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Re: [emax] Something's wrong with my Emax sound library, please help!

2009-03-05 by Brooks Mosher

why not try using the EMXP program which can run on Windows?

that might be a better way to go...


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@...>wrote:

>   Hi there,
>
> I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
>
> I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
> Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on
> the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the
> sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.
>
> While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks,
> the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't
> play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering...
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could
> be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga
> computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came
> with the sampler to one of them they work fine.
>
> How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the
> program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed
> that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says:
> "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the
> ones that are working correctly on Emax.
>
> I appreciate your help.
> Ben
>
>  
>


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