Emax

I would love the first one too :-)
The second one I don't understand, are you referring to the Emu EOS 
series ??

The SF2 conversion is a big challenge, because SF2 is a very flexible 
format. This means that a lot of choices must be made when converting 
banks to a "simple" format such as the Emax one. E.g. if there are 6 
layered voices in SF2, which two of them must be selected for pri and 
sec voice in the emax, and which ones will not be translated at all. 
This is just an example, there are tens/hundreds of other problems 
like this.
The other way around is a lot easier ! So I was going to implement 
that one first (SF2 to Emax, Emulator II and Emulator III). But I 
have to admit I didn't spent a lot of time yet on the SF2 features. 
It's on my list, together with Ensoniq Mirage support and perhaps 
also Korg DSS1 and Casio FZ1 support. 
And the serial communication for Emu samplers of course !

///E-Synthesist


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Niklas Noren" <niklas627@...> wrote:
>
> It's great to se that emxp still developing.
> 
> But there are 2 things that I would love to see in future versions 
of 
> emxp.
> 
> 1) sf2 conversion to emax format.
> 2) emxp develop to be an eos-link version to emax.
> 
> cheers/
> niklas
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
> >
> > Something I forgot to say: the newest version of EMXP supports 
the 
> > Sound Designer for Emax file format now (version 2.06).
> > But you still have to copy the files between your PC and your Mac 
> in 
> > order to transfer the banks to or from the Emax, just like with 
the 
> > Sound Designer for EII files.
> > 
> > FYI: 
> > 
> > 1/ Sound Designer for Emax files are almost the same as EMX 
files, 
> > but they contain additional bytes. EMXP allows direct copy 
between 
> > EMX (.EMX), Sound Designer for Emax (.EMS), Emax Banks (.EB1) and 
> > Emax floppy disks. But all other conversions are also possible in 
> an 
> > indirect way by using the .EB1 file as an intermediary.
> > 
> > 2/ One interesting technical note: Sound Designer for Emax files 
> also 
> > contain 8 bytes from the operating system part of the Emax 
memory. 
> > This due to the communication protocol which requires data packet 
> > sizes of 120 bytes and which results in "having to transfer" 8 
> > additional bytes which do not belong to the sound bank itself. 
> > Unfortunately these 8 bytes differ between the OS versions. I did 
> > some tests though and it seems that the Emax doesn't care about 
> these 
> > bytes... So EMXP is filling them with blanks. I assume this is OK 
> > since Digidesign must have the same problem if they wanted the 
> saved 
> > banks to be portable across many Emax versions. Anyway, if in the 
> > future some instabilities may occur on the Emax, I will add an 
> option 
> > in EMXP which can replace the 8 bytes by the ones which belong to 
> > your Emax OS. 
> > 
> > 3/ On the EMXP website (http://users.skynet.be/emxp) you can also 
> > download the modified emax operating systems which make bank 
> transfer 
> > between the Mac and the Emax possible. Use is at own risk (but it 
> > works fine in my setup).
> > 
> > 4/ I'm wondering how many Emax users actually have a copy of 
Sound 
> > Designer for Emax. Perhaps Wayne and I are the only ones :-)
> > 
> > Have fun.
> > 
> > ///E-Synthesist
> >
>