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Emu Sampler
Disk and
File Utility Software
for Microsoft Windows |
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This is the homepage for EMXP, the Emu disk and file
utility software
developed by
///E-Synthesist |
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Current version |
EMXP is a
software package for reading, writing and converting disks and files for Emu
Emax, Emu Emax II, Emu Emulator I, Emu Emulator II, Emu Emulator III, Emu
Emulator IIIX, SoundFont2 and Akai S1000 samplers. The newest version
of EMXP is 2.11 build 1 (January 2012) |
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Download EMXP |
You can
download the latest version of EMXP here: This version
supports the Emulator I sampler format. Compatibility with Emulator II disk images (for use
with the HxC) has been added too, as well as support for Emulator I and
Emulator II operating system files. If you have any
problems with this new version, you can fall back on one of the previous
versions, which can be downloaded here: Please read the
manual including the copyright information before using EMXP. |
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Price |
EMXP is 100%
free of charge (freeware). For more
information on the license, please read the manual included in the download
package. |
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Donations |
If you can’t
resist contributing to the support of the EMXP initiative ;-), you are welcome
to donate with PayPal using the well-known esynthesist e-mail address on
yahoo.com, which can also be found on the EMXP main menu screen and in the
EMXP user manual. |
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Other downloads |
You can
download some additional software utilities and files here: -
DPXTOOLS is a set of utilities for reading, writing and converting
Oberheim DPX-1 disks. To download DPXTOOLS, click here. -
PROPHET2000TOOLS is a set of utilities for reading and writing
Sequential Prophet 2000/2002 disks. Also some information about the Prophet
2000/2002 disk structure is available. To download PROPHET2000TOOLS or the
disk information, click here. -
CDS3TOOL is a utility that can extract Emulator-II soundbanks from
CDS3/OMI cdroms. To download CDS3TOOL, click here. -
The EMuSer is a USB – RS422 hardware adapter that can be used with
vintage Emu samplers. To download the EMuSer package, which explains how to
build, install and use a compatible USB – RS422 adapter, click here. -
The HxC floppy emulator supports the Emulator I and Emulator II
samplers. An installation and user manual specifically written for using the
HxC in these samplers, as well as some bootable disk images, can be
downloaded here. -
Emulator I, Emulator II and Emulator III/IIIX operating system files
are also available, as well as some tweaked Emax operating systems for use
with Sound Designer for Emax 1.12, and an Emulator II memory test disk file. Also
some information about the Emulator I and Emulator II disk structure is
available, as well as information about the copy protection mechanism applied
in the Emulator I. You can download these additional files here. |
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EMXP Features |
The full
feature list of EMXP can be found here. |
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EMXP Screenshots |
Although
written for the Windows XP platform or higher, EMXP still uses an old MS-DOS
look & feel interface. The Emu Emax, Emulator II and Emulator III
samplers are children of the 80’s and early 90’s, so we thought some
nostalgic user interface would preserve the spirit of those times… Some EMXP
screenshots can be found here. |
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Next version of EMXP |
Version 02.12 will
probably be a maintenance version:
some missing functions (“N/A”) will be added and the user interface of the
older EMXP parts will be made consistent with the user interface of the newer
parts. After version
02.12 new sampler formats will be added. |
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What EMXP is |
EMXP is software
primarily designed for use with vintage Emu samplers. Started as an
evolution of the original EMX software (which was only available for MS-DOS),
EMXP can now handle many file formats and all kinds of disks of the vintage
Emu sampler series, including the Emulator I, Emulator II, Emax, Emax II, Emulator
III and Emulator IIIX. Of course EMXP also supports translations between
these sampler formats. Although EMXP
will keep its focus on Emu vintage samplers, EMXP also supports SoundFont2.
This enables any vintage Emu sampler user to translate his/her sound banks to
the widely accepted SoundFont2 format. From this format it is possible to
translate to any other sampler type using some other (commercial) translation
software. And of course
the other way around is also supported. The newest
versions of EMXP are also capable of communicating with the Emax, Emax II and
Emulator II via RS422 without the need for a vintage Mac computer anymore.
This allows Windows users to transfer complete banks between their PC and one
of these samplers. Sample
transfers between EMXP and the Emax, Emax II and Emulator II are also
supported. For Emax and Emax II this can even be done via When using
RS422 with EMXP, a custom designed USB-RS422 adapter is required. Details on
how to build one are provided on this website. EMXP is
compatible with the Emulator I and Emulator II files required by the HxC conversion
software. EMXP also
supports Akai S1000, but conversions are limited to Emax-to-Akai and
Wav-to-Akai. |
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Platform & hardware support |
EMXP runs on
Windows XP. EMXP also runs on higher versions of Windows, like Windows Vista
and 7, but the floppy disk access feature has not been tested on these higher
versions In order to be
able to read and write floppy disks, you will need a PC with an internal
floppy drive and the OmniFlop floppy driver installed. EMXP requires at least
version v2.01j. We recommend however v2.01n or higher, since these versions
don’t require any license procedure anymore for use with EMXP. For more
information, see the EMXP manual. The OmniFlop floppy driver can be
downloaded here. External (USB)
floppy disk devices are not supported. In order to be
able to read and write Emax or Emulator III removable hard disks, you will
need a removable hard disk drive – such as an Iomega ZIP drive or a CF card
reader/writer – connected to or installed into your PC. EMXP has been tested
with USB and Parallel Port ZIP drives. Both 100 MB and 250 MB disks and
drives are supported. EMXP has also
been tested with many sizes of Compact Flash cards. In order to be
able to read Emax or Emulator III CDROMs, you will need a CD-ROM player
connected to or installed into your PC. In order to use
RS422 communication, you will need a custom built USB – RS422 adapter like
the EMuSer. For using MIDI, any Windows compliant The Emax images
and disks created or read by EMXP are compatible with the whole range of Emu
Emax samplers: -
Emu Emax -
Emu Emax-SE -
Emu Emax-HD -
Emu Emax-SE HD -
Emu Emax-Plus -
Emu Emax II -
Emu Emax II Turbo The Emulator I
images created or read by EMXP are compatible with the Emulator I. The Emulator II
images created or read by EMXP are compatible with the full Emulator II
sampler range: -
Emu Emulator II -
Emu Emulator II+ -
Emu Emulator II+ HD The Emulator
III images and disks created or read by EMXP are compatible with the whole
range of Emu Emulator III samplers: -
Emu Emulator III -
Emu Emulator IIIX The Akai S1000
files and floppy disks created or read by EMXP are compatible with the Akai
S1000 samplers (S1000, S1000PB, S1000HD, S1000KB). The SoundFont2
files created by EMXP are compliant with the SoundFont 2.1 specifications.
Any SoundFont 2.1 compatible hardware device or software should be capable of
processing these files. The SoundFont2
files read by EMXP can be SoundFont 2.0, SoundFont 2.1 or SoundFont 2.4
files. |
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Links |
OmniFlop
Software: http://www.omniflop.com Fdrawcmd
Software: http://simonowen.com/fdrawcmd/ Emulator
Archive: http://www.emulatorarchive.com/ Emu Emax Yahoo
Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/ Emu Emulator II
Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emulatorII-list/ Emu Website: http://www.emu.com/ Emulator I / II /
III Forum: http://www.eiiiforum.com Atmel Website: http://www.atmel.com PJRC/Teensy
Website: http://www.pjrc.com LUFA Website: http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com HxC Floppy
Emulator: http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/ KryoFlux Floppy
Controller: http://www.kryoflux.com |
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Trademarks |
EMAX, EMAX-SE,
EMAX-SE-HD, EMAX PLUS, EMAX-HD, EMAX II, EMAX 2, Emulator, Emulator I, Emulator
II, Emulator III, Emulator IIIX and SoundFont are trademarks of E-Mu Systems IOMEGA and ZIP(drive) are trademarks of Iomega
Corporation Akai S1000
(S1000, S1000PB, S1000HD, S1000KB) is a trademark of Akai Professional. OMNIFLOP is a
trademark of Sherlock Consulting Limited Sound Designer
is a trademark of Digidesign Sequential is a
trademark of Yamaha Corporation Prophet 2000
and Prophet 2002 are trademarks of Yamaha Corporation (Sequential) Oberheim DPX-1
is a trademark of Oberheim/ECC/Gibson. AVR,
AT90USB1287, AT90USBKEY and FLIP are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. TEENSY,
TEENSY++, TeensyLoader are trademarks of PJRC.COM LLC. OMI and CDS3
are trademarks of Optical Media International KryoFlux is a
trademark of The Software Preservation Society. |
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Contact |
Contact
information for questions and (unguaranteed) support can be found in the
manual which is included in the download package. |
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(updated 30-January-2012) |
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