I’ve written a tool for loading Logic EXS24 format instruments into the Renoise sampler. I started by updating the existing Additional File Formats Tool to work with Renoise 3.1 but ended up writing a new tool from scratch specifically for .exs files.
Once the tool is installed .exs instruments should be visible in the sidebar. Clicking on the instrument will load it just like a native Renoise instrument.
The tool will attempt to load the samples automatically. If the sample path cannot be determined you will be prompted to select the folder.
This tool can currently map the following properties for zones and samples:
name
fine tune
panning
oneshot
base note
note range
velocity range
loop start
loop end
loop reverse
I don’t have a copy of Logic so I’ve only been able to test this tool with existing .exs files. The exs file format isn’t documented either. As a result I’m not 100% positive all of the parameter parsing is correct. That being said it seems to be working correctly with the files I have tested.
The source code is available on Github. Please open an issue if you encounter a bug. Until I am approved as a Renoise tool developer you can download this tool from the releases page.
Do you mean something similar to the way you can expand a xrni instrument and preview the individual samples in it? I don’t think so. The docs say ‘Preloading/prehearing sample files is not supported via tools.’ However once you have loaded the .exs instrument you can preview individual samples in the sample list.
It looks like it’s getting stuck trying to split the filename from the path since it’s checking for / and Windows uses \.
The automatic sample location probably won’t work on Windows either since all of the Logic / Garageband conventions are Mac specific. You will need to manually select the sample folder.
I would like to support Windows but I don’t have a Windows machine to test on. I’ve attempted a patch here: https://github.com/matt-allan/renoise-exs24/pull/2. If someone with a Windows machine could test the attached zip file and let me know if it works I can merge the change and cut a new release.
has anyone tried this patch im not near my computer today ? this is something i could really use , kontakt nkis would be good aswell it
would open up new possibilities to what we could buy theres a lot of free pianos ans things out there for exs24 and kontakt cheer mattya
I’m working on a new release. The exs parsing has been rewritten. I figured out some more details of the format so the tool is better able to locate samples.
Windows support should be better. I’m rewriting the path resolution too. I’m thinking instead of trying to be clever finding the path automatically it would be better to prompt once and then remember it?
If anyone has a big endian exs file please reach out. All my samples are too new.
