Emax

This is a very exciting prospect to me. I would love to help in anyway
I can. Of course I know absolutely nothing about programming. I'm good
at organizing though and of course, this list can be used for
communications and I can provide a little webspace as well. I have the
RS-422 / MIDI spec manual as does Rob. If Rob hasn't already I can
create a PDF out of it.

I should note that I was caught directly in the path of Hurricane
Isabel and I have been without power and phone lines for a week now.
I'm only able to check mail because I have generator and satellite
internet. 


On 24 Sep 2003 at 20:41, Christopher James Mazur spoke unto me:

> Many Emax users may be aware of the "computer interface" (RS-422) on
> the Emax models which was exploited briefly by DigiDesign
> SoundDesigner II and Passports Alchemy.
> 
> Many samplers nowadays are able to do SCSI transfers via a PC or Mac
> host adapter as opposed to the MIDI Sample Dump Standard.
> 
> Here is a proposal for a basic working copy under Win32, which would
> be open-source, using the Dev-C++ Package (version 4.9.8.0)
> 
> - Automatic Batch Dumping of .WAV/.AIFF files.
> - Queueing of Samples with sample number assigning before dumping. -
> "Stereo" Feature to automatically seperate samples "on the fly" to
> the Primary and Secondary Channels. - "Sample Calculator" to ensure
> a tight fit of samples into a pre- determined Emax variant. (1mb,
> 2mb, 6mb, 8mb unit, etc.)
> 
> Some features way down the road.
> 
> - Front-End control of Emax functions (I have no documentation on
> this).
> 
> A little background info on me:
> 
> I have been a Windows user for 9 years now.  And a computer-user for
> almost 20 years.  I have dabbled a little in Basic, C, C++ but I am
> quite simply, a novice.  However, I want to dedicate time to this
> and I figured this was a "decent" project to start off with as what
> this program really is about is utilizing an RS-422 cable hooked
> into a PC (Perhaps through the Serial/Parallel/or even USB ports?). 
> There are existing cables on the market, I know emulatorarchive
> sells one for the older Macs.
> 
> Some basic goals I want to start off with is I am currently 
> searching for basic information.
> 
> 1) What Alchemy and Sound Designer *actually did*, was that program
> capable of sending stereo samples? What functions were available? 
> and how can we at least match those functions.
> 
> 2) Matching Pin-Out configurations with a Parallel Port connection
> to the RS-422 end.
> 
> 3) Complete specs for a Parallel port connection (shouldn't be hard
> to find), as well as what protocols would work best for an RS-422
> connection.  Can these two standards even interface?  Is the RS-422
> Half-Duplex/Full-Duplex? Serial or Parallel?
> 
> 4) Software integration, handshaking.
> 
> 5) How the emax handles data traffic.
> 
> 6) Whether E-Mu would be cooperative with some technical details. :)
> 
> These are just basic ideas.  Basically I'm calling on the Emax
> community to help out with any information or schematics, or
> anything.  Is this even feasible?  I would like to think it is
> possible.  As I have this high-speed port on the back of my Emax
> that's just begging for usage.
> 
> I hope people on this group can engage in active discussion.
> 
> With Regards,
> Christopher Mazur
> 
> 
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