Emax

General emax comment/ fan mail.

Me- emax 1 keyboard owner since 1998. Most of sample library stolen! Now disk drive broke but I have a replacement drive I will fit.

1) having looked at for years upgrading the floppy drive/SCSI/zip I conclude /agree it's prob not worth the hassle! I will stick with disks and buy expensive second hand ones that may or may not play on my machine

2) the first beauty of the emax IMHO is the interface- The clunky inaccurate slider the rubbery buttons. (The short sample time and memory you MUST get the most of.) The keys, after touch , mid, pitch, pedals and assignable controllers. The arpeggiator which always loses me several hours playing..

(Does anyone use the sequencer though!)

Sorry if rack emax users miss out on this fun, you still get the sound

So faster, more memory, more workflow...? it's like a classic car which is a bit slow but sounds awesome. 



> On 5 Feb 2014, at 17:31, <geektech207@...> wrote:
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> As an addendum to my first post, I've also seen "TIMEOUT ERROR" with a nonworking disk.  I'm not sure the disk conditions that cause that as opposed to the other read errors though.
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> And as far as the frustrated replies goes:
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> FDD setups are no delight, that is a certainty.  But like anything in life, it comes down to "How much do you want it?", and risk vs. reward.
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> Is the emax REALLY going to help your studio workflow, or help you write that song you are just dying to get out of your head?  If you don't have a passion for troublesome vintage machines and the elusive 12-bit sound then maybe it's just best to hang it up and sell / donate it to someone that does and try to recoup whatever investment you made, as best as you can.  Maybe some bandpass / overdrive VST on your emu Kontakt library would be just as good for your projects.  And I don't mean that as a character judgment.  Really.
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> Maybe it just ISN'T worth all the hassle.  That's not for anyone to decide except for the end user on a case-by-case basis.  I certainly can empathize with anyone with a non-working machine, because I have had them in various forms.  Sometimes it's just not worth the headache, and it's time to accept the situation and just get on with making the music.
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> But at least we've got this mailing list.  We've got worldwide help and parts at our disposal, and we have new technology like the HxC to get the most out of our vintage gear.  And if you do decide to go separate ways with your old equipment then I can guarantee someone else out there is dying to fork over some $$$ to take it off your hands.  That's the plus side.
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