Emax

I've put a temporary new version 1.93 of EMXP in the files section 
(file EMXP_v193b2.ZIP).

Main reason for this "on the fly" release is a bugfix in the FORMAT 
feature for floppy disks. 

It seemed that disks formatted by EMXP v1.92 even with the OmniFlop 
driver were not 100% compatible with EMAX-I samplers. I discussed 
this with Sherlock Consulting and they gave me new example code how 
to FORMAT the disks. This is included in v1.93 build 2.
It should work now. Even the floppies formatted with the native EMXP 
floppy driver provided with EMXP (see ZIP file v1.92) should create 
EMAX-I compatible disks now, but I still recommend to use the 
OmniFlop driver with EMXP because it's much more reliable in Windows 
XP (though a little bit slower).

By the way, this 1.93 version does still not support EMAX-I zip disks 
although some code to support them has already been implemented in 
this version. I hope it won't make EMXP more unstable :-)

Other new stuff in v1.93 is:
- HTML reports can be generated
- EMXP can handle corrupt images now (many of them exist on the 
internet :-)
- some bugfixes, e.g. in the EMAX-I to EMAX-II conversion

The EMXP floppy driver and updated manual are not provided in the 
zipfile. The manual is not ready yet, the driver can be found in the 
v1.92 package...

Have fun

///E-Synthesist




--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all
> 
> A new version of EMXP has been saved in the files section:
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/files/EMXP/
> 
> New features in version 1.92 BETA build #1 are:
> 
> - The OmniFlop floppy driver (by Sherlock Consulting) is supported.
> - EMAX Floppy disks can be formatted now.
> - EMAX Operating Systems can be copied to/from floppy disks and 
> to/from EMAX-II zip disks.
> - All EMAX bank parameters (bank, preset, voice, sample, key area) 
> can be shown on-screen.
> - WAV files can be converted to EMAX banks and EMAX samples can be 
> exported to WAV.
> 
> Also some important bugs have been removed from v1.91#1.
> Especially bugs that caused ZIP disks to "lose" some banks 
or "lose" 
> the OS.
> 
> Note that this is still a BETA version. All EMXP versions will 
> probably be beta-versions since I do not receive sufficient 
feedback 
> to promote EMXP to a "stable" status. 
> 
> Please read the README file and the MANUAL (both included).
> 
> One more version is planned for october 2006. That version will 
> support EMAX-HD/PLUS ZIP disks. After the release of that version I 
> will stop programming and supporting emax-software. It's time to 
make 
> more music now... and start some research on my Emulator-II.
> 
> Have fun, any feedback is welcome !
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
>