I know this sounds kind of obvious, but why don’t you contact Chicken Systems and get this resolved?

Well i have contacted to your support by email 2/22/2010. Havent heard anything since then. I made bug report again to your system today.

There are 6 people in employ at Chicken Systems, all working musicians. 3 of them use Motifs of various types. I am familiar with all of them and use the XS the most. All 3 use Translator or Constructor to make custom Motif banks that hold samples.

I’ve been doing this for over 3 years now, it works absolutely PERFECT. Motif support has been in Translator for over 4 years. Believe me, it works. If it doesn’t perform perfectly on your system, simply contact Chicken Systems and get your issue resolved.

I was talking about Constructor and for sure that one is far from perfect.

chickeneps - 11 March 2010 10:00 AM

djlowkey - 07 March 2010 04:44 AM

I have the most up to date version of Translator and I cant for the life of me figure out how to create a single Motif XS All Voice File converting sounds from Propellerhead Reason Refills.

I select a folder with 20 of the patches I want to translate in Motif XS format, and it ends up making 20 different .x0v files instead of just one. It cant be that hard

It’s not hard. Just convert one .sxt into XS format. Then drag the rest of the .sxt’s into that same .x0v file, into the Voices folder.

(Although I suspect you don’t mean Refill, because no one, not even us, can convert a Refill. They are encrypted.)

I already tried that before posting this thread, and I realize now that it does work. It just looked like it didnt...haha.

Heres what I did for anyone else....

After converting one Reason NNXT patch to an XS .x0v file, select another NNXT patch and just drag it onto the new .x0v File that you just created. If you expand the All Voice File it will look like nothing has happened, no name change/update for initialized voice 002, but! If you click on in, on the right part of translator you will see that it did load the waveforms but not the actual name like the first patch. Ive yet to load the file into my XS but I am very confident that it will work.

p.s....Chickeneps.....A while ago propellerhead put out a program to let you copy the patch/audio files from Reason Refills…

Thanks again for the help

Jone - 12 March 2010 01:24 PM

Well i have contacted to your support by email 2/22/2010. Haven’t heard anything since then. I made bug report again to your system today. I was talking about Constructor

We did email you back on Feb 22; here is the exchange:

(you) “(In Constructor) I tried to open Yamaha motif xs all voice (x0v) files witch i have been converted with Translator but seems that dosent work . Is Yamaha motif xs supported on osx in next release ?”

(us) I thought it was now; I’ll check and make sure it is. For any reports, please go to http://www.chickensys.com/constructor/bugreports and fill one out.

Since this thread is titled “Translator” I assumed you meant Translator, since you didn’t mention what program you were talking about. Translator works fine. Constructor is newer and has different functions and features.

Now that we have your Bug Report, we can start acting on your request.

djlowkey - 12 March 2010 10:13 PM

p.s....Chickeneps.....A while ago propellerhead put out a program to let you copy the patch/audio files from Reason Refills…

We weren’t aware of that. Where can this be obtained? Feel free to reply or email us the answer at

author="chickeneps" date="1268519306"]

Jone - 12 March 2010 01:24 PM

Well i have contacted to your support by email 2/22/2010. Haven’t heard anything since then. I made bug report again to your system today. I was talking about Constructor

We did email you back on Feb 22; here is the exchange:

(you) “(In Constructor) I tried to open Yamaha motif xs all voice (x0v) files witch i have been converted with Translator but seems that dosent work . Is Yamaha motif xs supported on osx in next release ?”

(us) I thought it was now; I’ll check and make sure it is. For any reports, please go to http://www.chickensys.com/constructor/bugreports and fill one out.

Yes and still havent heard that is it supported in next release when ever that will be. And by supported i mean that it works, just for clarity.

Since this thread is titled “Translator” I assumed you meant Translator, since you didn’t mention what program you were talking about. Translator works fine. Constructor is newer and has different functions and features.

Yes this thread is about Translator, but you started to advertise Constructor in this thread so i did have to comment that it is just not nearly ready what your company website says. I have been waiting over year to get something what i paid for, but lets see.  I just hope i dont have to wait another year to get working one.

Now that we have your Bug Report, we can start acting on your request.

Are you saying that u were waiting for my bug report ???
Basic motif xs file import didnt work , this should be tested by your company.
I just wonder who is making quality test for you products.
I understand that there can be dificult sample conversions, but i cant understand when you save in your own (Constructor) format it actually messes up your folders . This just tells things arent tested properly.

but lets just hope that we do get excelent tool for best workstation in earth :)

You didn’t say which product you were referring to; thanks for clearing that up.

Are you saying that u were waiting for my bug report ???

A Bug Report gets any action started, that’s why we advised you to fill one out.

author="chickeneps" date="1268536754"]You didn’t say which product you were referring to; thanks for clearing that up.

If u look my first post u will see what i was quoting. And for sure it was about constructor.. but let it be.

Are you saying that u were waiting for my bug report ???

A Bug Report gets any action started, that’s why we advised you to fill one out.

Well rigth now program is throwing null reference exceptions in everywhere . I have trashed my preferenses but no luck. As i said i have loose my hope in this one and waiting for the next release . Just hoping there has mades some basic operation tests.

@chickeneps see how long ago that was! I appreciate the advise but you see how mad I was when the decade flipped and I was left high and dry! No thank you once bitten twice shy I will stick with awave. No ill will to you… keep jamming

Let me make a statement. It seems that “jone” and I had the same experience with CS customer service. I contacted chicken systems via email to see if they will resolve my issue as per what chickeneps suggested. If they do good I will let you know other wise I say walk softly.

Guess what! CS replied within 24 hours but I got pretty much the same response I got 10 years ago… sorry you are S.O.L. buddy :P.  Oh well the product worked well when it did. All you CS users...Warning “buyer beware!” I would hate for you to go through what I did to recover. Keep backups in another format or at least start archiving your XS as a x0a (pg 275-280)! Yamaha did a good job with this feature

It’s interesting, whenever I do a search for Chicken Systems regarding Motif, Roland, etc. I find “chickeneps” involved in this same exact type of conversation and marketing.  I agree, buyer beware.  The demos are also extremely crippled to the point that I find you can’t really get things tested properly before purchasing.  Hmmm.  The Motif Camp is not alone as problems persist with the Roland Group as well.  Chickeneps wants everyone to ask questions, but are we really getting quality answers?  Any success stories?  Thanks!