Emax

According to the sysex spec, the Emax II can receive Emax I compressed bank transfers. It needs 
to for compatibility with the RS422 CDROM drive! But it does not support transmitting compressed 
banks or any transfer of 16 bit banks.

Sample transfer using high or low speed MMA sample dumping is also limited to maximum sample 
size of 2M words (4MB in 16 bit samples). So an Emax II bank containing a sample longer than this 
will not be possible to transfer over RS422 or MIDI. This would not be a problem for most sample 
banks but does prevent a universal method of bank transfer between the Emax II and a computer. 
The solution is of course to save such banks to disk and then load from there.

/Tristan

On Sat, Dec 5th, 2009 at 8:33 AM, esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:

> Alchemy doesn't support bank transfers with any sampler.
> It only supports sample transfers, including an interesting "bulk"
> mode to transfer all samples at once. But that's still without any of
> the preset and voice parameters...
> 
> In fact no software supports bank transfers with the Emax-II.
> I will add it to EMXP as soon as we get the RS422 device for PC up
> and running...
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jrb1864@...> wrote:
> >
> > Does Alchemy support bank transfers to and from Emax 2?  How in
> depth are the sample edit features?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Rish" <rish@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey If anyone needs the Alchemy ver 3.0 full manual I have 5 of
> them available.
> > >  Richard at www.Route66studios.com
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   From: sanctifiedone@ 
> > >   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> > >   Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:56 AM
> > >   Subject: Re: [emax] Emax II with MAC Se
> > > 
> > > 
> > >     
> > >   I love posts like this one from Ted. And while I'm at it, I
> also want to express my appreciation for group members like Dave
> willing to help me untangle my EMAX II problems. 
> > > 
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   From: "Ted Summers" <djtbs1@> 
> > >   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> > >   Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:58:49 AM GMT -05:00
> US/Canada Eastern 
> > >   Subject: Re: [emax] Emax II with MAC Se 
> > > 
> > >   Alchemy software v3.0 sit is in the groups files section, and
> it works...... 
> > > 
> > >   Regards, 
> > >   Ted 
> > > 
> > >   On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:57 AM, John <jrb1864@> wrote: 
> > > 
> > >   > 
> > >   > 
> > >   > I have an Emax 2 with 2mb ram, jazz drives, floppies, cables
> and connector 
> > >   > cable to the MAC. 
> > >   > 
> > >   > I had a dream...a dream of running my Emax 2 with sound
> designer or 
> > >   > Alchemy. Alas no luck, I only have Sound Designer Universal
> and it's not 
> > >   > working with the EMAX 2. 
> > >   > 
> > >   > I have Sound Designer Universal in the box, original disks
> etc, a MAC SE, 
> > >   > systems 6, and 7 but unable to find the Alchemy software or
> Sound Designer 
> > >   > that works with Emax 2. 
> > >   > 
> > >   > If I can't get it all to work I will give up on this dream
> and sell the lot 
> > >   > to someone, preferably on the forum, with love, patience, and
> abilities to 
> > >   > make this system work and send me photos! LOL! 
> > >   > 
> > >   > If you have the software I need or time and willingness to
> help me through 
> > >   > it I would appreciate otherwise I'm selling it all for $350
> plus shipping 
> > >   > costs. 
> > >   > 
> > >   > Thanks all! Maybe one day..... 
> > >   > 
> > >   > 
> > >   > 
> > > 
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> > > 
> > >   Emax and Emax II User's Group Website 
> > > 
> > >   http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links 
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