Emax

Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
And maybe some of you already discovered this...

If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), e.g. with 
EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, you can 
burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected to your 
Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is immediately ready-
for-use !
(I tested it only with an EMAX-II).

This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) zipdisks :-)


Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being used... so I 
think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 512 
MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
I don't know when this will be available. The next release of the EMXP-
freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from EmaxI/II 
to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 floppy 
disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when converting 
WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
automatically.

By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think some of the 
Emulator-III features will already be available in february (probably 
reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and converting 
Emu-III samples to WAV-files).

Have fun in vintage emuland !

///E-Synthesist

Will the next version be able to convert Akai S1000 -> Wav?  

For those of you who may have been sleeping on EMXP, get it... it's 
fantastic!


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
> And maybe some of you already discovered this...
> 
> If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), e.g. 
with 
> EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, you 
can 
> burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
> Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected to 
your 
> Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is immediately 
ready-
> for-use !
> (I tested it only with an EMAX-II).
> 
> This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) zipdisks :-)
> 
> 
> Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being used... 
so I 
> think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 512 
> MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
> I don't know when this will be available. The next release of the 
EMXP-
> freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from 
EmaxI/II 
> to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 
floppy 
> disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when 
converting 
> WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
> automatically.
> 
> By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think some of 
the 
> Emulator-III features will already be available in february 
(probably 
> reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and 
converting 

> Emu-III samples to WAV-files).
> 
> Have fun in vintage emuland !
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
>

Sure, the next version supports Akai S1000->WAV conversion, and also 
the other way around.

It just doesn't support Akai S1000->Emax yet (Emax->Akai S1000 
however will be supported).

Akai features in v2.00 are:
- reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 Floppy disks (HD and DD, but 
I'm having problems with DD disks, so the DD-disk support will be 
an "unverified" feature :-)
- reading/writing includes: S1000 sample files, S1000 program files 
and S1000 operating system files (not drumfiles)
- Akai S1000 Sample <-> WAV conversion
- Emax I/II -> Akai S1000 programs/samples conversion
Akai CD's/Zip disks will not be supported (yet).

I'm doing final tests on the akai features, still finetuning some 
parameter translations like envelope settings and filter settings. 
But it's already being used in my studio and it looks fine :-)

By the way: the very same V2.00 will also include support for reading 
Emax CD's or any other type of Emax HD. I'm putting it into EMXP 
right now :-)

Version 2 will probably be released within 2 weeks...

///E-Synthesist



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter" <aurastar@...> wrote:

>
> Will the next version be able to convert Akai S1000 -> Wav?  
> 
> For those of you who may have been sleeping on EMXP, get it... it's 
> fantastic!
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
> > And maybe some of you already discovered this...
> > 
> > If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), e.g. 
> with 
> > EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, you 
> can 
> > burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
> > Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected to 
> your 
> > Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is immediately 
> ready-
> > for-use !
> > (I tested it only with an EMAX-II).
> > 
> > This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) zipdisks :-)
> > 
> > 
> > Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being used... 
> so I 
> > think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 512 
> > MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
> > I don't know when this will be available. The next release of the 
> EMXP-
> > freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from 
> EmaxI/II 
> > to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 
> floppy 
> > disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when 
> converting 
> > WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
> > automatically.
> > 
> > By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think some of 
> the 
> > Emulator-III features will already be available in february 
> (probably 
> > reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and 
> converting 
> > Emu-III samples to WAV-files).
> > 
> > Have fun in vintage emuland !
> > 
> > ///E-Synthesist
> >
>

THere is already an Akai S1000 to Wav converter, I used it a few years ago, simple program, works fine.

Might save you a bit of work e!!

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: esynthesist 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 6:33 AM
  Subject: [emax] Re: Nice-to-know: create Emax CD from Zip image


  Sure, the next version supports Akai S1000->WAV conversion, and also 
  the other way around.

  It just doesn't support Akai S1000->Emax yet (Emax->Akai S1000 
  however will be supported).

  Akai features in v2.00 are:
  - reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 Floppy disks (HD and DD, but 
  I'm having problems with DD disks, so the DD-disk support will be 
  an "unverified" feature :-)
  - reading/writing includes: S1000 sample files, S1000 program files 
  and S1000 operating system files (not drumfiles)
  - Akai S1000 Sample <-> WAV conversion
  - Emax I/II -> Akai S1000 programs/samples conversion
  Akai CD's/Zip disks will not be supported (yet).

  I'm doing final tests on the akai features, still finetuning some 
  parameter translations like envelope settings and filter settings. 
  But it's already being used in my studio and it looks fine :-)

  By the way: the very same V2.00 will also include support for reading 
  Emax CD's or any other type of Emax HD. I'm putting it into EMXP 
  right now :-)

  Version 2 will probably be released within 2 weeks...

  ///E-Synthesist

  --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter" <aurastar@...> wrote:
  >
  > Will the next version be able to convert Akai S1000 -> Wav? 
  > 
  > For those of you who may have been sleeping on EMXP, get it... it's 
  > fantastic!
  > 
  > 
  > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
  > >
  > > Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
  > > And maybe some of you already discovered this...
  > > 
  > > If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), e.g. 
  > with 
  > > EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, you 
  > can 
  > > burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
  > > Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected to 
  > your 
  > > Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is immediately 
  > ready-
  > > for-use !
  > > (I tested it only with an EMAX-II).
  > > 
  > > This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) zipdisks :-)
  > > 
  > > 
  > > Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being used... 
  > so I 
  > > think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 512 
  > > MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
  > > I don't know when this will be available. The next release of the 
  > EMXP-
  > > freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from 
  > EmaxI/II 
  > > to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 
  > floppy 
  > > disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when 
  > converting 
  > > WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
  > > automatically.
  > > 
  > > By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think some of 
  > the 
  > > Emulator-III features will already be available in february 
  > (probably 
  > > reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and 
  > converting 
  > > Emu-III samples to WAV-files).
  > > 
  > > Have fun in vintage emuland !
  > > 
  > > ///E-Synthesist
  > >
  >



   


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Yep, I know there are some Akai tools out there. 

Wav <> AkaiS1000 was not my main focus at all.

I wanted
- to be able to read/write Akai floppy disks in Windows XP (--> which 
is still a problem today, and ADisk doesn't even always work in 
DOS...)
- to have a converter between Akai and Emax (--> to have a bridge 
towards other sample conversion tools that don't support Emax but do 
support Akai S1K)
Anyway, to make that Emax/Akai conversion feature, I needed Wavs from 
Akai S1000 (as a starting point for testing) so I simply made that 
function first. It's a very easy conversion, took me less than 1 
hour :-)

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Eduardo" <elmacaco@...> wrote:
>
> THere is already an Akai S1000 to Wav converter, I used it a few 
years ago, simple program, works fine.
> 
> Might save you a bit of work e!!
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: esynthesist 
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 6:33 AM
>   Subject: [emax] Re: Nice-to-know: create Emax CD from Zip image
> 
> 
>   Sure, the next version supports Akai S1000->WAV conversion, and 
also 
>   the other way around.
> 
>   It just doesn't support Akai S1000->Emax yet (Emax->Akai S1000 
>   however will be supported).
> 
>   Akai features in v2.00 are:
>   - reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 Floppy disks (HD and DD, 
but 
>   I'm having problems with DD disks, so the DD-disk support will be 
>   an "unverified" feature :-)
>   - reading/writing includes: S1000 sample files, S1000 program 
files 
>   and S1000 operating system files (not drumfiles)
>   - Akai S1000 Sample <-> WAV conversion
>   - Emax I/II -> Akai S1000 programs/samples conversion
>   Akai CD's/Zip disks will not be supported (yet).
> 
>   I'm doing final tests on the akai features, still finetuning some 
>   parameter translations like envelope settings and filter 
settings. 
>   But it's already being used in my studio and it looks fine :-)
> 
>   By the way: the very same V2.00 will also include support for 
reading 
>   Emax CD's or any other type of Emax HD. I'm putting it into EMXP 
>   right now :-)
> 
>   Version 2 will probably be released within 2 weeks...
> 
>   ///E-Synthesist
> 
>   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter" <aurastar@> wrote:
>   >
>   > Will the next version be able to convert Akai S1000 -> Wav? 
>   > 
>   > For those of you who may have been sleeping on EMXP, get it... 
it's 
>   > fantastic!
>   > 
>   > 
>   > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
>   > >
>   > > Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
>   > > And maybe some of you already discovered this...
>   > > 
>   > > If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), 
e.g. 
>   > with 
>   > > EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, 
you 
>   > can 
>   > > burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
>   > > Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected 
to 
>   > your 
>   > > Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is 
immediately 
>   > ready-
>   > > for-use !
>   > > (I tested it only with an EMAX-II).
>   > > 
>   > > This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) 
zipdisks :-)
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being 
used... 
>   > so I 
>   > > think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 
512 
>   > > MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
>   > > I don't know when this will be available. The next release of 
the 
>   > EMXP-
>   > > freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from 
>   > EmaxI/II 
>   > > to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 
>   > floppy 
>   > > disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when 
>   > converting 
>   > > WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
>   > > automatically.
>   > > 
>   > > By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think 
some of 

>   > the 
>   > > Emulator-III features will already be available in february 
>   > (probably 
>   > > reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and 
>   > converting 
>   > > Emu-III samples to WAV-files).
>   > > 
>   > > Have fun in vintage emuland !
>   > > 
>   > > ///E-Synthesist
>   > >
>   >
> 
> 
> 
>    
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

excellent! i haven't got myself a scsi cd drive yet & my zip's holding
out fine so far, but that's a damned handy thing!

thanks again for all your hard work & generosity in sharing it with us
all e,
you rock!


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

>
> Maybe this could be useful for some of you...
> And maybe some of you already discovered this...
> 
> If you create backups of your Emax zipdisks (100M or 250M), e.g. with 
> EMXP, and you change the extension of the backupfile to .ISO, you can 
> burn this image directly to a CD and use it in your Emax.
> Indeed: if you put this CD into the SCSI CD-drive connected to your 
> Emax, the Emax will recognize the disk. So the CD is immediately ready-
> for-use !
> (I tested it only with an EMAX-II).
> 
> This could be a nice way to backup your (unreliable) zipdisks :-)
> 
> 
> Of course only 100MB or 250MB of the CD capacity is being used... so I 
> think I will add a feature to EMXP that will allow to create 512 
> MB .ISO CD images (besides reading CD-roms of course).
> I don't know when this will be available. The next release of the EMXP-
> freeware is in January, this one will support conversion from EmaxI/II 
> to Akai S1000 files and reading/writing/formatting Akai S1000 floppy 
> disks. Also the annoying samplerate conversion issues when converting 
> WAV to Emax will be removed - EMXP will do the job for you 
> automatically.
> 
> By the way: I'm also adding Emulator-III support. I think some of the 
> Emulator-III features will already be available in february (probably 
> reading/writing Emu-III zipdisks, reading Emu-III cdroms and converting 
> Emu-III samples to WAV-files).
> 
> Have fun in vintage emuland !
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
>