HOW TO MAKE A ZIP.DISK
CD/CF card the easy way
IN EMXP
first off, this was done using Windows Vista Home basic with an internal IDE ZIP drive.
First thing I do is create a FOLDER called EMXP at THE ROOT of my hard drive.
C:\ emxp
(You can place it on your desktop if you want, I like the root C folder
just for old times EMX stylee sake)
Once you execute EMXP for the first time
it creates 'SUB' folders below
a. Akai1000
b. images
c. logs
d. OS
e. Temp
e. Wav
To save yourself future confusion, find any Emax Sound banks that you want to put on your zip disk (sound banks look like eb1 or eb2 [emax 1 or emax 2] and can be had from the Box site we all know and love.
Collect up all the Sound Banks you wish to copy to ZIP/Flash/CD then
place them into the 'images' folder...this allows EMXP to 'see' them
so they can be added to the HD/CD disk image you will create and that will be copied on to Zip disk later. Once the zip disk has the sound bank files al loaded onto them, you can delete or move them to another folder for safe keeping so that they don't confuse and interfere with any subsequent images you want to create.
Now onto making the disks!
next, create a disc image.
EMXP MAIN MENU
[5] MANAGE EMAX HD/CD IMAGES-enter
[2] CREATE A BLANK EMAX HD CD IMAGE
it will read "ready to create' a new Emax HD image of size 20 MB Suggested
Image Name is [New Image]
type your name you want for it, then hit enter.
It now creates that new image and places it into the
'images' folder (step 1b. above) with the extension .ez1
Now, back to those files you want on that ZIP disk.
You have already dragged and dropped the eb1 or sound
files you want to eventually go on your zip drive into the 'Images'
folder where your 'ez1' image sits, so the next thing is to RESTORE that image to the Zip disk.
the way you do this is as follows:
EMXP Main Menu
[5] Manage Emax HD/CD images
enter
[1] Manage Existing HD/CD images (*note-remember you made an image already above when you created a blank
image)
Now screen pops up showing you all the images you may have created and the New Image image you created
above should be there. type the number coorespding to it and hit
enter
[3] Restore emax hd/cd image to removable HD
enter the drive number that corresponds to your Zip disk on your PC
next,
This is were EMXP takes the image you created above and puts it on your Zip disk
It will run its routine and whirred away.
It will then say:
"the restore process from image New Image.ez1 has been completed, Press any Key to Continue."
You can then type
[5] "show details of emax removable HD"
It will show everything on the zip that was writen
..Cool, No banks yet but cool...
Now is where that above drag and drop of your bank files comes in handy.
The next step to get them on your zip...so next Esc back back to EMXP main menu and
[1] Manage Emu Emax Emax II images and Disks
enter
[1] Manage Emax Bank Images
enter
Now, you should see all those Sound Bank .eb1 and or eb2 files you dragged into the 'images folder
in the earlier steps. If not, something is wrong, and check if they are in the 'images' folder
If they are you are on the right track!
If you see them all listed, then just click
'A' for All and they will all be selected.
enter
[2] Copy Bank to Emax removable Hard Disk or CD image
enter
Please Enter Emax Removable HD/CD drive letter. Current Drive is 'D' (or whatever YOUR ZIP disk
is assigned to
Enter
You will now see up POSSIBLE TARGET BANKS FOR BANK '(whatever the name of the bank(s) you dropped
into the 'images' folder about-up to about 30 empty banks each with a number and [ ] nest to them.
Enter the numbers and hit 'enter' and do this for every bank you wish to add to the zip disk.
As EMXP adds them to the zip disk it will whir and show some !!!!!
then when done, EMXP will say
'Bank Data of bank 'whatever the name of you bank was' has been copied from 'whatever the name of you bank was.eb1'
to Disk (whatever drive designation letter you have for your Zip disk)
press any key to continue
and you repeat the process for up to 30 banks that you want to put on that zip disk.
Hope my little step by step tutorial helps the dense or more technically challenged among us. It is a very literal program, taking me way back to 1982 for sure, but once you get the hang of it, its easier than loading 'Load *,8 on Commodore 64