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Hi all

This is just a small message to let you know that I (pre)released the 
newest version 2.05 of EMXP.

Besides some small bug fixes and enhancements, the major new feature 
is the extended support for Emulator III and Emulator IIIX samplers.
Version 2.05 should be able now to convert soundbanks between Emax, 
Emax-II, Emulator-II, Emulator-III and Emulator-IIIX.

I tested this version during more than one month in my own studio. I 
hope I removed all bugs :-) but I can't guarantee since the software 
is becoming more and more complex.

Please note that translated soundbanks don't always sound like the 
original ones on the original sampler...
...just to say that during the tests and finetuning of the v2.05 
translation engine I was impressed again by the unique character of 
each of these vintage Emu samplers. It's really almost impossible to 
let a voice sound exactly the same on each of these machines.

The EMXP software is freeware and can be found in the files section 
of the Emax Yahoo Group or on the EMXP website 
(http://users.skynet.be/emxp)
 
Have fun

///E-Synthesist

Thank you so much for the work you're doing!
And thanks for the DPX1 reading tool!!!

Btw. is there anything planned to convert DPX1 back to EII?

Thanks again!

Cheers

Thanks

About the DPX->EII. That's a tricky one... DPX doesn't have its own 
soundbankformat. It simply takes the original format (S900, P2000/2, 
EII or Mirage) and changes it a little bit before writing it to 
it's "own format".
So to be able to convert any DPX disk to EII, I need the specs of all 
supported DPX samplerformats. The S900 and EII I have, but I don't 
have the Mirage and P2000/2 specs (yet ? :-).
Anyway, it's easy to recognize on any DPX disk what the original 
format was, so it's definitely quite easy to make a DPX->EII tool for 
both EII and S950 'DPX' disks.

By the way: the next version of OmniFlop will also support DPX 
correctly (now it contains a major bug). This means that one of the 
next versions of EMXP will also support DPX directly, incl. 
writing/readin the disks. EMXP uses OmniFlop as its default floppy 
access driver, as opposed to DPXTOOLS which relies on Simon Owen's 
great FDRAWCMD driver.
Maybe I will then include the DPX-> translation in my EMXP 
translation engine. The advantage of putting it in EMXP instead of 
using separate tools like DPXTOOLS is that all EMXP supported 
samplerformats would immediately become candidate for conversion 
to/from DPX.

The bad news is that I really don't have enough time anymore to work 
on these things, the next months my agenda is completely filled with 
other things, both personal and job related. So my EMXP/DPX project 
is put on hold (again) for a few months. That's why I had to speed up 
the release of v205 and why I hope this v205 is quite stable :-)

///E-Synthesist


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "wintermute0815" 
<wintermute303@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you so much for the work you're doing!
> And thanks for the DPX1 reading tool!!!
> 
> Btw. is there anything planned to convert DPX1 back to EII?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Cheers
>

Hi list
I have a Mac II set up for Sound Designer for E2, new 330MB hard drive,
keyboard, mouse, graphics card and 17" Mitsi CRT monitor.
No CDROM drive though, but perfect Mac for the EII.
 
Its in the UK, Sussex. Free to a good home, buyer collects. I need the
space....anyone interested?
 
Regards
Rob
www.emulatorarchive.com 


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Hi Rob.
 How much it is that machine ? I am living in Oslo Norway. I have EII+HD. Since i bought it, last sommer, I've never worked with it, because of renovating my flat...
Thx,  the best  regards from an owner  of  ,, The Dream Machine'' , 
Mike.

rob <rob@...> wrote:                             Hi list
 I have a Mac II set up for Sound Designer for E2, new 330MB hard drive,
 keyboard, mouse, graphics card and 17" Mitsi CRT monitor.
 No CDROM drive though, but perfect Mac for the EII.
  
 Its in the UK, Sussex. Free to a good home, buyer collects. I need the
 space....anyone interested?
  
 Regards
 Rob
 www.emulatorarchive.com 
 
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Hi
Its free, but buyer has to collect from my house in the UK.
You'll find one on ebay for 100 dollars,
Regards
Rob
 
Hi Rob.
How much it is that machine ? I am living in Oslo Norway. I have EII+HD.
Since i bought it, last sommer, I've never worked with it, because of
renovating my flat...
Thx, the best regards from an owner of ,, The Dream Machine'' , 
Mike.

rob <rob@emulatorarchive <mailto:rob%40emulatorarchive.com> .com> wrote: Hi
list
I have a Mac II set up for Sound Designer for E2, new 330MB hard drive,
keyboard, mouse, graphics card and 17" Mitsi CRT monitor.
No CDROM drive though, but perfect Mac for the EII.

Its in the UK, Sussex. Free to a good home, buyer collects. I need the
space....anyone interested?

Regards
Rob
www.emulatorarchive.com 



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Hi Rob, 
thx for advice. I will buy one from Ebay . At the time, maybe i will ask about some help in what exactely is working with EII. Thx , 
Regards, 
Mike, Oslo, Norway.

rob <rob@...> wrote:                             Hi
 Its free, but buyer has to collect from my house in the UK.
 You'll find one on ebay for 100 dollars,
 Regards
 Rob
  
 Hi Rob.
 How much it is that machine ? I am living in Oslo Norway. I have EII+HD.
 Since i bought it, last sommer, I've never worked with it, because of
 renovating my flat...
 Thx, the best regards from an owner of ,, The Dream Machine'' , 
 Mike.
 
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 I have a Mac II set up for Sound Designer for E2, new 330MB hard drive,
 keyboard, mouse, graphics card and 17" Mitsi CRT monitor.
 No CDROM drive though, but perfect Mac for the EII.
 
 Its in the UK, Sussex. Free to a good home, buyer collects. I need the
 space....anyone interested?
 
 Regards
 Rob
 www.emulatorarchive.com 
 
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Hi,

so this means that it would be possible to write a program to convert 
dpx-1 to EII banks from Emulator DPX disks?
For me this would be perfect :).

Including DPX-1 in EMXP is a great idea. For me this is the missing 
link since I have a lot of DPX library disk.
I could try to make this conversion software but I have too little 
information about the formats. I am really interested in information 
about the EII file format.

Good luck for your other projects!
Keep it up!

Cheers

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" 
<esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks
> 
> About the DPX->EII. That's a tricky one... DPX doesn't have its own 
> soundbankformat. It simply takes the original format (S900, 
P2000/2, 
> EII or Mirage) and changes it a little bit before writing it to 
> it's "own format".
> So to be able to convert any DPX disk to EII, I need the specs of 
all 
> supported DPX samplerformats. The S900 and EII I have, but I don't 
> have the Mirage and P2000/2 specs (yet ? :-).
> Anyway, it's easy to recognize on any DPX disk what the original 
> format was, so it's definitely quite easy to make a DPX->EII tool 
for 
> both EII and S950 'DPX' disks.
> 
> By the way: the next version of OmniFlop will also support DPX 
> correctly (now it contains a major bug). This means that one of the 
> next versions of EMXP will also support DPX directly, incl. 
> writing/readin the disks. EMXP uses OmniFlop as its default floppy 
> access driver, as opposed to DPXTOOLS which relies on Simon Owen's 
> great FDRAWCMD driver.
> Maybe I will then include the DPX-> translation in my EMXP 
> translation engine. The advantage of putting it in EMXP instead of 
> using separate tools like DPXTOOLS is that all EMXP supported 
> samplerformats would immediately become candidate for conversion 
> to/from DPX.
> 
> The bad news is that I really don't have enough time anymore to 
work 
> on these things, the next months my agenda is completely filled 
with 
> other things, both personal and job related. So my EMXP/DPX project 
> is put on hold (again) for a few months. That's why I had to speed 
up 
> the release of v205 and why I hope this v205 is quite stable :-)
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
> 
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "wintermute0815" 
> <wintermute303@> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you so much for the work you're doing!
> > And thanks for the DPX1 reading tool!!!
> > 
> > Btw. is there anything planned to convert DPX1 back to EII?
> > 
> > Thanks again!
> > 
> > Cheers
> >
>

EII DPX --> EII SD native is indeed very easy to program.
You just need the decoding algorithm for the sound part, and some EII 
addressing scheme knowledge :-)

Since I have those specs here, maybe if I find some time in between 
my other activities, I'll make this little program for you. It will 
only take a few hours to program, and I can add it to the DPXTOOLS 
package (not to EMXP, that will take more than a few hours :-)

I just have to find a timeslot of a few hours... Mmmm...

///E-Synthesist

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "wintermute0815" 
<wintermute303@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> so this means that it would be possible to write a program to 
convert 
> dpx-1 to EII banks from Emulator DPX disks?
> For me this would be perfect :).
> 
> Including DPX-1 in EMXP is a great idea. For me this is the missing 
> link since I have a lot of DPX library disk.
> I could try to make this conversion software but I have too little 
> information about the formats. I am really interested in 
information 
> about the EII file format.
> 
> Good luck for your other projects!
> Keep it up!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" 
> <esynthesist@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks
> > 
> > About the DPX->EII. That's a tricky one... DPX doesn't have its 
own 
> > soundbankformat. It simply takes the original format (S900, 
> P2000/2, 
> > EII or Mirage) and changes it a little bit before writing it to 
> > it's "own format".
> > So to be able to convert any DPX disk to EII, I need the specs of 
> all 
> > supported DPX samplerformats. The S900 and EII I have, but I 
don't 
> > have the Mirage and P2000/2 specs (yet ? :-).
> > Anyway, it's easy to recognize on any DPX disk what the original 
> > format was, so it's definitely quite easy to make a DPX->EII tool 
> for 
> > both EII and S950 'DPX' disks.
> > 
> > By the way: the next version of OmniFlop will also support DPX 
> > correctly (now it contains a major bug). This means that one of 
the 
> > next versions of EMXP will also support DPX directly, incl. 
> > writing/readin the disks. EMXP uses OmniFlop as its default 
floppy 
> > access driver, as opposed to DPXTOOLS which relies on Simon 
Owen's 
> > great FDRAWCMD driver.
> > Maybe I will then include the DPX-> translation in my EMXP 
> > translation engine. The advantage of putting it in EMXP instead 
of 
> > using separate tools like DPXTOOLS is that all EMXP supported 
> > samplerformats would immediately become candidate for conversion 
> > to/from DPX.
> > 
> > The bad news is that I really don't have enough time anymore to 
> work 
> > on these things, the next months my agenda is completely filled 
> with 
> > other things, both personal and job related. So my EMXP/DPX 
project 
> > is put on hold (again) for a few months. That's why I had to 
speed 
> up 
> > the release of v205 and why I hope this v205 is quite stable :-)
> > 
> > ///E-Synthesist
> > 
> > 
> > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "wintermute0815" 
> > <wintermute303@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you so much for the work you're doing!
> > > And thanks for the DPX1 reading tool!!!
> > > 
> > > Btw. is there anything planned to convert DPX1 back to EII?
> > > 
> > > Thanks again!
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > >
> >
>

That would be awesome !!!! :)
Hope you can find a small timeslot (please ;))

Thanks for the proposal!

Cheers

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist"
<esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> EII DPX --> EII SD native is indeed very easy to program.
> You just need the decoding algorithm for the sound part, and some EII 
> addressing scheme knowledge :-)
> 
> Since I have those specs here, maybe if I find some time in between 
> my other activities, I'll make this little program for you. It will 
> only take a few hours to program, and I can add it to the DPXTOOLS 
> package (not to EMXP, that will take more than a few hours :-)
> 
> I just have to find a timeslot of a few hours... Mmmm...
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "wintermute0815" 
> <wintermute303@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > so this means that it would be possible to write a program to 
> convert 
> > dpx-1 to EII banks from Emulator DPX disks?
> > For me this would be perfect :).
> > 
> > Including DPX-1 in EMXP is a great idea. For me this is the missing 
> > link since I have a lot of DPX library disk.
> > I could try to make this conversion software but I have too little 
> > information about the formats. I am really interested in 
> information 
> > about the EII file format.
> > 
> > Good luck for your other projects!
> > Keep it up!
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" 
> > <esynthesist@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > About the DPX->EII. That's a tricky one... DPX doesn't have its 
> own 
> > > soundbankformat. It simply takes the original format (S900, 
> > P2000/2, 
> > > EII or Mirage) and changes it a little bit before writing it to 
> > > it's "own format".
> > > So to be able to convert any DPX disk to EII, I need the specs of 
> > all 
> > > supported DPX samplerformats. The S900 and EII I have, but I 
> don't 
> > > have the Mirage and P2000/2 specs (yet ? :-).
> > > Anyway, it's easy to recognize on any DPX disk what the original 
> > > format was, so it's definitely quite easy to make a DPX->EII tool 
> > for 
> > > both EII and S950 'DPX' disks.
> > > 
> > > By the way: the next version of OmniFlop will also support DPX 
> > > correctly (now it contains a major bug). This means that one of 
> the 
> > > next versions of EMXP will also support DPX directly, incl. 
> > > writing/readin the disks. EMXP uses OmniFlop as its default 
> floppy 
> > > access driver, as opposed to DPXTOOLS which relies on Simon 
> Owen's 
> > > great FDRAWCMD driver.
> > > Maybe I will then include the DPX-> translation in my EMXP 
> > > translation engine. The advantage of putting it in EMXP instead 
> of 
> > > using separate tools like DPXTOOLS is that all EMXP supported 
> > > samplerformats would immediately become candidate for conversion 
> > > to/from DPX.
> > > 
> > > The bad news is that I really don't have enough time anymore to 
> > work 
> > > on these things, the next months my agenda is completely filled 
> > with 
> > > other things, both personal and job related. So my EMXP/DPX 
> project 
> > > is put on hold (again) for a few months. That's why I had to 
> speed 
> > up 
> > > the release of v205 and why I hope this v205 is quite stable :-)
> > > 
> > > ///E-Synthesist
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "wintermute0815" 
> > > <wintermute303@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much for the work you're doing!
> > > > And thanks for the DPX1 reading tool!!!
> > > > 
> > > > Btw. is there anything planned to convert DPX1 back to EII?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks again!
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > >
> >
>