Emax

I still have a copy of Alchemy! It was one of the best audio programs 
for the Mac, and I still miss the pitch bend envelope!
I also have an old laptop running OS8, so there's hope....

Thanks for the info, I'd forgotten about that option.

- H


On May 21, 2004, at 10:15 AM, Lifelike wrote:

> Hi Heather
>
> You can try Alchemy II from Passport Software on mac, he has the 
> ability to
> transfer samples from Emax II and even Emax I.
> The software was discontinued because P.Software went down in 1996. 
> You need
> to have a SCSI card on your mac, better is to have an old Mac, or send
> samples thru midi interface but its fucking slow this way... It works 
> only
> on os 9, 8 or even 7.5.3.
> I'm not living in Portland, but in Paris / France, if  U cant find it 
> we can
> try to find another solution... ;-p
> cheers
>
> Laurent
>
> De : Heather Perkins <heatherperkins@...>
> Répondre à : emax@yahoogroups.com
> Date : Fri, 21 May 2004 08:11:29 -0700
> À : emax@yahoogroups.com
> Objet : [emax] Getting Emax II samples into a Mac
>
>
> (I almost deleted all the "im sad dam" posts because I thought they
> were Spams using "I'm Saddam" as a tagline--funny!)
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>
> I am coming into the forum with a problem - I have a ton of old Emax II
> floppies full of smaples, but no Emax II.  I'm on a Mac. I want to get
> my old sample banks transferred or converted in some usable way--WAV,
> .aif, whatever.
>
> I have heard that there are Windows/PC utilities that can transfer EMAX
> II sample banks from an EMax formatted floppy to a PC. Can anyone help
> me? There are some internet cafes and such around here that have older
> PCs, so I should be able to find one with a floppy drive and internet
> access to download the needed apps.
>
> I suppose, failing all this, I could just find someone in town with an
> Emax II and transfer the sounds some other way. Any ideas on that?
> (short of just re-sampling them with an audio connection, which I think
> I can figure out myself)
>
> I am just starting my search, but there are some sounds I created in he
> past that I would love to have access to.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Heather
>
> PS - If there are any people on this list that have an Emax II and are
> based in Portland OR, let me know.
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