This utility handles instrument files for the Ensoniq EPS, EPS16+, and ASR
series. Multiple EFEs can be supplied, and all the instruments will be copied
to a single floppy image type for use within either floppy emulators or
writing to physical 3.5" DD/HD floppies.

Both IMG and HxC-type HFE files are automatically generated during conversion.

For conversion of entire disk images (EDE & EDA) rather than single instrument
files, HxCFloppyEmulator software is a very good option for batch conversion
to/from both IMG and HFE...

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/HxCFloppyEmulator_soft.zip

...or use the EDE/EDA to IMG and HFE tools which should be available near or
around where this tool is available for download.

Both Windows and macOS are now supported, so use the commands within the
"macOS" folder when on macOS, and the commands within the "Windows" folder
when on a Windows operating system. The "tools" subfolders should never be
altered, moved, deleted, or otherwise touched.

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      Multiple EFE2IMG - Ensoniq EFE to raw IMG (Omniflop) and HFE (HxC)
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- Move/copy instrument input files to [EFE_IN].

Any subfolders within the [EFE_IN] folder will also be processed as unique
disk images, so multiple disks can be prepared at once by grouping EFEs into
separate folders inside the root [EFE_IN] folder. One new disk image will be
created per subfolder and each will inherit the name of the given subfolder.

Important! Only 1600K/800K of EFEs can fit on ASR/EPS disks, respectively. So
not all EFEs will be stored to disk if the total size of the EFE folder is
larger than the target disk image capacity.

In other words: Do not attempt to put too much onto a single disk or a
warning will be issued.

For ASR users:
        - Run "Multiple EFE2IMG & HFE (for ASR) v0.7"

For EPS/EPS16 users:
        - Run "Multiple EFE2IMG & HFE (for EPS and EPS16) v0.7"

- Both IMG and HFE files will be output. HFE files can be used with floppy
  emulators such as Lotharek HxC, Gotek/HxC, and Gotek/FlashFloppy.

IMG files can be used directly on properly configured floppy emulators, or
written to physical 3.5" floppy disks using Omniflop installed on a desktop PC
with an internal floppy drive.

Also, most Ensoniq-capable software (Translator, EnsoniqFS, et al.) will allow
mounting of IMG files for further manipulation.

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 SPECIAL NOTES & CONSIDERATIONS
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DISK CAPACITY:

The ASR can read 800K EPS disks, so it is technically possible to write the
output images from the EPS specific converter to 3.5" DD floppies for use in
an ASR-10/ASR-88, but in actual practice this is nearly pointless as HD floppy
disks have a greater capacity and are much more plentiful and easy to acquire.

As such, the ASR IMG/HFE creator always generates HD-type images.

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 ADVANCED USAGE
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Floppy emulator users can generate extra-capacity "SuperDisk" HFE files which
can hold more than a standard 3.5" floppy diskette.

EPS16 SuperDisks can hold up to 2550K (rather than 800K), and ASR SuperDisks
can hold up to 5100K (rather than 1600K); this is ideal for very large
instruments, or instruments meant to be part of one bank.

For ASR users:
        - Run "Multiple EFE2HFE (for ASR SuperDisk) v0.7"

For EPS16 users:
        - Run "Multiple EFE2HFE (for EPS16 SuperDisk) v0.7"

The original 13-bit EPS/EPSm cannot support SuperDisk, sorry!
