18 Nov
2004
18 Nov
'04
5:26 a.m.
Hi linux muso folk
A friend has a stack of old floppy disks containing tracks created on an
ensoniq synthesizer. The synth no longer works and he wants to put all
his tracks onto his PC and convert them to midi. Is this possible on a
linux system?
PS is there a simple way to search old threads on linux-audio-user for
this sort of question? I cant find a search field at
http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/linux-audio-user/
cheers
David
18 Nov
18 Nov
6:32 a.m.
David Corkill wrote:
A friend has a stack of old floppy disks containing
tracks created on an
ensoniq synthesizer. The synth no longer works and he wants to put all
his tracks onto his PC and convert them to midi.
<http://fysmac-elg01.uio.no/eps/EPSSongSeqInfo.PDF>
HTH
Clemens
2:06 p.m.
On Nov 18, 2004, at 2:32 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
David Corkill wrote:
First you've got to get the stuff into the PC, which is not easy under
linux.
(There used to be a patch for 1.2.x kernels, I'm not sure what you have
to
do now.) I used Michael Chen's epsdisk under DOS to transfer all my
instrument files. It will work for the sequencer tracks also. See
Chicken
System's 'Other Downloads' page
(http://www.chickensys.com/downloads/other.php)
Good luck on the format conversion....
-Sean
A friend has a stack of old floppy disks
containing tracks created on
an
ensoniq synthesizer. The synth no longer works and he wants to put all
his tracks onto his PC and convert them to midi.
<http://fysmac-elg01.uio.no/eps/EPSSongSeqInfo.PDF>
HTH
Clemens 
4:45 p.m.
Giebler Enterprises (http;//www.midifile.com) has a selection of
ensoniq disk and file tools for DOS. I have personally used their Disk
managers and Sequencer Conversion software for SQ-80 and SD-1, as well
as their MIDI Manager.
I haven't tried running them in a DOS emulation yet, though.
There is also a set of Linux disk tools for the SQ-80 at
http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/index.html
I've built it but haven't had a chance to try it yet.
best,
ernie
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:06:28 -0800, Sean Bolton <musound(a)jps.net> wrote:
On Nov 18, 2004, at 2:32 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
--
"Both Rob and I see sound as shapes.
I only have to do this (makes a fist)
and he knows what sound I mean". - Autechre
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Ernie Dulanowsky CCNA CWLSS
www.pulsewidth.ca
David Corkill wrote:
First you've got to get the stuff into the PC, which is not easy under
linux.
(There used to be a patch for 1.2.x kernels, I'm not sure what you have
to
do now.) I used Michael Chen's epsdisk under DOS to transfer all my
instrument files. It will work for the sequencer tracks also. See
Chicken
System's 'Other Downloads' page
(http://www.chickensys.com/downloads/other.php)
Good luck on the format conversion....
-Sean
A friend has a stack of old floppy disks
containing tracks created on
an
ensoniq synthesizer. The synth no longer works and he wants to put all
his tracks onto his PC and convert them to midi.
<http://fysmac-elg01.uio.no/eps/EPSSongSeqInfo.PDF>
HTH
Clemens > test_tones on www.cjtr.ca <<
2 Dec
2 Dec
11:10 p.m.
On Thursday 18 November 2004 03:59 am, David Corkill wrote:
Hi linux muso folk
A friend has a stack of old floppy disks containing tracks created on an
ensoniq synthesizer. The synth no longer works and he wants to put all
his tracks onto his PC and convert them to midi. Is this possible on a
linux system?
Sequences & patches or just sequences? Short answer is no, but it's easy
enough to get a disk image onto his PC and look for SMF headers. If it's a
proprietary format yer SOL without documentation.
PS is there a simple way to search old threads on
linux-audio-user for
this sort of question? I cant find a search field at
http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/linux-audio-user/
cheers
David
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