Free Emulator SMDI Detector util

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Free Emulator SMDI Detector util

Postby phono » Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:08 pm

heres something that could be usefull

www.leetradio.com/eSMDId_b2.zip

enjoy :thumbs:


Hooking up the emu to scsi transfer is resonably simple, as long as you get the right cables its normally a matter of getting a scsi card and pluggin it it. However, in order to make the smdi (scsi sample dumping) work i found that i had to first switch on my pc and then after bios post's then switch on the emu. This goes against normal scsi logic, normally you would turn on all scsi devices then the computer. I found that this *never* works. So if you get to the point that you have what you need and its still not working, i suggest you try this method.

One unfortunate thing is that even using this method sometimes it still fails to find the sampler, normally rebooting the pc is enough. The only way you can see if the sampler is connected is to see if it exists in the device manager, a real pain. I got so fed up with this that i made a prorgram that would reflect the status of the smdi and place an icon in the systray next to the clock, if its black theres not connection, and if connected it shows an emu icon.

I've been running it as beta since 26-03-02 and under win98 its working fine, you need to have an adaptec aspi layer installed (since it uses this to identify sampler devices on the bus), should work on 2k also, xp is untested, anyway im not likely to ever "release" this officially since i've not got the time and well its working for me. If anyone wants it then grab the attachments (rar) in this thread, it also works with other samplers, including akai and kurz (and probably any that support smdi). As a bonus the program also inclues a delay calculator that works with msecs and hertz (usefull for absynth)

Anyway if you can find use of it leech away, no guarantees it will work for you, usual disclaimer, if it breaks your shit its not my fault ;) have fun and hope it helps
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Postby DS-1 » Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:44 pm

so what is smdi? that is to say whats ythe difference between send a sample via scsi and using smdi? Is it to send over complete presets and banks?
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Postby phono » Sat Apr 26, 2003 9:39 pm

DS-1 wrote:so what is smdi? that is to say whats ythe difference between send a sample via scsi and using smdi? Is it to send over complete presets and banks?


no theres no difference, smdi is just the real acronym for it :shock:
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need to get this thing for mac?

Postby blaze » Sun Apr 27, 2003 7:38 am

anyone have a version for a mac? would like to use my HD to store /send stuff,at the mo i use recycle and peak to do the job.
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Postby nads » Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:04 am

SMDI= SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface), Musical, Data, Interchange.
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Postby phono » Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:30 am

i should point out, this tool is only for showing if your sampler is active, it doesnt actually send samples. Just looks for the sampler and puts an icon in the systray to show if the smdi is available or not. You'll still have to use recycle or soundforge (etc) to dump samples
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Postby phono » Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:09 am

ive forgotten the geocities password, so maybe one day this link will die and i wont be able to fix it

any chance someone can get these files into the files section here??

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Postby phono » Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:30 am

has anyone tested this on xp?

sorry to shout :mrgreen: just needed your attention, since i just spoke to someone having troubles with emu+scsi and they were running xp and with the sampler off it was showing the "on" icon in the systray. Anyway I need to hear from anyone who has used this on xp, just so we know the status of this. If its a bug i'll need to know as much info as possible from anyone with a similar problem, I dont run xp so i cant test it myself.

anyway just a heads up :shock:
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Postby phono » Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:40 pm

2400 views, anyone using the app still? :spliff: i am
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Postby WhyBe » Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:32 am

If have an Adaptec 29160 SCSI card that recognizes my samplers at boot up (all SCSI devices are listed in the cards bios post). When WinXP pro is loaded all devices including EMU samplers (I have the Platinum) are recognized...no need to go through "witchcraft" routines to get the Emu SCSI to behave.

Perhaps there is something special about this SCSI card. It's a little pricey but it saves me the headaches (read: witchcraft routines) I used to go through with other more reasonably priced SCSI cards.
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Postby E4K1 » Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:05 pm

Could someone please send me this program, my archive got corrupted. Thanks.
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Postby phono » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:27 pm

E4K1 wrote:Could someone please send me this program, my archive got corrupted. Thanks.


its here now hosted by this site :thumbs:

edit: broken link removed
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Postby phono » Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:59 pm

seems that one was broken, i luckily found a backup on my hd, its here :)

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SMDI link no longer works

Postby Compton Chicken » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:03 am

Hello all, Is there any possibility we can re'up this link? The file on emusonacid home page no longer seems to work.
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Re: Free Emulator SMDI Detector util

Postby jamie8286 » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:51 pm

Seems the file i downloaded is corrupted or something i carnt do anything with it does anyone have a working version? I got mine from the files section on here
E4XT ULTRA :)
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