Emax

HI, Jammie,
 
Thanks, butI am just a little confused now. I  have never used sound  fount 
software. 
Are you saying that some SOFTWARE I could buy would read these discs? 
 
Or is that only if I do some other process first? Plus I do not have an old 
 DD 3.5 drive.
 
My goal is to avoid doing a process with each disc, as I have countless old 
 discs.
 
My hope is to find/buy something, where I can put any Emax 1 disc in,  then 
choose any preset.
 
I do not mind if the "whatever" I end up getting takes a little longer to  
load the disc, because I can do something else while I wait. 
 
I just do not want to have to do a process for each disc.
 
It seems obvious that an old Emax 1 is best choice, but sounds like Emax 2  
will also work easily. And I need to find a rack, due to space, which seems 
 harder to find.
 
If I find an old Emax 2, will it boot with Emax 1 discs? Or do I need to  
buy a boot disc if it comes with no disc?
 
 
Blessings,

Wanda

 
 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2014 6:58:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jammie.emma@... writes:

 
 
 
  
you dont have to map anything the conversion does  it for you to the format 
that is required by the host sampler
 
even software samplers that can play sf2  instruments can be used
 
emax2 is not like an EII at all 
 
emulatorx1/2/3 all read sf2 and can convert emax2  instruments
 
software wise its the closest thing to a e4ultra  and has the emu sound but 
the EII filters are great and the synth engine is  better on the EII as the 
emax playback rate is not as high as the EII anbd  when converting EII 
banks some reach the playback limit and carry on playing  the same tone after 
the playback rate is reached 

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From: _wandamusic@..._ (mailto:wandamusic@...)  
To: _emax@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com)  
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:43  AM
Subject: Re: [emax] emax 1 disc  question



Thanks, this is helpful.
 
So if I find an emax 2 I should be able to read my old discs,  then.
 
I had seen that elsewhere, but since I also saw that emax2 was like  
emulator (ll?) and they were readable by the oberheim but not the emax, I  wasn't 
sure.
 
My goal is to find something rack mount where I can read these discs  for 
not too much $$$.
 
I don't have the knowledge to do the software hacks,  conversions, and such 
I have seen referenced here. Just want simple way  to play old samples. 
Definitely do not want to have to map samples, no  worries about old sequences, 
etc, just sound banks.
 
 
Blessings,

Wanda

 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2014 4:36:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
esynthesist@... writes:

 
There's (almost) no work to be done when using Emax-1 banks in an  Emax-2.  
The main differences (besides possibility of larger banks in an  Emax-2) 
are:
- the Emax-1 uses compressed samples in 8 bits while the Emax-2 uses  
linear 16 bit samples. When loading an Emax-1 bank into the Emax-2, the  Emax-2 
sampler automatically converts the samples in the bank (takes a few  
seconds...). The difference in sample format is the main reason why most  other 
samplers don't support Emax-1 banks.
- the Emax-1 deals differently with stereo than the Emax-2. In some  cases, 
after loading an Emax-1 bank into the Emax-2, you may have to  correct the 
stereo voice/panning settings because the sound may only be  heard on one 
channel (depending on the panning settings and dual voice  settings on the 
Emax-1). In practice that's the only potential bit of work  that you may have 
to do.


FYI: as mentioned, EMXP can convert Emax-1 banks. One of the  conversions 
supported is the same conversion to Emax-2 format as is being  done by the 
Emax-2 sampler itself when loading Emax-1 banks. So if you  convert them in 
this way and e.g burn the converted banks on an Emax-2  formatted cdrom, all 
samplers that support Emax-2 banks can read your  banks...






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