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Laurent,

You're correct when saying that the format of the EIII is similar to 
the Emax one. But as always there are some subtle differences which 
can be a "pain in the ***" when programming software interfaces 
to/from the EIII. Nevertheless I have the full specs here, so in 
theory I can start coding full EIII support into EMXP. Only the 
original EIII format will be supported though, I won't investigate 
the (small) differences between EIII and EIIIX. The EIIIX is able to 
import/export EIII, so that seems OK. The most important disadvantage 
of this choice is that only a max of 8MB samples will be supported.

About priority in software development: I have to choose between 
including support for SoundFont2 and support for Emulator III.
The SF2 seems the best choice for me because:
- it's a popular format, which means that other translation software 
can be "linked" to EMXP. EMXP can translate EII to SF2, and 
Translator can translate from SF2 to Halion - or the other way around.
- as you said, the EIIIX is able to import EMAX-II, so at least 
there's a workaround for getting Emax/EII soundbanks in the EIIIX.
But including EIII support will definitely be easier than adding SF2 
support.

Anyway I just started the SF2 stuff, so probably I'll do that first.

///E-Synthesist 



--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "laurent" 
<laurent.collat@...> wrote:
>
> Dear E-Synthesist
> 
> Off course , to start, i do thank you a lot for EMXP and the new
> version is pretty usefull for the emax I & II owners.
> I own an emulator II, all my banks are translated already into EII
> files & now i can translate those  to Emax I , II.
> 
> Fact is i don't own an emax I or II but an Emulator IIIXp, which can
> import Emax II....but it is not handy at all & requires the patient 
of
> a saint.
> My question is pretty simple ,even if i do get the fact it takes 
some
> time to setup & programm such things , is a hard task to program the
> EII files translation to Emulator III( EIIIXP) ?
> 
> I know you have already planned it but fact is ,as far as i know ,
> that the Emax II format is not that far from the EIIIXP.
> 
> Do you think this could pop up into EMXP soon ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> laurent
>