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Hello,

I have a ton of EII banks that are transferred to my PC via my old MAC. How do I do the reverse? What I mean is I want to copy the EII banks of the PC to the Mac. I want the sound designer program will recognize the files as a valid EII bank so I can transfer the files back into the EII. I had to archive the files off the mac because it is only about a 300MB drive on the mac. I've archived all 3 Universe of sound CDs and 100 factory banks plus 50 FMS designs collection, a K-muse collection and some homemade banks. All together, I've archived about 1700 EII banks to PC. The banks were recognized until I copied the files to PC. PC must put a label or extention on the file that prohibits SD from recognizing it as a bank.
    When I look at the file properties using a Mac, the valid EII banks show up as a document. When I look at the valid EII bank that was transferred from my PC, it shows up as a PC document. Both file sizes are identical. Do I need to rename the PC file with a .EII extention? I tried that but SD still doesn't recognize the file.
    I don't know that much about macs. Any tip would be great.

Thanks,

Rod

PS I was the one asking advice about pricing an EII with CDS3 package I want to sell. I'll probably try to sell the whole package at first but if I don't have luck, I'll break it up. And NO, I'm not the Rodney Moore who is a porn star. I am just a nobody who enjoys the emulator II.

Thanks again!

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@...>
wrote:
>
>     When I look at the file properties using a Mac, the valid EII 
> banks show up as a document. When I look at the valid EII bank that
> was transferred from my PC, it shows up as a PC document. Both file
> sizes are identical. Do I need to rename the PC file with a .EII 
> extention? I tried that but SD still doesn't recognize the file.
>     I don't know that much about macs. Any tip would be great.

Not a silly question, and its one thats been addressed here before.
This is why I insist that SD Banks be encoded into SIT format with
DropStuff before trading online. Your answer lies in the group file
and photo sections:

"When a Mac file is copied to the PC, the resource fork, type and
creator information are lost unless the file is first encoded on the
Macintosh with DropStuff into SIT format which saves the Mac specific
data with the file. This way the file can exist on a single fork
machine (PC, UNIX) or be telecommunicated and decoded at the other end
with all Mac information intact." 

To fix your missing resource forks (solution provided by group member
ingsoc_1979) you will need to use FileTyper (in the Mac folder of the
file section). Put all your orphaned SD files in one folder on the
Mac. See the Sound Designer folder in the group Photos section for the
correct FileTyper repair setting, then click "Change All".

If you have trouble, message me off-list and I can probably help you
further.

> And NO, I'm not the Rodney Moore who is a porn star. I am just a 
> nobody who enjoys the emulator II.

Damn...and here I was hoping you came here wanting help with a film
scoring project. :-D

Hi hexafuzz,

Thank you for your help. I downloaded the FileTyper program and the stuffit program. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I am hopeful it will work for me. I'll let you know how it will turn out.

Thanks,
Rod




________________________________
From: hexafuzz <gclip@...>
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2008 7:44:17 PM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Silly question about sound designer for Emulator II


--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@. ..>
wrote:
>
> When I look at the file properties using a Mac, the valid EII 
> banks show up as a document. When I look at the valid EII bank that
> was transferred from my PC, it shows up as a PC document. Both file
> sizes are identical. Do I need to rename the PC file with a .EII 
> extention? I tried that but SD still doesn't recognize the file.
> I don't know that much about macs. Any tip would be great.

Not a silly question, and its one thats been addressed here before.
This is why I insist that SD Banks be encoded into SIT format with
DropStuff before trading online. Your answer lies in the group file
and photo sections:

"When a Mac file is copied to the PC, the resource fork, type and
creator information are lost unless the file is first encoded on the
Macintosh with DropStuff into SIT format which saves the Mac specific
data with the file. This way the file can exist on a single fork
machine (PC, UNIX) or be telecommunicated and decoded at the other end
with all Mac information intact." 

To fix your missing resource forks (solution provided by group member
ingsoc_1979) you will need to use FileTyper (in the Mac folder of the
file section). Put all your orphaned SD files in one folder on the
Mac. See the Sound Designer folder in the group Photos section for the
correct FileTyper repair setting, then click "Change All".

If you have trouble, message me off-list and I can probably help you
further.

> And NO, I'm not the Rodney Moore who is a porn star. I am just a 
> nobody who enjoys the emulator II.

Damn...and here I was hoping you came here wanting help with a film
scoring project. :-D

 


      

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--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@...>
wrote:
>
> Thank you for your help. I downloaded the FileTyper program and the 
> stuffit program. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I am 
> hopeful it will work for me. I'll let you know how it will turn out.

I just added step by step instructions to the files section. Email me
off-list if you get stuck. Good Luck.

Hello all,

I seem to be having a problem with FileTyper that I can't seem to overcome. I cannot seem to make Stuffit Expander expand the FileTyper.sit file onto my Mac. I want to fix the missing resource fork issues that I lost when I copied .EII files to PC. I am copying the files back to mac and want to use the Filetyper to repair the missing resource forks. I've provided the following background information and this is what I've tried so far:

Background information: I have the following 2 macs to test with:

1. Quadra 800 running Mac OS 8.1 with cacheing turned off (to use SD for EII).
2. LC 580 running OS 7.6 with cacheing turned off (to use SD for EII).
3. I don't have internet access for the Macs  so I use a PC to download the files.

This is what I have tried:

1. Downloaded MacDisk to my PC.
2. Downloaded and tried the following versions of Stuffit Expander and copied to the MacDisk Drive:
    StuffIt Expander 4.0.1, Stuffit Expander 3.5.2
3. Downloaded all the .sit EII banks and Filetyper 551m, Filetyper 551 and Filetyper 4.4.2.
4. I am successful expanding the .sit EII banks to be read by the SD for Emulator II program
5. I am NOT successful expanding the FileTyper program on either mac.
6. I've tried to download the Filetyper program from other sources and get the same result. I've tried to transfer from the PC both using MacDisk and just to a plain PC floppy. Both macs can also read PC floppies too. The EII .sit banks will also expand even if I've brought the banks over on a PC formatted floppy to the mac.

I agree this shouldn't be that hard. I'm about ready to give up and try RegEdit to repair the missing resource fork issues. I need to do it for about 1700 EII banks. I originally had transferred all the Universe of Sounds (all 3 volumes) banks as well as all the factory disks and other EII libraries to PC not realizing about the resource fork information that would not be carried with the file once I copied it to PC. What am I missing?

Thanks for any help,
Rod
 




________________________________
From: hexafuzz <gclip@...>
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 12:39:19 AM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Silly question about sound designer for Emulator II


--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@. ..>
wrote:
>
> Thank you for your help. I downloaded the FileTyper program and the 
> stuffit program. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I am 
> hopeful it will work for me. I'll let you know how it will turn out.

I just added step by step instructions to the files section. Email me
off-list if you get stuck. Good Luck.

 


      

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--- 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!

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!

 


      

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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!
> 
>  
> 
> 
>       
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

 


      

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@...>
wrote:
> I think Hexafuzz is going to prepare a Filetyper.sit file made with
> an older version of Dropstuff or stuffit.

Check your mail... A new version that works with Stuffit Expander 4
was emailed to your yahoo address earlier today. The faulty version in
the files section was also replaced with the working version.

> 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?

Yes, the only time youll need a resource fork is on the Mac.

Hi Hexafuzz,

You're the greatest! Thanks again for helping a newbie out!

Rod




________________________________
From: hexafuzz <gclip@...>
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 5:21:28 PM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Silly question about sound designer for Emulator II


--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@. ..>
wrote:
> I think Hexafuzz is going to prepare a Filetyper.sit file made with
> an older version of Dropstuff or stuffit.

Check your mail... A new version that works with Stuffit Expander 4
was emailed to your yahoo address earlier today. The faulty version in
the files section was also replaced with the working version.

> 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?

Yes, the only time youll need a resource fork is on the Mac.

 


      

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@...>
wrote:
>
> You're the greatest! Thanks again for helping a newbie out!

Newbie? Youll probably know more about PC-Mac transfers than all of us
by the time youre finished. LOL!

Hexafuzz,

This has been a great way to learn. My wife is out of town so it gave me a chance to mess with this today. By the way, Filetyper worked great.

Thanks again!
Rod




________________________________
From: hexafuzz <gclip@...>
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 5:44:07 PM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Silly question about sound designer for Emulator II


--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, Rodney Moore <rodm99_99@. ..>
wrote:
>
> You're the greatest! Thanks again for helping a newbie out!

Newbie? Youll probably know more about PC-Mac transfers than all of us
by the time youre finished. LOL!

 


      

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> 
>  
> 
> 
>       
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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
    




________________________________
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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