MachFive & Sample Conversion

[Risky truth]

I was reading about MOTU's MachFive and its ability to read many different formats including Gigasampler and Akai. No wonder everyone is interested!

Can anyone tell me if I would still have to remap and setup these samples manually?

Or will MachFive be able to intelligently interpret these libraries without someone (me) having a 'sampling degree'?

Any new news with respect to a release date?

[Ted]

You shouldn't have to worry about that stuff...when they say that a sampler is compatible with other formats, it's generally implied that all of that is handled, although you may need to make a few minor tweaks here and there.

We're still looking at the end of this month for availability according to MOTU, although I wouldn't count on anything specific until we tell you it's here...

Thanks!

-Ted