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Nice information, it needs to be think  there are many solutions.
I also think of an apple computer and alchemy dedicated to the emax since it can edit its parameters too but may be i will find sound designer great for truncating and all that stuff. if sds will no succeed to upset me before, lol.


I already use EMXP but i have no chance to load disks made with it, even with emax formatted disks. I asked on emax group.
I thinks emxp is the easiest solution for my Emax I classic with no scsi this day. 
I can keep my samples on the computer and it is easy to use too,  but for the moment i was totally unlucky to load them.

Note: I don't use sample librarys, i sample my material.
 

--- In atari-midi-archives@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
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> 
> Digidesign Sounddesigner Universal translates all the 8- and 12-bit 
> sampler formats from the past incl. Emax.
> 16bit sampler formats were added w/ version 1.5 I own.
> It also does Oberheim DPX-1.
> 
> The only format it isn´t capable to handle is EMU II.
> That´s because there was a separate Soundesigner application for EII 
> existing.
> 
> The prob w/ Avalon is, you definitely need a dongle.
> 
> Today, there are several solutions to deal w/ the old sample formats, 
> but mostly regarding storage of samples, conversions and creating images 
> of floppy disks.
> It might be a solution to use a combination of such solutions on a 
> modern computer which is faster and doesn´t deal w/ midi sample dump, 
> which is too slow.
> You  need SCSI as a minimum IMO and the only ATARI machine w/ SCSI I 
> have experience with is Mega STe 4. Never had a Falcon here, so it might 
> be a alternative too.
> 
> Definitely, today I avoid using ATARI for sample editing.
> Wavelab on PC is great.
> For transfer of samples from hardwaresamplers to a computer, I´m setting 
> up a old Mac G3 now.
> Internaly, you can use IDE drives w/ larger sizes and externaly you 
> connect SCSI drives which is ideal because my hardware samplers external 
> drives are SCSI too.
> So it´s easy to disconnect the sampler-drives and simply connect these 
> to the G3 using it as a mass storage drive.
> If you have sample library CDs, do SCSI copys of these w/ the Apple 
> machine, these are 1:1.
> 
> The most promising conversion app is Chicken Sys Constructor,- it 
> converts sampler content back and forth and regardless of their age, it 
> also deals w/ EII.
> "Back ´n forth" means,- if you have some WAV or AIF samples, content 
> from software samplers p.ex., you´re able to reconvert this for you 
> hardware sampler from the past too.
> http://www.chickensys.com/products/sw_iteminfo.php?sw_name=Constructor
> 
> EMXP is also worth a try, especially for the Emax
> http://users.skynet.be/emxp/
> 
> there are also links on the site for tools for OB-DPX-1 and Omniflop, an 
> app which deals w/ almost any floppy disk formats.
> 
> This way, you´re able to convert samples and program structures into a 
> format your prefered sample editor is able to deal with and then back.
> 
> Even you´d have to deal w/ 2 or 3 different programs then, it´s much 
> faster than dealing w/ midi sample dump,- and the programs would reside 
> on the same machine.
> 
> Avalon is a collectors item, but not for todays daily work I fear.
> 
> 
> 
> ariaraker schrieb:
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> >
> > Thanks for the clarification Pewe, i understand better now.
> > I didn't understand it don't need a dongle.
> >
> > As for multitasking, since then i ask for atari gear on a music forum 
> > i use. Someone offers me a ste, stf, falcon030, mega st, cubase 3.11 and
> > cubase audio with interface. I expect it will be concluding.
> >
> > As for Avalon (appart of old apple computer and Alchemy) is one of the 
> > only program i found that is supposed to allow communication or 12bit 
> > midi dump with emax.
> >
> >
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