Emax

Hi,

Yesterday I did a sample dump from my EMAXII to my PC using MIDI.
I knew it was going to be slow, but I never thought it was THAT slow :-)

It took about two hours for the EMAXII to send one (big) sample to my 
PC; the sample was approximately 270000 bytes in SDS (but only 180000 
bytes in the .EM2 file). 

Is SDS really that slow, or do I have a problem in my setup ?
Anyone having experience with that ?

Thanks,

///E-synthesist

That is why you use a program that supports the RS-232. It is faster 
that way (comparitively)

Thanks,
Ted

On Jul 22, 2005, at 2:52 PM, esynthesist wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yesterday I did a sample dump from my EMAXII to my PC using MIDI.
> I knew it was going to be slow, but I never thought it was THAT slow 
> :-)
>
> It took about two hours for the EMAXII to send one (big) sample to my
> PC; the sample was approximately 270000 bytes in SDS (but only 180000
> bytes in the .EM2 file).
>
> Is SDS really that slow, or do I have a problem in my setup ?
> Anyone having experience with that ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> ///E-synthesist
>
>
>
>
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Well yes, but that RS422 is only supported by MAC, which I don't 
have...
I guess Windows-users can only use MIDI to communicate with the EMAX 
(besides floppydisks & emx). At least that's what I understand from 
all messages on this topic in this group.

Anyway, MIDI max speed is 31.25 baud which suggests faster speeds 
than the ones I experienced. I guess it has something to do with the 
SDS protocol and handshaking and that kind of stuff ?
Or do I really have a problem in my setup ?
Anyone ever dumped such a big sample through MIDI (not RS) ?

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "ted Summers" <djtbs1@q...> wrote:
> That is why you use a program that supports the RS-232. It is 
faster 
> that way (comparitively)
> 
> Thanks,
> Ted
> On Jul 22, 2005, at 2:52 PM, esynthesist wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Yesterday I did a sample dump from my EMAXII to my PC using MIDI.
> > I knew it was going to be slow, but I never thought it was THAT 
slow 
> > :-)
> >
> > It took about two hours for the EMAXII to send one (big) sample 
to my
> > PC; the sample was approximately 270000 bytes in SDS (but only 
180000

> > bytes in the .EM2 file).
> >
> > Is SDS really that slow, or do I have a problem in my setup ?
> > Anyone having experience with that ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > ///E-synthesist
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Emax and Emax II User's Group Website
> >
> > http://www.silveriafamily.com
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >