Emax

I have not actually used MIDI SDS to dump samples to an Emax, I was just reading from the V3.0 
MIDI specification on the Emulator archive. 

I believe the padding refers to adding a single extra sample before the first and after the last 
sample of each sound when dumping. According to the spec these extra samples should have the 
value of zero. I don't know why or if it is really required but that is what the spec says.

You can always try a dump and see. I believe the Emax can only be the target of SDS dumps or 
requests from external devices. SDS dumps cannot be initiated from the Emax front panel. 

/Tristan

Quoting mrdazobee <mrdazobee@...>:

> Thanks for the replys.Could you explain further what "padded with 
> zeros" means?I was going to use the "Awave" program that converts SDS
> 
> to 12 bit so that should be fine.Have you achieved a sample dump via
> 
> midi yourself?If so could you give some info on how you did it,or 
> point me to where the process may be explained further?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, tu@... wrote:
> >
> > The Emax can receive sample dumps via MIDI SDS according to the 
> Emax OS v3.0 MIDI spec. 
> > However, note that the first and last sample of the data should be
> 
> padded with zeros. The Emax 
> > also expects 12 bit linear samples, which it presumably converts 
> into 8 bit compressed form to 
> > store in memory. I am not sure what it would do with 16 sample 
> data. There are also some issues 
> > to do with handshaking, sampling rates, sample placement and loops
> 
> etc. 
> > 
> > It looks like the fast sample dump via RS422 uses a slightly 
> modified form of the SDS dump that 
> > allows more compact packing of the 12 bit samples and thus even 
> faster transfer.
> > 
> > /Tristan
> > 
> > Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:48:28 PM, you wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > Does anyone know if the Emax can recieve sample dump info from a PC
> 
> via 
> > SDS or something similar?If so could you explain how it is done?
> > Thanks...
> >
> 
> 
>