i want to extract the samples of the UJAM beatmakers to use them through Ableton's Drum Rack (which consumes lot less CPU and screen space). i could also resample the stuff but that's a real big task (cause there are 3-4 sets of sounds in each plugin and there are 6-7 plugins).

is there any way to open those .blob files which contain these samples? i looked up on google and found nothing..

thanks in advance!

 

Blob files are usually raw binary data, I wouldn't imagine that they are compatible with any other software. If it were me, I would open the file in a hex editor to see what the first few bytes (magic number) shows to see if it has been renamed from a common format (like zip)

 

i opened it up on a hex editor, please tell me what i have to do to check if it was some other extension. and also i can see some text too when i open it with a text editor, like a path to the samples, but i don't know the root of the path (maybe it's inside the blob file)

 

the first few bytes usually show important information

Zip files have something like this:

00000000 50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 00 08 00 1c 7d 4b 35 a6 e1 |PK.........}K5..|

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures

 

Hex
00000000 67 45 B1 62 EC 00 00 00 7B 22 69 6E 73 74 72 75 gE±bì...{"instru

this is what the hex editor shows. i looked it up on wikipedia too but didn't find any match. i guess resampling is the only way now..

 

There are some forums specialised in studiyng & extracting multimedia stuff from binary/encrypted files (mostly from video games), like xentax, zenhax or hcs64. Some usefull infos and some tools provided there (like QuickBMS). Luigi Auriemma's website was also a good place years ago, I don't know if it's still up to date.

 

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hex workshop is a great tool for analyzing these files, you can map c style structures and c++ classes and find patterns

 

what exactly do you need?
patterns from UJAM plugins can be dragged and dropped into DAW project as MIDI if I remember correct

 

not the patterns (i guess they are just MIDI clips). i want the samples, the sounds in the UJAM plugins to use them in Ableton's native Drum Rack because UJAM plugins use more CPU and screen space than the Drum Rack.