emusonacid! legacy

Hey all, i'll keep it short.

I've got a 6400 Ultra with a Mac Pro Desktop as the only available computer.
Got SCSI HD backup and Zip drives on both the computer and the EMU.

What is the best way to transfer REX files to the EMU, in your opinions? What software should I use to get the REX files i have into the EMU with all the slicing and formatting intact?

I currently use recycle for rex creation, so would exporting them to CDXtract or Chicken Translator allow me to convert them into EMU Format?

Thanks so much for your help,

-origin

There are a few options here, though there is no easy point and click solution on the Mac - at the moment

Option 1: The very long road
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If you had a PC, you could use Recycle 2.0 (NOT 2.1) which you can still buy from propellerheads: you order Recycle 2.1 and then ask them by email for the "downgrade" This can create/read the REX files too as well as transmit the slices over SCSI. 2.1 dropped SCSI support.

There is a Mac Version of Recycle - and current - but it has no support for hardware samplers.

Thus we run into the problem of USB-SCSI on the Mac - this is VERY hit and miss and does not seem at all consistent or restricted only to storage devices.

I'm currently working on getting a Microtech USB-SCSI device working under VMWare running Win XP SP3 with Mac OSX as host so I can run the old PC versions of software that can send/reveive over SCSI on the Mac.

I'm not sure if its even feasible, but I'm giving it a shot.

If anyone else wants to try, the USB MICROTECH Drivers (Win2K for use on XP) are only now available from here:

http://www.scm-pc-card.de/index.php?pag ... uct_id=242

Microtech is long gone.

Option 2:
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File swap approach.

With EOS 4.7, you can use FAT32 for hard drives. this means you can pop your hard drive out of your Emu and read it directly on the PC and then manually transfer REX Slices as WAV format files. It would be possible to automate this with Recycle to an extent - this does away with the SCSI aspects but now you have to get the drive to/from the PC. Refer to my other post on Using USB IDE Removable drives with Emu Ultras which solves this problem using a removable laptop drive approach.


Lastly, if you have a means to get SCSI into your desktop using the ATTO adapters ($$$$$) then other people have reported this is a possible route and you can use Bias Peak for wave by wave SCSI transfer.

Translator on the Mac does may be an option but there could still be some bugs in the Mac version like this : http://www.samplerzone.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1153

The guys that make translator are responsive, but there's a lot of times where promises are made ("coming in next release") and then it forgotten or priorities change. However, they are unique in their field and you have to give them credit for continued support. I just hope Constuctor (I pre paid for it) is finally delivered AND properly supports EIV formats. That would be the end game for us - ideal.


M