Emax

Normally Alchemy and Sound Designer II should support Emax-II sample transfers through MIDI and/or serial communication.
If that's too slow, maybe ChickenSys Translator for Mac has sufficient support for reading/writing Emax-II zip/hard disks? If so, it will probably not run on your G3 OS9 because I guess it needs OS X. It could work on your G4 and a USB ZIP drive attached to it. I don't think direct SCSI connectivity to your Emax-II will be supported though, nor sample transfers via midi/serial.
So it all depends on what you want or can live with...

One last note: EMXP will not be available for Mac soon. But never say never :-) 

///E-Synthesist
 
--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Francis Cote <francis.cote@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> While the subject is kinda weird, I couldn't find a better one...
> 
> I got an Emax 2 a couple of weeks ago, and after connecting a Zip drive to
> it (thanks you for telling me that a Jaz don't work 'cause I was waiting for
> ever for the Emax to format. I got a reply in about 10 minutes. Really
> cool).
> 
> Anyways, I have a few computers and I'm trying to find some way to make it
> work. My main problem is that EMX(P) doesn't seem to be available on any Mac
> OS version.
> I own several samplers and I mostly used a PC for SMDI transfer, but that
> can be done on a Mac. My problem revolves really around the EMX.
> 
> So, in all of this, my goal is to get rid of the PC because I need it for
> another use (or I have to buy another and that would not be a good time for
> now).
> 
> Here are the samplers I have:
> Emax 2 (Zip 100) , E-Synth (Jaz 2gb), Yamaha A3000 (Zip 100), Roland
> S550(Zip 100), Akai S950 (Zip 100, anytime soon) and a S900 (needs repair
> for now).
> 
> So I have these computers :
> 1- Powerbook G3 (wallstreet) (OS9): I have made the cable to make it work
> with Alchemy. I also have the HDI-30 Scsi adapter for SMDI. I haven't had
> time to test the serial cable yet. it has a rater rare internal Zip drive.
> It can't run natively OS X Panther or more without a program called
> XPostFacto. But, from what I understand, it has trouble with SCSI after. I
> have to find a good forum about this.
> 
> 2- Powermac G4 MDD (the noisy one), Dual 867mhz. (OS 9 and OS X Tiger). I
> has a SCSI card, so I can do SMDI as well. But it's noisy as hell.
> 
> 3- PC I want to remove from the setup.
> 
> I need to make a NAS with my PC. That means I would store everything on it,
> not locally on the PB.
> 
> Any suggestions and encouragement are gladly appreciated!
> 
> Francis
> 
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