Emax

Hi there,

I hav a BIG problem with my Emax. 

I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.

While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks, the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering...

I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came with the sampler to one of them they work fine.

How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says: "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the ones that are working correctly on Emax.

I appreciate your help.
Ben

Everytime I use EMX I always boot from DOS, I do NOT use it in a window
under XP / 2000/ Vista.

Regards,
Ted

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:55 AM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@...>wrote:

>   Hi there,
>
> I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
>
> I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
> Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on
> the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the
> sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.
>
> While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks,
> the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't
> play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering...
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could
> be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga
> computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came
> with the sampler to one of them they work fine.
>
> How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the
> program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed
> that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says:
> "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the
> ones that are working correctly on Emax.
>
> I appreciate your help.
> Ben
>
> 
>


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why not try using the EMXP program which can run on Windows?

that might be a better way to go...


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@...>wrote:

>   Hi there,
>
> I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
>
> I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
> Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on
> the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the
> sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.
>
> While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks,
> the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't
> play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering...
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could
> be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga
> computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came
> with the sampler to one of them they work fine.
>
> How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the
> program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed
> that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says:
> "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the
> ones that are working correctly on Emax.
>
> I appreciate your help.
> Ben
>
>  
>


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Hi Ben
 
You need to run EMX in pure DOS mode. A DOS box in windows mode creates errors.
 
Best regards
 
Brian
Denmark

--- Den tors 5/3/09 skrev Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...>:

Fra: Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...>
Emne: Re: [emax] Something's wrong with my Emax sound library, please help!
Til: emax@yahoogroups.com
Dato: torsdag 5. marts 2009 21.53






why not try using the EMXP program which can run on Windows?

that might be a better way to go...

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@ yahoo.de>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
>
> I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
> Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on
> the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the
> sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.
>
> While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks,
> the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't
> play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering.. .
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could
> be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga
> computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came
> with the sampler to one of them they work fine.
>
> How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the
> program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed
> that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says:
> "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the
> ones that are working correctly on Emax.
>
> I appreciate your help.
> Ben
>
> 
>

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Yeah I just found out about the EMXP program yesterday! I'm gonna try and install this program today. I thought EMX was the only solution...
Thanks!

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...> wrote:

>
> why not try using the EMXP program which can run on Windows?
> 
> that might be a better way to go...
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@...>wrote:
> 
> >   Hi there,
> >
> > I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
> >
> > I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
> > Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on
> > the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the
> > sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.
> >
> > While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks,
> > the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't
> > play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering...
> >
> > I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could
> > be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga
> > computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came
> > with the sampler to one of them they work fine.
> >
> > How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the
> > program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed
> > that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says:
> > "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the
> > ones that are working correctly on Emax.
> >
> > I appreciate your help.
> > Ben
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Right...I didn't know that. Does anybody know if using an external USB floppy drive can also cause problems with EMX? I don't have an internal floppy drive...maybe I should install one?


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Ben
>  
> You need to run EMX in pure DOS mode. A DOS box in windows mode creates errors.
>  
> Best regards
>  
> Brian
> Denmark
> 
> --- Den tors 5/3/09 skrev Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...>:
> 
> Fra: Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...>
> Emne: Re: [emax] Something's wrong with my Emax sound library, please help!
> Til: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Dato: torsdag 5. marts 2009 21.53
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> why not try using the EMXP program which can run on Windows?
> 
> that might be a better way to go...
> 
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:55 PM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@ yahoo.de>wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I hav a BIG problem with my Emax.
> >
> > I bought it on Ebay with just a few disks. These are working fine.
> > Lately I downloaded all Emax factory sounds (xxx.em1 files) from a site on
> > the Web. In addition, I downloaded the EMX DOS program in order to copy the
> > sound files from my computer to disks previously formatted with my Emax.
> >
> > While I am able to copy the .em1 files from my computer onto my Emax disks,
> > the presets don't play correctly once loaded into Emax. Some presets don't
> > play at all, the others sound like very badly looped, kind of stuttering.. .
> >
> > I would be very grateful if someone could point me to where the error could
> > be. I am using DD disks that were originally formatted for an Amiga
> > computer. They seem to be ok. When I copy presets from the disks that came
> > with the sampler to one of them they work fine.
> >
> > How am I supposed to use the EMX program? I open a DOS window and run the
> > program, right? Or do I need to start the computer in DOS mode? I noticed
> > that EMX displays an error message when I choose "verify disk". It says:
> > "Block 79. Verify Error". But it does this with all disks, also with the
> > ones that are working correctly on Emax.
> >
> > I appreciate your help.
> > Ben
> >
> > 
> >
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E-Synthesist, the official E-Mu God, points out that EMXP does NOT work properly with an external floppy drive.

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "elmbeatz" <elmbeatz@...> wrote:
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> E-Synthesist, the official E-Mu God, points out that EMXP does NOT work properly with an external floppy drive.
>
Yes I read that. But I wasn't sure about the old EMX software. Anyway, I have installed EMXP and an internal floppy drive now and everything is working perfectly. This software is awesome. E-Synthesist is a genius.