Emax

No, the DPX-1 reads Emulator II 5 1/4" disks,  a different emu machine than the Emax line though they share some hardware similarities such as the same filter chip. 

It sounds like you might be best with some scii format zip disks.  Your modern computer will not have scsii, so that needs to be dealt with as well.

 

Dump meaning a special very very slow (15 minutes per sound, which is not saved unless saved to disk)  transfer of samples down a midi cable.  It was an early attempt at making a universal format for moving samples over midi, and it failed because it was unbelievably slow.  But the DPX-1 it does not appear to do that anyway.  

 

The modern emulation drives are pretending to be actual floppy disks that you format, and put a library in each fake disk.  It fools the machine into thinking it is dealing with a floppy

and you page through teh floppies with a button.  But the only display you get when paging is the number of the disk, nothing shows you teh sounds names until you go to load.

Its here: http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/

 

You need a hard disk/cd of the library, a program for moving and seeing the Emax 1 sounds on your computer, and for moving them.  Another program creates the fake drives on your usb stick inside the software the emulator drive uses.

You replace your floppy with the emulator drive and get sort of a multi-disk floppy drive.  You could even load it with a camera sd card.

 

Lorne  

 

 

 

 

From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wandamusic@...
Sent: February-16-14 10:25 AM
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [emax] emax 1 disc question

 

  

You are saying that "some" of the Oberheim DPX-1 will play Emax I discs.(?) If so, how woud oI determine before buying that one did read these discs?

 

I don't understand what "dump other emu products" means. THis sounds like something involving computer and hardware sampler?

 

I have no Mac computers available.

 

And no older DOS ones, or a 3.5 dd drive.

 

I hope to solve my issues by buying one piece of equipment.

 

Thanks for all the tips, wish I had more knowledge in these matters.

 

;-(

 

 

In a message dated 2/16/2014 1:19:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lhammond@... writes:

  

yes.  I just answered this on another list when we wondered if it would dump other emu products.  There were two OS and the second one added akai and a few others, then they stopped.

However legacy software like sound designer converts I think.  But that is a mac classic era product with a license disk with a physical notch in it to prevent copying.

From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wandamusic@...
Sent: February-16-14 9:29 AM
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [emax] emax 1 disc question

  

In a message dated 2/16/2014 12:25:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mpadilla@... writes:

I seem to recall that the Oberheim DPX-1 plays Emax I discs. 

The specs say no.

Does anyone have one?

And an Emax 1 disc? 

Blessings,

Wanda