WAV to SND ........ in 2022......... on a mac.....

I must have spent about 40 hours looking for a solution.

Ended up using Parallels on my gfs macbook and then the Awave demo to try it out.

It works well but is an impractical workaround for everyday "go to" use.

I'm at a loss at this point.

Weirdly, searching "snd" on this forum brings up zero hits.

three letter words are ignored by the search function, too intensive for the database.

Chicken sys translator could be used to convert to SND, pricey to buy just for that though, and I found the actual MPC conversions leave a lot to be desired IMO, especially new-to-old, I gave up in the end, life's too short to be continually reporting bugs. YYMV

Alternatively, just install parallels on your Mac, if you prefer you can just have it opened in the background like any other app. I use various Windows-only apps this way, although I think you'll probably need an Intel Mac for this.

Parallels works on an M1 to simulate an x86 processor. How well this works I don't know, but it's using some kind of QEMU or other virtualization layer to get it to work.

https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

I use a program called CrossOver to run MPC Editor and it works really well.

https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/

I also use Switch

https://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

Which is great to ensure all WAVs are converted to correct sample rate 44100 Hz / 16 Bit

It took me a really long time to figure out - but I've found its the best - I can completely setup my pads the way I want them.

I used to do it with RS-16X.
http://www.ssworkssoftware.com/rs16x/rs16x.html

nwolpert wrote:I use a program called CrossOver to run MPC Editor and it works really well.

https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/

I also use Switch

https://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

Which is great to ensure all WAVs are converted to correct sample rate 44100 Hz / 16 Bit

It took me a really long time to figure out - but I've found its the best - I can completely setup my pads the way I want them.

Do you ever have issues with the SND's not showing up when loading the programs?

I think Chicken Systems Translator can do that

Do you ever have issues with the SND's not showing up when loading the programs?[/quote]

Yes.
Are you referring to Switch? I got rid of Switch it deeply irritated me. The free version anyway. Seemed like bloatware.
But.
I even have this problem with RS-16X too, and its previous form MpcPgmMaker.

In a perfect scenario i'd a Win emulator & get back to Awave. Awave is solid. Although tbf i can't remember WAV2SND failing me either back then. I can't imagine these occasional **** in wav>snd>pgm which i experience in RS-16X occasionally...happening in Awave.

Not even sure if RS-16X is still avail to buy. That's a shame. It's more convoluted that it needs to be but its either that (paid) or win emulation + Awave (paid - but an all round fantastic studio tool)

Hey folks,

New user of a MPCC3000 here (already owned a 1000 but wanted more and found one that needed restoration for a fair price).

Anyhow, I had the same issue on a Mac Mini and running emulations to run outdated software to parse some files that were then corrupted seemed quite a hustle, so I vibe coded a python script that converts 16 bit waves to MPC3000 SND files with the right header format and you can download an use it here for free:

https://github.com/B1sc0tt0/Wave2SND4MPC3000

You only need to have python installed on your computer.