For the PC side, there are copies of Samplevision lurking around that will
build EII setups and transmit them over MIDI. Don't know if the DPX can
receive other machine dumps via MIDI, but if it can, then you've got a
fairly useful tool there.

Remember, also, unless you have a program that specifically is designed with
drive overlays, non-PC formats can't be written on post Win2K systems. The
best route here, unless you've picked up something like chicken Systems'
Translator product, is to drop to a DOS session using a Win98 boot disk,
(Available on the web) and work in a DOS environment with command line
stuff.

-----Original Message-----
From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto: oberheim@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf
Of Les Lambert
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:24 PM
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [oberheim] new DPX-1 group...

If I can do anything to help, as the DPX-1's oldest fan, and probably most
units owned too, I'll gladly put in whatever I can.

MIDI sample dump gets the samples out OK in many cases, but I couldn't
figure out the mapping etc, so gave up and bought eMax CDROM with similar
samples which can work in the EIIIxp I have, then into the S3000, then
K2000, job done. PC reads and write Kurzweil to floppy, zip, HD and CDR.
K2000 quite cheap now and reliable too. Libraries load into newer Kurzweils
if you can afford them.

The mac software Sound Designer did look at EII stuff I think, and I did
collect old macs and have the Sound Designer cards, but never made it work.
I could offer that to someone with more time and enthusiasm. There's a mac
IIci that would be about right for it I think, and all the peripheral mon,
mouse, kbd, CDR drive, and even SoundTools Hardware thrown in. No shipping,
got to be collection from London. Quick, free antique gear! I must be mad!
No I'm serious it's going.

Taking a more modern and probably more valid route, Chicken Sytems have
mentioned trying to read EII CDROM files as a possible future area of work
for their Translator P{ro of son of, and although the DPX1 really wants to
see floppies I think, unless someone has tackled and unlocked the almost
unique CDROM interface, we may need Hi-tech help.

I also have a large floppy library, mostly of EII 5
1/4 floppies and DPX1 copies of these, and as previously mentioned, all
three Universe of Sounds CDROM, and the hardware required, so samples do
exist in Europe already, and almost certainly in the US too.
It was all we had and good work was done by the best talent.

Again, good luck.
..

--- somethingkillingyou < somethingkillingyou@...
<mailto:somethingkillingyou%40yahoo.it> >
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> my DPX-1 is now resurrected, and I was thinking myself to set up a
> dedicated user group...
>
> the "goals" will be:
>
> -to format disks (with a PC) in ANY format that the
> DPX-1 plays
> (except EII which is impossible...)
> -to write sound disks in those formats -to use midi sample dump
> correctly -to share our knowledges and sound banks -OS updates
>
> ...everything we can do with a DPX-1!
>
> the DPX-1 is a powerful tool!
> with some work, we could unleash the power behind its shortcoming...
>
> we just need some extra (working) tool, like right softwares...
>
>
> Fabio
>
>
>

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