August 29th, 2008 - Chicken Systems has announced that Translator Mac OSX version 5.9 is now shipping. This is included in Translator Pro, which is a cross-platform Universal Binary Mac and Windows-compatible Universal Instrument Convertor and Sampler Tool.

Version 5.9 is a vast improvement over the older version 1.5, as it offers MacTel support, much faster and streamlined operation, and a vastly expanded format list. This Universal Binary version has been in the works for over 3 years.

Translator Mac OSX can translate practically every professional format. This enables musicians to use practically any sound for their sampler, no matter what format.

The current destination list includes EXS24, Kontakt, Structure, Independence, HALion, Reason NN-XT, SampleTank, SFZ, Roland MV8000 and Fantom, Alesis Fusion, Korg Triton, and Battery 1. More formats are coming in September, along with many of the ancillary features that have made Translator Windows famous, such as Fix References.