Translator - Supported Formats

Supported Formats

Translator™ 6 converts in and out of more professional formats than any other program. Below is a current list; this applies to Mac and Windows equally.

Source Formats

Software Samplers

Native Instruments Kontakt Instrument v1-v5 (.nki; .nkb; .nkm) (.nkb v4.1 and less only)

Apple EXS24 (.exs) (ALL Logic Versions)

Digidesign Structure (.patch; .part)

UVI Falcon (.uvip; .uvim)

MOTU MachFive v1-v3 (.m5p; .m5m)

Ableton Sampler/Simpler (.adg; .adv)

Tascam GigaStudio v1-v4 (.gig)

Propellerheads Reason NN-XT (.sxt)

Emu EmulatorX v1-v3 (.exb; .ebl)

Digidesign SampleCell (source only)

Creamware Pulsar / STS / Wersi (.p;. s; .sts)

Cakewalk SFZ v1-v2 (.sfz)

Apple/CamelAudio Alchemy (.acp)

Steinberg HALion v1, v2 (.fxp) (v3 only in XML form)

SoundFont (.sf2)

Bitheadz Unity DS-1 (.uds)

Speedsoft VSampler (.vbs) (source only)

Software Drum Machines/Groove Boxes

Native Instruments Battery v1-v4 (.kit; .kt2; .kt3, .nbkt)

DrumCore DrumKit (.userKit)

Steinberg LM-4 Mark I and mrk II (.txt;.fxp)

FXpansion DR-008 (.dr8) (source only)

Ableton Live Drumracks (.adg)

Hardware Samplers

Akai S-1000/3000

Akai MESA v1-v2 (.prg; .s3p)

Akai S-5000/S-6000 (.akp, .wav)

Akai Z-Series (.akp, .wav)

Roland S-5x (source only)

Roland S-7x

Emu Emax I (source only)

Emu Emax II (source only)

Emu E3/ESi

Emu E4/EOS

Ensoniq EPS/ASR (.efe;.efa)

Kurzweil (.krz;.k25;.k26)

Yamaha A-3000/4000/5000 (non-proprietary only)

John Bowen Solaris

Synclavier (Hi-Tech Edition only)

Fairlight (Hi-Tech Edition only)

Waveframe (Hi-Tech Edition only)

Hardware Drum Machines/Groove Boxes

Akai MPC-4000 (.akp;.wav)

Akai MPC (.pgm;.50s; .50k; .wav; .snd)

Akai MPC Renaissance (.xpm, .wav)

Roland MV-8000/880 (.mv0)

Ensoniq ASR-X (sou; .aif)

Hardware Workstations

Yamaha Motif Classic, ES, XS, XF (.w2v; .w7v; .x0v; .x3v; also ALL files)

Yamaha Tyros v2-v5 (.tvn; .uvn)

Roland Fantom-S/X/G (.svd)

Korg Kronos/M3/Triton (.pcg; .ksc; .kmp; .ksf)

Alesis Fusion (.afp; .afi; .afs)

Slice File Formats

Recycle v1-v2 (.rcy; .rex; .rx2)

ACID Files (.wav)

AppleLoops (.aif; .aiff; .caf)

Stylus RMX

Zero-X BeatQuantizer (.zgr; .wav)

NI Kontakt (Beat Machine mode)

Emu EmulatorX Twista-Loop

Single Sounds

WAVE (.wav)

AIFF (.aif; .aiff)

Core Audio Format (.caf) (Uncompressed only on Windows)

Akai MPC (.snd)

Korg Sample (.ksf)

Alesis Sample (.afs)

RAW format (.raw)

Destination Formats

Software Samplers

Native Instruments Kontakt Instrument v1-v5 (.nki; .nkb; .nkm) (.nkb v4.1 and less only)

Apple EXS24 (.exs) (ALL Logic Versions)

Yellow Tools Independence (.ytil) (destination only)

Digidesign Structure (.patch; .part)

UVI Falcon (.uvip; .uvim)

MOTU MachFive v1-v3 (.m5p; .m5m)

Ableton Sampler/Simpler (.adg; .adv)

Tascam GigaStudio (.gig) (Translator Windows 3.0 only)

Propellerheads Reason NN-XT (.sxt)

Steinberg HALion v1-v2 (.fxp)

IK Multimeda SampleTank v1-v2 (.sth; .sti; .stw; .stip) (destination only)

Emu EmulatorX v1-v3 (.exb; .ebl)

Creamware Pulsar / STS / Wersi (.p; .s, .sts)

Cakewalk SFZ v1-v2 (.sfz)

Apple/CamelAudio Alchemy (.acp)

SoundFont (.sf2)

Bitheadz Unity DS-1 (.uds)

CWIAudio TX16Wx (.twx)

One Small Step Grace Sampler (.lpg)

TALSampler (.talsample)

Nuance (.nu)

iRompler (.xsml)

Software Drum Machines/Groove Boxes

Native Instruments Battery v1-v3 (.kit; .kt2; .kt3)

DrumCore DrumKit (.userKit)

Steinberg LM-4 Mark I and mrk II (.txt;.fxp)

Ableton Live Drumracks (.adg)

Beatmaker 2 (.adg)

NanoStudio

Hardware Samplers

Akai S-1000/3000

Akai MESA v1-v2 (.prg; .s3p)

Akai S-5000/S-6000 (.akp, .wav)

Akai Z-Series (.akp, .wav)

Roland S-7x

Emu E3/ESi

Emu E4/EOS

Ensoniq EPS/ASR (.efe;.efa)

Kurzweil (.krz; .k25; .k26)

John Bowen Solaris

Hardware Drum Machines/Groove Boxes

Akai MPC-4000 (.akp;.wav)

Akai MPC (.pgm;.50s; .50k; .wav; .snd)

Akai MPC Renaissance (.xpm, .wav)

Roland MV-8000/880 (.mv0)

Ensoniq ASR-X (sou; .aif)

Hardware Workstations

Yamaha Montage/MOXF/MODX (.x7l)

Yamaha Motif Classic, ES, XS, XF (.w2v; .w7v; .x0v; .x3v)

Yamaha Tyros v2-v5 (.tvn; .uvn)

Roland Fantom Modern/S/X/G (.svd)

Korg Kronos/M3/Triton (.pcg; .ksc; .kmp; .ksf)

Alesis Fusion (.afp; .afi; .afs)

Slice File Formats

Recycle 1 (.rcy; .rex)

ACID Files (.wav)

AppleLoops (.aif; .aiff; .caf)

Stylus RMX

Zero-X BeatQuantizer (.zgr; .wav)

NI Kontakt (Beat Machine mode)

Emu EmulatorX Twista-Loop

Notes: It is a recent development over the last 10 or so years to "encrypt" audio samples to enforce a copy-protection scheme. Since developers started making their own samplers, they use this connection to allow only licensed users to play their sounds. If it was possible to translate these samples to other formats, it would defeat their copy-protection schemes. Thus, Translator cannot and will not be able to convert out of these formats, as we respect the developers intent.

Kontakt: Non-encrypted only. Kontakt .nki’s that read .nks or .nkx files are classified as encrypted. Kontakt 5 and 4.2 can read everything EXCEPT modulators and filters. Kontakt 5/4.2 Banks are not supported yet.
Structure: Non-encrypted only; as of this writing AFAIK only the factory library is encrypted. Any Structure file that references a .big file is encrypted.
Giga: Non-encrypted only; as far as we know only GVI Virtual Instruments are encrypted.
SFZ: Non-encrypted only. As of this writing the only SFZ files that use encrypted samples are the Garritan Aria-Player libraries. Any SFZ file that references an “.audio” file is encrypted.
HALion: Non-encrypted only; as of this writing HALion 3/4/5/6 are ALL encrypted. ALL HALion 3/4/5/6 files are completely encrypted.
Falcon/MachFive: Non-encrypted only. As of this writing this involves the MachFive 2, 3, and Falcon factory libraries. All user-written MachFive 2, 3, and Falcon files are supported.
Emulator X: All .exb banks that reference .ebl files are supported. Any sample files that are not .ebl are encrypted and cannot be converted.
Independence: All Independence .ytil files are encrypted and cannot be read, but Translator can create them. Translator can read .ytil files to show their mappings and audition their samples, with the exception of .ytil files that reference samples in the large .ytif images.
SampleTank: Translator does not convert SampleTank files, but Translator can create them. Translator can read SampleTank Instruments to show their mappings and audition their samples, with the exception of 2-Pak compressed samples.
Reason Refills (.rfl files): Not supported. Any Reason .sxt file that references anything in a Refill cannot be translated.
Recycle: Recycle 2 files cannot be written by anything other than Recycle itself.
Stylus RMX: Only includes User Libraries; any Core Library or XPander files are encrypted and are not supported.
CAF: On Windows, Translator can only read or write uncompressed types of CAF files.
Hybrid formats: A hybrid format is one that can reference RAM samples and samples indexed in ROM (e.g. a Kurzweil file that loads samples as well as uses the ROM banks.) Translator will convert the RAM sections but not the ROM sections.
Yamaha Motif: Often a Yamaha-created Motif Bank will contain LPC- or XPC-compressed samples, which cannot be decompressed or converted. The purpose for this is apparantly so no other sound engine can play back the samples except a Motif itself.
Alesis Fusion: Often a Hollow Sun-created Fusion Bank will contain compressed samples, which cannot be decompressed or converted. The purpose for this is apparantly so no other sound engine can play back the samples except the Fusion itself.
Proprietary formats on computer: All proprietary formats, such as Akai Programs, E4 banks, have counterpart files that can exist on computer-type drives. These extensions are shown above. A counterpart file may or may not be able to be written or read by the native hardware sampler. Translator can convert into or out of these formats.