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software for
vintage EMU samplers
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Features |
Following
features are supported by EMXP version 3.11 (new = red): Disks
and files: -
Compatibility with widely spread file formats: o
Emax-I and Emax-II EMX file layout (.EM1, .EM2
files) o
Digidesign SoundDesigner for Emulator II files o
Digidesign SoundDesigner for Emax files o
HxC floppy emulator files for EMAX-I, EMAX-II,
Emulator-I, Emulator-II, Akai S1000 and Emulator-III/IIIX operating systems
(.HFE files) o
SoundFont2 files (.SF2) o
Emulator-III and Emulator-IIIX bank (aka ESI-v2)
files (.EB3, .E3B, .E3X) o
ESI-v3 bank files (.ESI) o
DREM Emulator-II hard disk image files (.DSK) -
Compatibility with the HxC floppy emulator for EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II and
Akai S1000: o
Native support for HxC .HFE files: all EMXP
functions available for any other file type are also available for .HFE files o
Moreover EMXP also supports the input files for the
HxCFloppyEmulator software -
EMAX-I and EMAX-II EMX files (.EM1, .EM2) and EMAX
operating system files (.EMX) as input for creating .HFE files -
EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-III OS and Emulator-IIIX
OS floppy disk image files (.EM1FD, .EM2FD, .E3OFD, .IMG) as input and output
for converting to/from .HFE files -
Emulator I disk images (.EMUFD files) -
Emulator II disk images and OS overlay files
(.EMUIIFD files) -
Akai S1000 disk images (.IMG files) -
Floppy disk support: (not
available yet when using EMXP in Wine on macOS) o
Read, write and format Emax-I and Emax-II floppy
disks (DSDD disks, 800 Kb) o
Read, write and format Emulator-III and
Emulator-IIIX operating system floppy disks (DSDD disks, 800 Kb) o
Read, write and format Akai S1000 floppy disks (both
DD and HD) -
Hard disk (ZIP, CF, ...) and CD-ROM support: (not available when using EMXP in Wine on macOS, but a work-around is
explained in the EMXP macOS manual) o
Read, write and format EMAX-I, EMAX-II,
Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX and ESI removable hard disks, such as ZIP disks,
CF and SD cards (note: internal Emu SCSI hard disks
connected to a Windows computer via a SCSI adapter may not be accessible by
EMXP if the driver does not assign a drive letter to the disk) o
Read, write and format Emulator-II hard disks (note: at this moment no method is known yet how to
connect an original Emulator-II hard disk to a computer) o
Read EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX
and ESI CD-ROMs o
Backup and restore EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-II,
Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX and ESI hard disks and CD-ROMs -
These backup images can also be accessed in read and
write mode as virtual hard disks -
These backup images can also be burned to an EMAX-I,
EMAX-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX or ESI-compatible CD using any CD
burning software package (besides being written or restored to any removable
hard disk such as ZIP disks or CF cards) (not
applicable for Emulator-II) -
These backup images can also be created from
scratch: this allows you to create your own sound libraries which then can be
written to EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX or ESI
removable hard disks or CD-ROMs, or specifically for the Emulator-II as .DSK
files in the DREM emulator. o Reading and writing EMAX-II,
Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX and ESI formatted hard disks of more than 4GB is
supported; formatting is limited to 1GB for EMAX-II and Emulator-III, 4GB for
Emulator-IIIX and 14GB for ESI (because larger sizes don't make sense) o Compatibility with SCSI2SD -
Read,
write and format up to 7 EMAX-I, EMAX-II , Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX or ESI
partitions (called
"devices") on a single SD card used in the SCSI2SD -
Backup
and restore of entire SCSI2SD cards (all partitions at once) and of each
individual EMAX-I, EMAX-II , Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX or ESI partition of
a SCSI2SD card -
In a
nutshell: o each individual partition on a SCSI2SD
card is treated just like any other (normal, un-partitioned) hard disk in EMXP - all functions available
for hard disks are available for SCSI2SD partitions as well o each individual partition in a SCSI2SD
disk image file is treated just like any other (normal, un-partitioned) hard
disk image file in EMXP - all functions available for hard disk image files
are available for SCSI2SD partitions as well -
Hard disk image support for EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-II,
Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX and ESI o The same features are available as for
hard disks and CDROMs (see previous topic) o Emulator-II hard disk images are
compatibel with the DREM hard disk emulator (DSK files). EMXP can also
generate DREM config files (.CFG) when creating a new Emulator-II hard disk
image -
EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II,
Emulator-III and Emulator-IIIX file and disk support is available for both
sound banks and operating systems -
Akai S1000 file and disk support is for programs,
samples, drums and operating systems -
A file and disk manager is available for exploring
any disk or any folder for selecting files and sound banks Copying: -
Copy sound banks and sound data from any file or
disk type to any other file or disk type within a sampler family, e.g. copy a
set of related Emax-II EMX files to an Emax-II hard disk -
Copy operating systems to/from floppy disks, floppy
disk images, HxC floppy disk images, hard disks and hard disk image files
(EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX, Akai
S1000) -
Raw
copying between floppy disk image files and HxC floppy disk image files
(EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II, Emulator-III OS, Emulator-IIIX OS,
Akai S1000) -
Removing
sound banks and operating systems from hard disks and hard disk -
Backup/restore of hard disks (EMAX-I, EMAX-II,
Emulator-II, Emulator-III/IIIX/ESI) or SCSI2SD hard disk partitions (EMAX-I,
EMAX-II, Emulator-III/IIIX/ESI) and floppy disks (EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Akai
S1000) -
Support for fully automated batch processing as well
as for fully manually controlled item-per-item processing -
Detailed copy execution reports are produced for
each copy process -
Target bank names and file names can be defined
based on user-configurable naming rules Conversions: -
Conversion of samples to WAV files from EMAX-I,
EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2),
ESI-v3, SP-12, Akai S1000 or SoundFont2 banks on any disk or in any file;
this includes the possibility to convert the sample's loops to WAV loops as well
(besides simply converting the audio part). -
Conversion between EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I,
Emulator-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2), ESI-v3, SP-12 and SoundFont2 banks to and
from any disk or any file. -
Conversion to Akai S1000 programs and samples is
only supported for Emax-I and Emax-II sound banks -
Native conversion between Emax-I and Emax-II,
preserving the sequence and SE data -
Support for sample rate conversion and adapting
sound bank memory size for conversions to EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-III,
Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2) and ESI-v3 -
Sound attenuation/amplification support for
conversions to and from Emulator-I -
Possibility to choose between keeping stereo sample
characteristics or converting them to mono -
Support for fully automated batch processing as well
as for fully manually controlled item-per-item processing -
Detailed conversion reports are produced for each
conversion -
Target bank names and file names can be defined
based on user-configurable naming rules Construction: -
Simple construction of sound banks from scratch:
definition of presets and assigning WAV files to key areas (or sounds for
SP-12). Banks can be created for EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II,
Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2), ESI-v3, SP-12and SoundFont2. A
possibility to convert the WAV loops to sampler loops during construction is
included as well. -
Real time validation of constructed sound banks
against the target sampler's limits -
Generation of constructed sound banks to any file or
disk type supported for the target sampler. -
Possibility to change the original note, tuning and
transposition mode of each assigned sample (WAV file) -
Possibility to copy presets and to choose between
generating different occurrences of the same WAV-file into different samples
or into the same shared sample -
Possibility to monitor the total sample size that
will be used in the target sampler -
Target bank names and file names can be defined
based on user-configurable naming rules Communication: -
Transferring sound banks between EMXP and Emax-I, Emax-II,
Emulator II or Oberheim DPX-1 via RS422 (Emax-II: only transfer of compressed
Emax-I banks towards the Emax-II) -
Transferring sound banks and sequence files between
EMXP and SP-12 via MIDI (not available yet when using EMXP in Wine on macOS) -
Transferring individual sounds and segments from
EMXP to SP-12 via MIDI (not available yet when using EMXP in
Wine on macOS) -
Transferring individual samples (WAV-files) between
EMXP and Emax-I or Emax-II via RS422 or -
Transferring individual samples (WAV-files) between
EMXP and Emulator-II via RS422. This includes the transfer of loops. -
Transferring individual samples (WAV-files) from
EMXP to SP-12 via MIDI. This includes the transfer of loops. (not available yet when using EMXP in Wine on macOS) Viewing: -
Show details of EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I,
Emulator-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2) and ESI-v3 banks, presets,
samples and voices on-screen -
Show details of SoundFont2 banks, presets,
instruments, zones and samples on-screen -
Show details of SP-12 sounds, samples, songs,
segments and mixes on-screen Audio
play: -
Play EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-I, Emulator-II,
Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2), ESI-v3, SoundFont2, SP-12 and Akai
S1000 samples (without having to export them to WAV files first) -
Play WAV files -
Sequential playing of multiple (all) samples of
multiple selected sound banks/files without any user intervention. This
allows for fast auditioning and for quickly searching a specific sound bank. -
Sample loops can be played as well. Other: -
Runs on Windows and in Wine on macOS -
Physical and logical formatting of floppy disks for
EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-III OS, Emulator-IIIX OS, Akai S1000 -
Physical and logical formatting of hard disks for
EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-II, Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX and ESI -
Bulk replacement of operating system on EMAX-I and
EMAX-II floppy disks, floppy disk image files and HxC floppy disk image
files; bulk replacement of operating system on Emulator-I and Emulator-II
floppy disk image files and HxC floppy disk image files -
Generate reports in TXT or CSV format containing an
overview of any selection of EMAX-I, EMAX-II, Emulator-II, Emulator-III,
Emulator-IIIX (ESI-v2), ESI-v3 or SoundFont2 banks and their presets -
Generate reports in TXT or CSV format containing an
overview of any selection of SP-12 sound banks and their sounds, or any
selection of SP-12 sequence files and their songs and segments -
Change bank names of Emulator-III, Emulator-IIIX and
ESIv3 banks in any file or on any disk -
Change EMAX-I, EMAX-II and Emulator-III bank names
on hard disks and hard disk images -
Assign user-defined names to SP-12 sounds, songs and
segments -
Change the boot rom protection on Emulator-I disk
images -
Compatibility with the OmniFlop floppy driver software,
no licensing required anymore -
Wide use of user preferences and settings related to
automation/workflow, copy/conversion behaviour, look and feel, file and disk
location, MIDI and RS422 communication, logging and reporting -
User definable screen size (*)
You may encounter some problems with RS422 sample transfer towards some Emax-II samplers. This problem is
caused by a bug in either the Emax-II Operating System or in the Emax-II
chipset for some PCB board revisions. Note
that these problems do not exist with the Emax-I. |
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