Emax

doesn't EMXP convert to S1000 images?  i think that might be the best bet
since most samplers (including the K2000, K2500) will load S1000 samples.


On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:52 PM, esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:

>   If you can't fix the Emax, and want to translate your emax banks to
> one of your three other sampler units, I guess Chickensys Translator
> will be the only option... but you'll need a workaround: Translator
> does not fully support Emax-I (although this is not clearly mentioned
> on their website). So what you would have to do is use EMXP to
> translate the Emax banks to EIII banks, put them on an EIII
> cdrom/disk image, and use that as the import format for Translator
> which hopefully will convert them to ASRX, MV8000 or MPC...
>
> If you only want to convert the actual sounds (without
> preset/voice/sample parameters) you can of course simply extract the
> Emax samples to WAV with EMXP and load these WAVs in your other
> sampler (I assume at least one of them supports WAV, the Roland for
> instance)
>
> I would be really surprised if the K2500 would support Emax disks.
> Perhaps EIII, but Emax ???
>
> Anyway the best option is to have a look into your Emax and solve the
> hardware problem !
>
> ///E-Synthesist
>
>
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>, "reshad" <joty5@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I recently bought the original Emax and it came with a large amount
> of
> > sound discs. After using the unit, I realized that something is
> wrong
> > with it. Whenever I play the keys or mess with the wheels, the
> sounds
> > all come out glitchy and distorted. It's hard to describe, but I
> know
> > the machine is not supposed to do this. The character of the sound
> > changes horribly and sometimes the pitch wheel does not respond.
> >
> > I have a few sampler/drum machines and I was wondering if it's
> > possible to convert the Emax sounds to ASRX/MPC2000xl/RolandMV8000
> > formats. Either one of these formats will do.
> >
> > Someone told me that the Kurzweil K2500 will load up the emu discs,
> > but I do not have the cash to spend on one of those nor another
> Emax.
> > Chicken Systems offers a translator, but I would like to know how
> well
> > it works before giving up $80 for it.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated and thank you for your time.
> >
>
>  
>


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