

I was not sure which came first (chicken and the egg anomaly)

Mike

[Spe3D]

I was not sure which came first (chicken and the egg anomaly)

Mike

Chicken Sys was the first - I don't think either worked with each other, its was only when exsc first appeared that Chicken sys became aware of them due to the Trademark issues etc. Of course that's all we know based on what was written into the forums by both some time ago.

Best regards,

Spe3d

:O)

[dhanjit]

Of course that's all we know based on what was written into the forums by both some time ago.

Best regards,

Spe3d

:O)

I missed this. Have you (or anyone else) got links to these threads?

[bro. miles]

Actually Awave was first.

[Spe3D]

I missed this. Have you (or anyone else) got links to these threads?

No it is History

Actually Awave was first.

The GUI on Awave is not the same as either of the two apps in question above

Best regards,

Spe3d

:O)

[bro. miles]

Spe3d is absolutely right the GUI is not the same at all. I just meant the basic concept of sample format conversion predates CDX, EXSC, and ChickenSys. AFAIK Awave was the first product of this type.

[Karmacomposer]

Bu that's not the point.

The point is CDExtract and ESC look eriely similar to one another and are sold by two different companies.

Personally, I could care less and this was more of my dark humor in action, but one cannot ignore the similarities.

Mike

[dubbyah]

Bu that's not the point.

The point is CDExtract and ESC look eriely similar to one another and are sold by two different companies.

Personally, I could care less and this was more of my dark humor in action, but one cannot ignore the similarities.

Mike

Hmm, I wonder what you think of Behringer then

[loveless]

I have Awave, and - I really never use it. I've tried a few times to convert some of my more commonly used .Gig patches and it didn't translate them correctly at all.

[Karmacomposer]

I love Behringer despite the look alike to other low end and medium grade equipment. Doube standard, I know, but I think software is simply easier to change and create (being a programmer myself) and hardware goes through factories that have to be tooled and re-tooled (except for those things created in Wozniak's garage).

Mike