Emax

Hi all

A new version of EMXP has been saved in the files section:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/files/EMXP/

New features in version 1.92 BETA build #1 are:

- The OmniFlop floppy driver (by Sherlock Consulting) is supported.
- EMAX Floppy disks can be formatted now.
- EMAX Operating Systems can be copied to/from floppy disks and 
to/from EMAX-II zip disks.
- All EMAX bank parameters (bank, preset, voice, sample, key area) 
can be shown on-screen.
- WAV files can be converted to EMAX banks and EMAX samples can be 
exported to WAV.

Also some important bugs have been removed from v1.91#1.
Especially bugs that caused ZIP disks to "lose" some banks or "lose" 
the OS.

Note that this is still a BETA version. All EMXP versions will 
probably be beta-versions since I do not receive sufficient feedback 
to promote EMXP to a "stable" status. 

Please read the README file and the MANUAL (both included).

One more version is planned for october 2006. That version will 
support EMAX-HD/PLUS ZIP disks. After the release of that version I 
will stop programming and supporting emax-software. It's time to make 
more music now... and start some research on my Emulator-II.

Have fun, any feedback is welcome !

///E-Synthesist

I've put a temporary new version 1.93 of EMXP in the files section 
(file EMXP_v193b2.ZIP).

Main reason for this "on the fly" release is a bugfix in the FORMAT 
feature for floppy disks. 

It seemed that disks formatted by EMXP v1.92 even with the OmniFlop 
driver were not 100% compatible with EMAX-I samplers. I discussed 
this with Sherlock Consulting and they gave me new example code how 
to FORMAT the disks. This is included in v1.93 build 2.
It should work now. Even the floppies formatted with the native EMXP 
floppy driver provided with EMXP (see ZIP file v1.92) should create 
EMAX-I compatible disks now, but I still recommend to use the 
OmniFlop driver with EMXP because it's much more reliable in Windows 
XP (though a little bit slower).

By the way, this 1.93 version does still not support EMAX-I zip disks 
although some code to support them has already been implemented in 
this version. I hope it won't make EMXP more unstable :-)

Other new stuff in v1.93 is:
- HTML reports can be generated
- EMXP can handle corrupt images now (many of them exist on the 
internet :-)
- some bugfixes, e.g. in the EMAX-I to EMAX-II conversion

The EMXP floppy driver and updated manual are not provided in the 
zipfile. The manual is not ready yet, the driver can be found in the 
v1.92 package...

Have fun

///E-Synthesist




--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all
> 
> A new version of EMXP has been saved in the files section:
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/files/EMXP/
> 
> New features in version 1.92 BETA build #1 are:
> 
> - The OmniFlop floppy driver (by Sherlock Consulting) is supported.
> - EMAX Floppy disks can be formatted now.
> - EMAX Operating Systems can be copied to/from floppy disks and 
> to/from EMAX-II zip disks.
> - All EMAX bank parameters (bank, preset, voice, sample, key area) 
> can be shown on-screen.
> - WAV files can be converted to EMAX banks and EMAX samples can be 
> exported to WAV.
> 
> Also some important bugs have been removed from v1.91#1.
> Especially bugs that caused ZIP disks to "lose" some banks 
or "lose" 
> the OS.
> 
> Note that this is still a BETA version. All EMXP versions will 
> probably be beta-versions since I do not receive sufficient 
feedback 
> to promote EMXP to a "stable" status. 
> 
> Please read the README file and the MANUAL (both included).
> 
> One more version is planned for october 2006. That version will 
> support EMAX-HD/PLUS ZIP disks. After the release of that version I 
> will stop programming and supporting emax-software. It's time to 
make 

> more music now... and start some research on my Emulator-II.
> 
> Have fun, any feedback is welcome !
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
>

im havin a problem though i get an errorcode 167. the omniflop driver
can not be initialised. errorcode is 5. im not sure if i installed
everything right... 

when writing a disk with omniflop it worked fine. i still think i have
the jumper settings wrong on the disk drive for my emax. cant find ANY
help with that, still.....

good lookin out though esynthesist the new version of emxp is lookin
real good. keep up the good work

Oops, sorry about that. I forgot to mention that you have to get a 
specific license for using the OmniFlop driver with EMXP.
You should use the "Get a License" option in OmniFLop, and select the 
EMXP/EMXPN software from the list.

I have put the full description of this licensing procedure in the 
manual. You can find the updated manual in the EMXP zip package in the 
files section, I just replaced it. The previous manual did not contain 
that paragraph...
Don't worry: the licensing process is very easy and almost completely 
automated. You'll receive a registration key from Sherlock Consulting 
immediately, and you'll have to copy that key into the registration 
field of the OmniFlop License window. That's about it... 

For more details: see manual.

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "phili4blunts" <philiblunt@...> wrote:

>
> im havin a problem though i get an errorcode 167. the omniflop driver
> can not be initialised. errorcode is 5. im not sure if i installed
> everything right... 
> 
> when writing a disk with omniflop it worked fine. i still think i have
> the jumper settings wrong on the disk drive for my emax. cant find ANY
> help with that, still.....
> 
> good lookin out though esynthesist the new version of emxp is lookin
> real good. keep up the good work
>