SPECIFICATIONS
System: Core Audio™, Core MIDI™, DirectSound™
Plug-in: Stand-alone, Audio Units™, VST®, RTAS® under Pro Tools 7/8™, ASIO®
Mac OSX: 10.4.x, G4 1.4 GHz or Intel® Core™ Duo 1.66 GHz, 512 MB RAM
Windows XP or Windows Vista: Pentium 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM.*
Requires a DVD drive and 200 MB of free disk space for minimum installation, 14 GB for full installation
*Requires a 32-bit compatible environment to operate under 64-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista.
IMPORT AND COMPATIBILITY
| Format |
File Extension |
| APPLE LOOPS |
|
| Apple Loop |
.aiff / .aif |
| ACID |
|
| Acidized Wave |
.wav |
| GIGASTUDIO |
|
| Gigastudio 1-2.5 |
.gig |
| Gigastudio 3 |
.gig |
| EXS24 |
|
| EXS24 mkI |
.exs |
| EXS24 mkII |
.exs |
| HALION |
|
| Halion 1 / 2 program * |
.fxp |
| RECYCLE |
|
| REX 1 |
.rex |
| REX 2 |
.rx2 |
| SOUNDFONT 2 |
|
| Soundfont 2 |
.sf2 |
| BATTERY |
|
| Battery 1 |
.kit |
| Battery 2 |
.kt2 |
| Battery 3 |
.cel |
| KONTAKT 1.5** |
|
| Kontakt Instrument |
.nki |
| KOMPAKT |
|
| Kompakt Instrument |
.nki |
| INTAKT |
|
| Intakt Instrument |
.nki |
| REAKTOR |
|
| Reaktor |
.map |
| LM4 |
|
| LM4 mk1 |
.txt |
| LM4 mk2 |
.fxp |
| SAMPLECELL |
|
| SampleCell |
.ins, no extension / CD-ROM |
| BEATCREATOR |
|
| BeatCreator |
.zgr |
| Format |
File Extension |
| SOUND DESIGNER 2 |
|
| mono / stereo |
.sd2 |
| WAV |
|
| mono / stereo |
.wav |
| AIFF |
|
| mono / stereo |
.aiff / .aif |
| Format |
File Extension |
| AKAI |
|
| S-1000 |
CD-Rom |
| S-3000 / Mesa |
CD-ROM, .s3p, .sp, no extension (Mac) |
| S-5000 / S-6000 Program |
.akp |
| Z-4 / Z-8 Program |
.akp |
| MPC Sound |
.snd*** |
| MPC Program |
.pgm*** |
| Format |
File Extension |
| Akai S1000 Disc |
proprietary |
| Akai S3000 Disc |
proprietary |
| Mac HFS Disk (PC) |
proprietary |
* Halion 3 is not supported
** Kontakt 2 file formats are not supported
*** Supported versions are MPC-60, MPC-3000, MPC-2000, and MPC-2000XL
Also please note the following points:
- Direct import from CD-ROMs is supported even if Windows or OSX cannot read these CD-ROMs
- CD images can be imported in the formats .IMG, .ISO, .NRG, or .DMGImport from floppy disks is not supported
- Sound Designer 2 (SD2) files cannot be imported on PC due to PC incompatibility with Sound Designer files
- On PCs, you can load SampleCell instruments only from a Mac HFS CD-ROM or from an image file created from such a CD-ROM. On the Mac, you can load SampleCell instruments either from a CD-ROM as on PCs or from a folder on a MAC formatted hard disk.
- 24-bit or 20-bit disk-accelerated files are not supported (e.g. GigaStudio3 Piano)
