Emax

Now that's the big secret :-)

I certainly didn't get the information from E-Mu Systems.
In fact I didn't really ask them. 
Well, I figured it out myself - but I can guarantee this was no fun 
at all and also very time consuming ! 
And my EMAX 2 did suffer from this process: my baby is almost dead :-(
I hope it will survive the software release, otherwise I can't test 
it anymore... 

Anyway, figuring out the specs myself is a good excuse for not having 
to promise that the software will ever be bug-free :-) That's why it 
will be free without guaranteed support.
But the current pre-alpha version on my PC handles all test banks 
(both compressed original EMAX ZD-images and my own 16-bit-images) 
100% correct so I think it's going to be OK...


Ciao,

///E-Synthesist


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, jose jimenez <housemusicmaker@y...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Where did you get all the addressing and file struture
> for the emax files?  You know, the header, file
> structure, how to create default program banks,
> etc...?  This sound so cool!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --- esynthesist <esynthesist@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Mmmm... I expected this question :-)
> > 
> > The answer is no. The program only *reads* EMAX
> > images, it doesn't 
> > *write* them.
> > However it's not very difficult to make such
> > program.
> > 
> > Anyway I first want to make a stable version of the
> > EMAX Librarian 
> > reader software. 
> > 
> > After this is accomplished, I can make a simple
> > program to create 
> > EMAX 1/EMAX 2 disk images. This program will simply
> > take the .WAV 
> > files you selected and will put them in "default"
> > presets on an EMAX 
> > disk image. This means that you will get default VCA
> > and VCF 
> > envelopes, a transposition of the sample to the
> > whole keyboard etc... 
> > That disk then can be loaded (via EMX) on your EMAX
> > sampler.
> > Finishing all preset and voice parameters should be
> > done directly on 
> > the EMAX.
> > 
> > An important remark however... I'm also watching
> > Chicken Systems. If 
> > they succeed in supporting EMAX with their
> > Translator software, and 
> > they give an EMAX image creator in their free
> > download version, I 
> > will *not* make that software.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > ///E-Synthesist
> >   
> > 
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "elmacaco"
> > <elmacaco@h...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow!  That sounds great!  Thanks so much for doing
> > this.
> > > 
> > > Will the alpha version be able to create em1 banks
> > from wav files?
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   From: esynthesist 
> > >   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> > >   Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 5:40 PM
> > >   Subject: [emax] Program to read EMAX disk images
> > almost ready
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   Hi,
> > > 
> > >   Just a short message to inform you that during
> > the past few weeks 
> > I've 
> > >   been working on that EMAX librarian PC-software
> > I announced a few 
> > >   messages ago. 
> > >   It's going to be a PC-program that:
> > >   - can be started from an HTML 'EMAX Librarian'
> > page
> > >   - will scan all emax1- and emax2-disk images on
> > its directory 
> > (images 
> > >   must have been created with the EMX program)
> > >   - will make a set of (hyperlinked) HTML pages
> > containing all 
> > parameter 
> > >   settings of all presets, voices and samples in
> > each bank
> > >   - will make .WAV files of all samples 
> > > 
> > >   The software is not finished yet but things are
> > going pretty 
> > well. 
> > >   The EMAX 1/EMAX 2 disk image parser is ready, as
> > is the core HTML 
> > >   report generator. But the whole thing needs some
> > further 
> > refinement 
> > >   and - of course - some basic testing before I
> > release it to the 
> > group.
> > > 
> > >   I think an "alpha" version will be released to
> > the files section 
> > of 
> > >   this group within 1 - 3 weeks (probably 3 :-).
> > That version will 
> > not be 
> > >   bug-free (I think) and will not be able yet to
> > report Sequencer 
> > >   information and Spectrum Synthesis information.
> > > 
> > >   A last note: the core software will be a small
> > DOS program but 
> > don't 
> > >   panic: you won't have to use DOS ! Everything
> > can be done from 
> > within a 
> > >   web browser...
> > > 
> > >   Bye
> > > 
> > >   ///E-Synthesist  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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