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Systematik88 · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 5

I just got a 1gb usb flash drive today so I could try to finally figure out how to make sng files into wav. I was following some guidelines I found after searching through the forums and I got to where I need to set the sampling time. For some reason I can only make the sampling time go up to 1 minute 27 seconds and it wont let me go any higher. Anyone know the reasoning behind this?

EDIT: I also get not enough sample memory when I try to use the sample rec start / stop thing

tritex4 · Platinum Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 1278

Systematik88 · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 5

Ah thanks a bunch. Should I get a 1gb or just get a 4gb CF card? DO the wav songs take up much space or does that depend

EDIT: Just realized i have a ultra II 2.0 gb Sandisk CF card..but it doesnt want to seem to slip into that slot on the left on the TE cause its too small haha..Am i doin something wrong

lcmorley · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

I think the Extreme only "Officially" supports upto 1GB for compact flash cards. Not sure if it will go any higher.

Also, you need to make sure you get the right card. There are issues with many CF cards that cause latency when recording. I originally bought a Kingston card because it was cheap, and it did not work correctly. I would recommend the SanDisk Ultra II card. A little more expensive, but works a treat. Smile

Sorry, didn't read your edit. Any CF card is the same size physically as far as I am aware so you should not have any issues. Sad

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shrike · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject:

Systematik88 · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks for the replies everyone..I realized what I was trying to put into my keyboard was an SD card haha Embarassed

. As a final question..How much does a usual song take up in space? I have a 128 MB lying around somewhere Im going to try to find but I didnt know if I should just go buy a 1 gig to make sure i have the space. Thanks again

lcmorley · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:

The stupid answer is that it depends on how long the song is. Smile

The estimate would be around 10MB per minute of music.
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shrike · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

128 MB CF won't get you anywhere, you'll fill it up with just a few sessions.

Let's say you download, collect from others, make your self (OK, maybe not just yet) collection of samples of let say 50 or 60 MB, plus few MB for programs and combis - what will you have, 60 or 70 MB for songs and wave files?

SanDisk SDCFB 2.0 GB costs around 30 or 40 $, or 30 euros.

And 2GB gives you plenty free space.

pagey · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject:

I just brought a Sandisk Ultra III CF card (2gig) from Play.com for £17.99 and it works a treat.
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Luke672 · Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 48

I only just got my extreme, what is the best way to test a flash card? I have a fujifilm 100x 2gig

shrike · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

Try sampling something on it, no matter what, just go to sampler, choose sample to media and play something. Then save it to media, then load it from media, then sample something else, then load both, etc, then save .pcg data, load all, save all, load just particular programs and particular samples, do the same with sequencer...

basically, you wont know until you try as many options as possible and use it for a longer period.

sreedharrmenon · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 7 Location: India

Hi there,

Its really very easy to convert any .sng file to .wav file, right into your CF card. Here is how you go about doing this.

Once you have loaded the desired song to the sequencer,
> Go to SEQ (sequencer) mode.
> Go to 'Sampling' tab on the screen (7th tab from left) {in SEQ mode}.
> Find an option that, by default, is 'RAM', touch that and choose 'Media'.
> Now you can change and set the new time duration which depends upon the size of your CF card Storability.

And let me know if that worked.

Thanks,
Regards,

Sreedhar R. Menon

shrike · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:58 am Post subject:

Yes, Sreedhar, it's the only way to resample (not convert) .sng to wave just using Extreme, considering somewhat limiting capabilities of RAM's capacity.

To resample, you still have to engage sampling and play the whole song.

On M3, for instance, there is 2ch to media auto-sampling option which creates stereo wave but doesn't exist in Extreme. Still, process of resampling couldn't be easier than it is even without this option.

So, yes, it definitely works.

Regards,
shrike

tritex4 · Platinum Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 1278

shrike · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject:

I'm little embarrassed now... Embarassed

tritex4, thank you, damn machine really has this option.

I never saw it and never used it.

Well, this just proves one can think he knows his gear and actually be wrong.

Best regards,

shrike