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Hi esynthesist,

Thanks for your help and input. I was going to use EMXP to translate from .EII to .EB3
Then I was going to try the following methods of EII sample translation:

1. Use Chicken Systems to translate from .EB3 to Kompakt.
    
2. Use Kompakt to open the .EB3 file.

I believe I need to upgrade to Kompakt 3 to make this work. I was going to download a demo to test this. Method 1 would involve 2 translations which I don't know if the data and settings would be change much from the original E2 bank settings. Method 2 would be also be 1 translation unless when Kompakt opens the .Eb3 file, it translate it to a kompakt file and like you mentioned, Kompakt may not like reading EIII media on PC. Which method would you recommend?
    Also, when I translated the EII files using sound designer, I believe it saves the .EII bank voices in 16-bit resolution and at a sampling rate of 27777 Hz. On EMXP, it gives the option of bit resolution and sampling rate. Do I translate the .EII samples using 16 bit resolution and 27777 sampling rate? the reason why I ask is I see other options for the EIII but that could be possibly to accomodate the Emax. Also, if I translate just .EII voices to .wav would I also use the same bit resolution and sampling rate?
Thanks again for all your input that EMXP program. I've been trying for years to find a way to translate .EII samples. I really appreciate all the work you've done and all the tools and resources that the legacy emulator community has put into this forum.
Thanks again,
Rod
    




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From: esynthesist <esynthesist@...>
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 5:30:43 AM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Silly question about sound designer for Emulator II


Rod,

It's strange that SD4EII still doesn't see the EII files... I don't 
know what's wrong there but you seem to have solved the problem with 
FileTyper so I guess there's no issue anymore :-)

As an answer to your other question: EMXP allows translation of .EII 
files to .EB3 files. The translation engine translates all possible 
parameters which are compatible between the two samplers; the fact 
that some E3 files will not sound like the E2 files is mainly due to 
hardware differences. The translation engine is aware of some of 
these differences though and tries to compensate some of them but 
this doesn't guarantee a 100 percent fit of course. But you can 
always finetune some of the parameters afterwards on the target 
sampler.
What I don't know is whether the EB3 files generated by EMXP are 
compatible with the EIII input files of Kontakt. The layout of the 
EB3 files created by EMXP are exactly the same as the one used in the 
bankfiles on EIII harddisks and cdroms. But I don't know if Kontakt 
or other software out there is using the same standard. I remember 
that some of those softwares only want to read/write EIII files 
directly from/to EIII media, so not with "in between" DOS files like 
EMXP's EB3 files.

///E-Synthesist 

--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@. ..> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Esynthesist,
> 
> Thanks for the tip.The EII banks on the PC have the .EII 
extention.  I went ahead and added the file type of .EII to the 
signiture editor file on MacDisk. I configured the Mac FileType to 
E2BK and the Mac Creator to XFER. The mac floppy I created did indeed 
show up as a document file instead of a PC document file on the mac. 
The SD for EII application still doesn't see the bank when I get the 
E-2 front panel mode and select Extras-Send Bank to EII. Is there 
something in SD or other mac program I need to do?
>     Hexafuzz has also been giving me a lot of help. I should have 
realized that the Filetyper551m. sit file was created in a newer 
version on Stuffit Expander since the windows R13 version of Stuffit 
had no trouble extracting the Filetyper file. I think Hexafuzz is 
going to prepare a Filetyper.sit file made with an older version of 
Dropstuff or stuffit. I couldn't download the newer mac version of 
Stuffit Expander because the file size is bigger that what I'm 
allowed to transfer in the free version of MacDisk.
>     On another note, the EII banks I've transferred to PC are all 
recognized in your EMXP program. Will I be able to translate those 
banks into .E3b format and keep presets, voices, loop points, ADSR 
settings intact? I've been able to translate voices into .wav files 
and reassign them into new presets for new software samplers. I was 
hoping I could translate the .EII banks to .E3b banks and open them 
in Kontact software sampler. That would be the closest thing to a 
Emulator II vst or dxi instrument that I could imagine. I know you 
mentioned that the algorithm that translates the banks works better 
for some .EII banks than others. Once I've moved those .EII banks to 
PC, I don't have to worry about resource forks unless I transfer .EII 
banks back to mac. Is that correct?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rod
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: esynthesist <esynthesist@ ...>
> To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 2:07:25 PM
> Subject: [emulatorII- list] Re: Silly question about sound designer 
for Emulator II
> 
> 
> Rod,
> 
> Since you're using MacDisk on your PC anyway, you could also solve 
> this problem by using MacDisk for transferring your EII files from 
> your PC to your Mac. In that case you have to define the 
> right "signature" to the EII files in MacDisk first.
> E.g. if your PC EII files have the extension ".EII", you can go 
> to "Options->Signature Editor" in MacDisk and configure following 
Mac 
> FileType and Mac Creator for the .EII files:
> - FileType = E2BK
> - Creator = XFER
> Once you saved this configuration file, all EII files copied to Mac 
> floppy disks or Mac Zip disks with MacDisk will be recognized 
> correctly by the Mac...
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore 
<rodm99_99@ ..> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Phil,
> > 
> > I'm sorry. I must of missed your email. I didn't mean to sound 
> impatient. I always try to figure it out before I bug someone else. 
I 
> really do appreciate all of your help. You have pointed me in the 
> right direction more that once. Thanks again for all your help!
> > 
> > Rod
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > From: hexafuzz <gclip@>
> > To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 11:17:39 AM
> > Subject: [emulatorII- list] Re: Silly question about sound 
designer 
> for Emulator II
> > 
> > 
> > --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore 
> <rodm99_99@ ..>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > I cannot seem to make Stuffit Expander expand the FileTyper.sit 
> file 
> > > onto my Mac.
> > 
> > Rod,
> > The version of FileTyper.sit you are trying to expand was made 
with 
> a
> > later version of Stuffit than 4.01. As stated off-list, Im making 
> you
> > a new version of FileTyper.sit that should fix this issue you are 
> having. 
> > 
> > I will email you a copy when I have it ready, please be patient!
> > 
> > 
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