Emax

If your Emax is SE HD, you do not need an upgrade.

To utilize a second external drive you need:
Plus OS 1.0 to boot from
External adapter / connector for the SCSI chain already present in the Emax.
You may need to remove drive termination, and put termination on your
external device you are adding, or, when the external is not connected,
connect terminator directly on the port.

To use the external, you hold down Transponse, and select SCSI ID of the
external device (other than ID 0).

Regards,
Ted

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM, cruising <cruising@...> wrote:

>   Hello Ted,
>
> Thanks for your answer. My Emax1 is a SE HD, and already have a hard
> drive.
> Would the upgrade permit to have a second one or an extra strorage
> (Zip 250? removable rack hard disk ?)
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Ted Summers wrote:
>
> > SCSI upgrade has nothing to do with the Mac connectivity that I am
> > aware of.
> >
> > I don't think Emax 1 has SCSI dump.
> >
> > The SCSI upgrade will allow you to:
> > 1) Boot faster
> > 2) Save 35 banks to HD, Zip, or compact flash/SD. - 1 flash is much
> > easier
> > to work with than 35 floppy disks.
> > 3) Switch banks in a very short time (couple of seconds).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ted
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM, poumpoumchak <cruising@...<cruising%40free.fr>>
>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Esynthesist,
> > >
> > > Thanks for this good new ! I could not do the test myself : I
> > have no
> > > more soft at this time in the Mac able to save samples as 12 bits
> > > lengh, and could not find any converter to 12 bits... and C6 does
> > not
> > > convert anything (it only sends Wav, Aiff, and Sns Files). I read
> > > again the Emax1 manual and did not found anything speaking about
> > midi
> > > dump. I looked at midi-OX that would be interesting..but one more
> > time
> > > not for mac.
> > >
> > > About the compatibility of the compressed banks from the EmaxII, I
> > > made a new test today with a bank of single samples (with the device
> > > dual off) on the EmaxII when saving, and had again a strange panning
> > > when loaded in the Emax1 (+-85% an+-15% again) I shall try
> > tomorrow to
> > > find the pan function in the E1 and understand why.
> > >
> > > If you want me to test some softs evolutions on Mac, I can do it for
> > > you (actually with a PPC Mac Pro 2 x 2,5Ghz)under os X.4.11, and
> > soon
> > > with Intel processor (just waiting for the next generation of Mac
> > Pro)
> > >
> > > A last question : what would permit the Ted Summers SCSI upgrade
> > to do
> > > for a Mac user ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com> <emax%
> 40yahoogroups.com>, "esynthesist"
> > > <esynthesist@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Today I checked if MIDI SDS is working fine on the Emax-I.
> > > > And it does.
> > > > But the samples must be in 12-bit unsigned format. I don't know
> > if C6
> > > > or any other sample dump software supports this. The tests I've
> > done
> > > > were with MIDI-OX but that's not the best tool to do sample dumps
> > > > with :-)
> > > > And I used the Emax Plus OS.
> > > >
> > > > ///E-Synthesist
> > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com> <emax%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
>  > "esynthesist"
> > > <esynthesist@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > If the Emax-I supports SDS then it would be possible to make
> > > > software
> > > > > which uses the standard MIDI ports to send/receive complete .EM1
> > > > > banks to/from the Emax. As far as I remember the Emax-II
> > supports
> > > > > SDS, but I'm not sure about the Emax-I and I also don't know
> > about
> > > > > the 12bit/16bit requirement (perhaps I will check this one of
> > these
> > > > > days).
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, in both cases you have to be aware that this
> > operation mode
> > > > > will be VERY slow. Sending 512K of sample data across 31.25
> > kBaud
> > > > > lines will take some time (up to minutes...).
> > > > > This software can be built for Windows, Mac and Linux, but at
> > this
> > > > > point in time I don't have a "modern" Mac sitting here...
> > > > > EMXP can be extended with this MIDI dump function, but I'd
> > rather
> > > > > wait with this feature until the RS422 hardware project is
> > finished
> > > > > (see other messages). The advantage of the RS422 is its
> > speed. But
> > > > > once I write software for RS422, I can make it compatible
> > with full
> > > > > (slow) MIDI SDS also.
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course you can use already any MIDI scripting tool for
> > Mac, but
> > > > > then you'll have to insert different MIDI instructions
> > (manually ?)
> > > > > for each different .EM1/.EM2 bank. I guess this is not what
> > > > > musicians/producers call a great solution for getting a good
> > flow
> > > > in
> > > > > the production process :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Related to your panning (stereo field) issue: this is most
> > probably
> > > > > caused by the difference in the Emax-I "Dual Voice"
> > definition and
> > > > > the Emax-II "Stereo Voice" definition. If these settings are
> > OFF,
> > > > > you'll not encounter any problem.
> > > > > But once they're ON, the translated results can have panning
> > > > > problems. I know that EMXP also suffers from this: I just
> > > > translated
> > > > > my whole Emax-II library to Emax-I with EMXP and I have panning
> > > > > problems too. I was thinking about changing EMXP in such way
> > that
> > > > it
> > > > > doesn't set Dual Voice ON (Emax-I) when the Stereo Voice is ON
> > > > (Emax-
> > > > > II), but I'm still doubting because Emu itself is also
> > translating
> > > > > these parameters like this (= when you save a bank on Emax-II
> > into
> > > > > compressed format, like you did).
> > > > > Anyway: you could try to set Stereo Voice OFF before saving
> > it to
> > > > > compressed format on an Emax-II, or you can switch Dual Voice
> > OFF
> > > > > after loading it on an Emax-I.
> > > > > But be aware that - by doing this - you *may* be solving panning
> > > > > problems but *may* also be introducing other important sound
> > > > > differences...
> > > > >
> > > > > ///E-Synthesist
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com> <emax%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
>  > "poumpoumchak"
> > > <cruising@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello esynthesist,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for your answer. The idea to have a link between Mac/PC
> > > > and
> > > > > the
> > > > > > emax1 (andII) is really a great hope.
> > > > > > As (many) a mac user(s) , I don't actually have solution to
> > make
> > > > any
> > > > > > evolution in the Emax1/II banks or to import existing
> > banks, and
> > > > the
> > > > > > old softs solutions are really difficult to use in a fluent
> > studio
> > > > > > working (I have dowloaded alchemy, olds macUU and
> > lc475,630,g4..,
> > > > > but
> > > > > > no more serial midi port).
> > > > > > The little midi dump soft C6 permited me to send samples
> > from my
> > > > G5
> > > > > to
> > > > > > the emaxII, and it was for me a really great victory : i was
> > > > wayting
> > > > > > for that since nearly 15 years : the last bank exchange i
> > could
> > > > made
> > > > > > was between a Prophet 2000 and Mac Sound Designer such a long
> > > > ago...
> > > > > > And creating presets to manages these dump samples in the
> > Emax is
> > > > > > really not easy with a 2 lines display...
> > > > > > So, the Rs422 adapter (usb?) would be really welcome an if
> > EMXP
> > > > > could
> > > > > > be used with, it would be a new life for the Emaxs...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I tried to make a little test last week : to mount the same
> > bank
> > > > > from
> > > > > > the EmaxII in the EIIIxp, EIVUltra, and in the Emax1 via
> > > > compression
> > > > > > and floppy save from the EmaxII. (This was to sample and
> > compare
> > > > > > results in my Daw with a same midi file play).
> > > > > > The compressed banks coming from the Emax II have a panning
> > > > problem
> > > > > > when I load them on the Emax1 : I have +- 85 % of the sound
> > left
> > > > and
> > > > > > 15% right or the inverse, depending on the banks. Did I made
> > > > wrong a
> > > > > > step ? Is there a way to avoid this problem ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is it possible (with C6 or other soft) to send to the Emax1
> > > > samples
> > > > > > via midi dump ?
> > > > > > Have these samples to be 12 bits ? I tried to send 16 bits
> > > > samples
> > > > > and
> > > > > > the Em1 sent me a handshaking problem answer. Is it because
> > of the
> > > > > > format, or the sds implementation ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance (and long way to EMXP !)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com> <emax%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
>  > "esynthesist"
> > > <esynthesist@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Currently there's no way to transfer complete banks via MIDI
> > > > > sysex
> > > > > > > towards the Emax (I/II), except for the vintage "Sound
> > Designer
> > > > > for
> > > > > > > Emax" Mac software which is capable of doing something like
> > > > this
> > > > > but
> > > > > > > it only works for Emax-I.
> > > > > > > Some members on this board were also trying to build a
> > piece of
> > > > > > > hardware which can "replace" the RS422 ports of the old Mac,
> > > > and
> > > > > > > which can be connected to a new PC or Mac. Once this is
> > done,
> > > > > it's a
> > > > > > > simple thing to create software for both Windows and Mac
> > which
> > > > is
> > > > > > > able to do exactly what you're asking for.
> > > > > > > But I didn't hear from those guys for some time anymore,
> > so I
> > > > > assume
> > > > > > > their experiments are not successful :-)
> > > > > > > As far as I know, Chickensys Translator does not support
> > MIDI
> > > > > > > communication with any sampler. They focus on file- or disk
> > > > based
> > > > > > > translations (like EMXP) but it's true that there's some
> > delay
> > > > on
> > > > > > > full support for the Emax-II. As far as I know the current
> > > > > version
> > > > > > > already supports Emax-II in "some way" (not Emax-I).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > By the way, Rei: I'm very sorry to hear that this is your
> > > > opinion
> > > > > > > about EMXP...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ///E-Synthesist
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com> <emax%
> 40yahoogroups.com>, "Rei"
> > > <vjrei@> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Please, go over with your request to the people of chicken
> > > > > systems.
> > > > > > > I have been asking them
> > > > > > > > for ever to have suport for the emax II samplesr and they
> > > > told
> > > > > me
> > > > > > > that by las October they
> > > > > > > > probably had something.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I believe that with preassure they can spend some good
> > time
> > > > > into
> > > > > > > the emax compatibility
> > > > > > > > because the EMXP is too absurrb and I really need a Mac
> > > > > software as
> > > > > > > well just because the
> > > > > > > > emax still amazing!!!
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