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RE: [emax] EMX Files for FREE

2001-11-16 by Rob EmuArc

Hi,
Pretty much the whole library from ZD700 - 854.

Rob
  -----Original Message-----
  From: John Silveria [mailto:emaxjs@...]
  Sent: 16 November 2001 21:14
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [emax] EMX Files for FREE


  Ho Rob, which files are they? Are they the whole library or perhaps the
ones that were
  available onb the old Archive?

  I'd like to get a copy, it would save me time and energy.

  On 16 Nov 2001 at 19:21, Rob EmuArc wrote:

  > Hi
  > The EMX downloads have been tested and are okay, except for perhaps one.
If
  > anyone would like all the EMX files on a CD rather than having to
download
  > them from our web site , please email me off list with your address, and
we
  > will send them out for free. We will get more EMX files onto the site,
as we
  > have a very large collection.
  >
  > We are tracking down replacement LCD's for the Emax, and they might be
  > available for $20 - 30. More news soon.
  >
  > email address rob@...
  >
  > Regards
  > Rob
  >
  > The Emulator Archive
  > www.emulatorarchive.com
  >
  >   -----Original Message-----
  >   From: Max Langer [mailto:max@...]
  >   Sent: 14 November 2001 22:39
  >   To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  >   Subject: Re: [emax] still dealing with DOS...
  >
  >
  >   I've also tried to write disks with EMX, using different setups. I've
  >   managed to copy banks up to the Z749 disk and disk no 59,60,62 and 63.
On
  >   several of those I got a CRC error when trying to load them into the
EMAX
  >   (1). I got around that problem in all cases by rewriting the disk and
  > trying
  >   again (and then doing a save all on the emax immediately when the disk
  >   loaded, otherwise I always got a CRC error the second time I loaded
the
  >   disk).
  >
  >   On all banks above number 749 (except the ones mentioned above) I
manage
  > to
  >   get the disks to load, but the presets and samples are broken. Often
the
  >   preset names look OK in the first and last couple of presets, but the
ones
  >   in the middle don't even show the PXX. Trying to select one of the
broken
  >   presets almost always reboots the EMAX. The strange thing is that on a
  > given
  >   bank, the errors always look exactly the same. The preset names are
broken
  >   in the same way, the samples sound the same regardles of what setup I
used
  >   to write the disk, HD/DD, "pure" DOS or win98 in dos mode etc.
  >
  >   So I wonder if it isn't the disks that are incorrectly copied in to
.emx
  >   format in the first place. I'd like to know if anyone has been able to
  > make
  >   a (working) copy of the ZD778 FM Synth #1 bank or any other bank that
I've
  >   had no luck with.
  >
  >   /Max
  >
  >
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: "Ben & Mana Model" <manaben@...>
  >   To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
  >   Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:30 PM
  >   Subject: [emax] still dealing with DOS...
  >
  >
  >   > I've been struggling with emax I sound banks downloaded from the
  >   emuarchive
  >   > site.  I've finally gotten my hands on an old IBM thinkpad running
Win
  > 3.1
  >   > which has the version of DOS which the EMX app (supposedly) behaves
  > with.
  >   >
  >   > I've used EMX with this equipment using new DS/DD floppies to write
  > sound
  >   > banks to disks.  When I put the disks in my emax I keyboard or emax
HD,
  >   most
  >   > of them do not work: they contain no presets, and one keeps freezing
the
  >   > emax.  The one or two banks that did work have a couple of presets
that
  >   are
  >   > dead.
  >   >
  >   > Is it simply a matter of writing the bank several times and hoping
one
  > of
  >   > the "writes" is good?  Or is there yet another PC or DOS factor I'm
  >   missing?
  >   > With the HD (rev 1.1) should I be using the emax I or emax II banks?
  >   >
  >   > Thanks!
  >   >
  >   > Ben
  >   >
  >   >
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