Emax

Doesn't disk image utility do that??? Cuz that is one thing we tried. I  
dunno if we tried shrinkwrap or not....

I will test and see this weekend, ok?

Wish me luck...
Ted

On May 13, 2005, at 10:40 AM, elmacaco wrote:

> Maybe a disk image program that takes a whole disk image?  I think  
> that should do it.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: ted Summers
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:56 AM
>   Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Wav to Emax I Apple II emulator
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>
>   The original Alchemy works like older ProTools in that there is an
>   authorization on the disk that it puts onto your hard drive. I am
>   unaware of a way to copy the disk with the "authorization" intact. I
>   tried it with a ProTools disk once (before I had bought ProTools) and
>   never was able to do it- or a couple of my friends either :-(.
>   Anyone on the group know how to make a "backup" of this type of
>   protected disk? If so, I can try it. If successful, I could then get
>   the image uploaded and we could try it....
>
>   Too bad the company that bought the rights to Alchemy won't  
> re-release
>   it- I know, I asked before I was able to finally find an original....
>
>   Thanks,
>   Ted
>
>   On May 13, 2005, at 7:50 AM, elmacaco wrote:
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>> Is there a way to get a copy of your original to the group?  Or would
>> that still be a crack?  It would just be a floppy image correct?  or
>> does it have a dongle?
>>
>> I am using the one we have in the files section and I don't think
>> anyone else has gotten it to work with the emax either (correct me if
>> I am wrong).
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: ted Summers
>>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>>   Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 2:09 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Wav to Emax I Apple II emulator
>>
>>
>>   I am running Alchemy 3.0 on Performa 6214 with OS 8.1 You are not
>>   supposed to hook the midi and serial cable up at the same time as
>> both
>>   ports run off the same chip in the emax. the midi alone does work,
>> but
>>   is slower. the whole reason for the serial cable is it is WAY
>> faster. I
>>   built my cable myself, and it works great. So it should work. You  
>> may
>>   have problems with Alchemy if it is a "cracked" copy. I believe the
>>   cracked copy never worked for me (I remember the Keymap errors), and
>>   crashed several times. I got lucky and found an original copy, which
>>   has never crashed on me....although I haven't used it "tons"....
>>
>>   Hope that info helps,
>>   Ted
>>
>>   On May 12, 2005, at 6:22 PM, homershines wrote:
>>
>>> Damn.
>>> I have to go back in time.
>>> I think it's an Alchemy and appropriate OS issue though.
>>>
>>> Do you have or can you use Mac OS 8.6?
>>>
>>> Also, is the midi cable connected via whatever source at the same
>>> time?
>>> That may be fine too.
>>>
>>> I'm looking thru my ole Alchemy manual for leads.
>>> I'm sure it can be solved.
>>> It's been some time though.
>>>
>>> Wow.
>>>
>>> Peace.
>>>
>>> homershines
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "elmacaco" <elmacaco@h...> wrote:
>>>> Hey Homershines,
>>>>
>>>> I have a powerbook 160 I found in the garbage with OS 7.5.1 and I  
>>>> was
>>>> able to install
>>> alchemy, but I always got that couldn't find keymap or something like
>>> that error.  SO I
>>> need to have a midi interface hooked up to the mac as well as the RS
>>> cable?  I thought the
>>> RS cable handled all of that.
>>>>
>>>> Mind you this powerbook has seen better days, but it still works,  
>>>> the
>>>> contrast of the
>>> screen fluctuates and the track ball doesn't track so well, but if I
>>> can get it to work I could
>>> get used to it, all I'd do is load wavs to transfer through a floppy.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for looking at this, there are a few more people having this
>>>> trouble on list and a
>>> solution would be great.
>>>>
>>>> But ideally something on the PC that could spit out em1 files would
>>>> be best.  I'd even
>>> use EMX to write the disk if I could just feed my emax wavs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>>   From: homershines
>>>>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>>>>   Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:45 PM
>>>>   Subject: [emax] Re: Wav to Emax I Apple II emulator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Don't think you can get Alchemy to work with Apple II.
>>>>   I'd really be surprised. Alchemy is a much later invention.
>>>>
>>>>   As for your Mac problem, you should give it a lil more time.
>>>>
>>>>   Do you have a midi cable and RS422 attached?
>>>>   Which Mac, OS & version of Alchemy?
>>>>
>>>>   I used to live off of Alchemy. It made my Emax II even more
>>>> awesome.
>>>>
>>>>   Let me know what you've got going on.
>>>>
>>>>   Peace.
>>>>
>>>>   homershines
>>>>
>>>>   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "elmacaco" <elmacaco@h...> wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone been able to run alchemy on the Apple II emulator in
>>>>   the archives?  I am still on the quest to convert wave files into
>>>>   em1 files to load into my emax.  Either through floppy or Zip
>>>>   drive.  I tried alchemy on an old mac with the cable from emulator
>>>>   archive, but I always got the same error that other's recently
>>>>   reported.  So basically I just want to be able to pass audio from
>>>>   the PC to the Emax,  dont need any particular settings to be
>>>>   adjustable, even if they loaded with a default key assignment of
>>>> one
>>>>   key per sample I could change that in the emax.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just curious if anyone else has got this working.  I still use my
>>>>   emax all the time, and I could always just sample from the PC to
>>>> the
>>>>   emax, but it is a bit less elegant that sampling from a turntable
>>>> or
>>>>   just converting the sounds.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wasn't chickensystems gonna add emax support?
>>>>>
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