Wow !! Great news !! I can't wait to try this out myself !! Merry Christmas to all on this list. KennethA 12bit.con Den 24/12/2009 kl. 14.04 skrev "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...>: > Perhaps some of you may know already that the RS422 project has made > a big step forward last week. > Based on a prototype device created by Julian from the Yahoo Emax > Group, I succeeded in transferring sound banks between the Emax and > my Windows PC after applying some small changes to the device and > its firmware. > > I have tested this custom built RS422<-->USB device now also with > the Emulator II, and after some additional changes these tests were > successful too. > > I'm able now to upload SD for EII files from my Windows PC directly > to the EII, and of course also to unload banks from the EII towards > the PC. > > The transfer time is currently about 20 seconds (as opposed to 13 > with the Mac) but I'll try to further optimize this. > > Julian is now upgrading the device in order to remove the > "prototype" label of it: adding proper connectors, safety circuits, > a nice little case, a led, and so on. After this has been done, the > device (and/or its schematics) will be available to everyone I guess. > > EMXP will of course be upgraded also in order to support the Emax > and Emulator II file transfers. > > We also have already a rough and wild idea about developing a stand- > alone version of this device: a little box which can be connected to > the RS422 port of the EII and which can hold a USB memory stick for > reading/writing soundbanks, without any PC hooked up to the EII. But > we are not working on this (yet) ! > > A happy new year to everyone ! > > ///E-Synthesist > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [emulatorII-list] RS422 between Emulator II and Windows PC
2009-12-24 by Kenneth Abildgaard
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