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Update: since the SF2 support in EMXP will take some time, I decided 
to put the full Emulator III support in EMXP first. Development has 
already started and is going quite fast.
SF2 will be added later, immediately after the Emulator III release. 
The +EmuIII version will probably be released during the first 
quarter of 2008.

///E-Synthesist

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" 
<esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>