Emax

Yep, I know there are some Akai tools out there. 

Wav <> AkaiS1000 was not my main focus at all.

I wanted
- to be able to read/write Akai floppy disks in Windows XP (--> which 
is still a problem today, and ADisk doesn't even always work in 
DOS...)
- to have a converter between Akai and Emax (--> to have a bridge 
towards other sample conversion tools that don't support Emax but do 
support Akai S1K)
Anyway, to make that Emax/Akai conversion feature, I needed Wavs from 
Akai S1000 (as a starting point for testing) so I simply made that 
function first. It's a very easy conversion, took me less than 1 
hour :-)

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Eduardo" <elmacaco@...> wrote:
>
> THere is already an Akai S1000 to Wav converter, I used it a few 
years ago, simple program, works fine.
> 
> Might save you a bit of work e!!
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: esynthesist 
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 6:33 AM
>   Subject: [emax] Re: Nice-to-know: create Emax CD from Zip image
> 
> 
>   Sure, the next version supports Akai S1000->WAV conversion, and 
also 
>   the other way around.
> 
>   It just doesn't support Akai S1000->Emax yet (Emax->Akai S1000 
>   however will be supported).
> 
>   Akai features in v2.00 are:
>   - reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 Floppy disks (HD and DD, 
but 
>   I'm having problems with DD disks, so the DD-disk support will be 
>   an "unverified" feature :-)
>   - reading/writing includes: S1000 sample files, S1000 program 
files 
>   and S1000 operating system files (not drumfiles)
>   - Akai S1000 Sample <-> WAV conversion
>   - Emax I/II -> Akai S1000 programs/samples conversion
>   Akai CD's/Zip disks will not be supported (yet).
> 
>   I'm doing final tests on the akai features, still finetuning some 
>   parameter translations like envelope settings and filter 
settings. 
>   But it's already being used in my studio and it looks fine :-)
> 
>   By the way: the very same V2.00 will also include support for 
reading 
>   Emax CD's or any other type of Emax HD. I'm putting it into EMXP 
>   right now :-)
> 
>   Version 2 will probably be released within 2 weeks...
> 
>   ///E-Synthesist
> 
>   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter" <aurastar@> wrote:
>   >
>   > Will the next version be able to convert Akai S1000 -> Wav? 
>   > 
>   > For those of you who may have been sleeping on EMXP, get it... 
it's 
>   > fantastic!
>   > 
>   > 
>   > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
>   > >
>   > > Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
>   > > And maybe some of you already discovered this...
>   > > 
>   > > If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), 
e.g. 
>   > with 
>   > > EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, 
you 
>   > can 
>   > > burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
>   > > Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected 
to 
>   > your 
>   > > Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is 
immediately 
>   > ready-
>   > > for-use !
>   > > (I tested it only with an EMAX-II).
>   > > 
>   > > This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) 
zipdisks :-)
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being 
used... 
>   > so I 
>   > > think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 
512 
>   > > MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
>   > > I don't know when this will be available. The next release of 
the 
>   > EMXP-
>   > > freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from 
>   > EmaxI/II 
>   > > to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 
>   > floppy 
>   > > disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when 
>   > converting 
>   > > WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
>   > > automatically.
>   > > 
>   > > By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think 
some of 
>   > the 
>   > > Emulator-III features will already be available in february 
>   > (probably 
>   > > reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and 
>   > converting 
>   > > Emu-III samples to WAV-files).
>   > > 
>   > > Have fun in vintage emuland !
>   > > 
>   > > ///E-Synthesist
>   > >
>   >
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