Emax

Right...I didn't know that. Does anybody know if using an external USB floppy drive can also cause problems with EMX? I don't have an internal floppy drive...maybe I should install one?


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@...> wrote:
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> Hi Ben
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> You need to run EMX in pure DOS mode. A DOS box in windows mode creates errors.
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> Best regards
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> Brian
> Denmark
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> --- Den tors 5/3/09 skrev Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...>:
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> Fra: Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...>
> Emne: Re: [emax] Something's wrong with my Emax sound library, please help!
> Til: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Dato: torsdag 5. marts 2009 21.53
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> why not try using the EMXP program which can run on Windows?
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> that might be a better way to go...
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> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@ yahoo.de>wrote:
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> > Hi there,
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> > I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.. .
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> > 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.
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> > I appreciate your help.
> > Ben
> >
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