Emax

I've got a 486 that I keep specifically for writing HD Mac disks, Emax disks
and Ensoniq Mirage disks.  Anything with a floppy will do.  Freedos works
well for this job (www.freedos.org).

The problem I have is that samples loaded from an Emax I disk into my Emax
II sound "clicky", ie the loops are somehow wrong.  But it's not just loops,
it can click in the attack portion of a sound.  All very wierd.  I'm rather
worried that it's going senile, and a memory IC is going bad.  The
self-tests exonerate it completely though.  Strange...

Cheers,
  Gordon

----- Original Message -----

From: <p.goldfield@...>
To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 7:00 PM
Subject: [emax] loading sounds


> I found the emx program (and a great collection of samples to
> download) at the emax archive.  I am having trouble downloading
> sounds
> and wondered if y'all might be able to help.
>
> I am are using is a PC compatable running Windows NT. Running in DOS
> under NT I was able to download sounds, but they sounded 'hicupy'
> when played on my Emax1.
>
> It was than suggested that we restart the computer with the dos disk
> which was made on a machine running Windows 98.  We had to use a
> utility (NTFS) in order to see the NT files.  This didn't work at all
> because we kept getting disk errors.
>
> The emx program and all sound files are on an NT formated disk
> partition.
>
> I appreciate any input you might have and thank you in advance for
> your time.
>
> Paul Goldfield
>
>
>
>
>
> Emax and Emax II User's Group
>
> http://www.silveriafamily.com
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On 22 Oct 2001 at 14:04, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

> The problem I have is that samples loaded from an Emax I disk into my Emax
> II sound "clicky", ie the loops are somehow wrong.  But it's not just loops,
> it can click in the attack portion of a sound.  All very wierd.  I'm rather
> worried that it's going senile, and a memory IC is going bad.  The
> self-tests exonerate it completely though.  Strange...

This is from my FAQ:

The Emax II is compatible with disks from the original Emax. However,the 
samples are expanded from 12 bit to 16 bit format. Additionally, the Emax II has 
digital filters and DCAs, while the Emax's were analog. Generally, the sounds 
transfer well, but some may require a little bit of tweaking, and loops 
occasionally sound glitched. Remember, the original Emax was limited in the 
amount that one could pitch-shift a sample upwards. The Emax II can shift +/- 5 
octaves, so you can reassign samples to take advantage of this. Also, there can be 
problems with samples that have loops less than 32 samples long
Loops are known to have issues. As far as the clicky sounds could it be the results of 
expanding low rate samples? Are the sample you are transfering all made at the Emax's 
lowest sample rate? I know when I try to transfer over the SE Development kit samples 
for my Emax SE HD to the Emax II all I get is noise there is something about those 
samples whether it be rate or loop length that makes them completey useless on the 
Emax II. It sounds like it could be a similar issue.

John Silveria II
AIM: EmaxJS
The Silveria Family Website
Emax and Emax II User's Group
http://www.silveriafamily.com

>
> This is from my FAQ:
>

Hmmm...  D'Oh!  It's been a while since I read the FAQ.  Anyhow, I'm going
to "massage"
 the loops a wee bit with Wavelab.  If the results are any good, I'll post
them somewhere.