Emax

I had them in my studio next to each other. The problem is that most
of my sound disks were for the original emax. The emax2 was loading
and converting them fine but the settings were slightly off (oftern
the sound was duller with the version 2). Also, some of the sounds
needed the extra crunch of the 8 bid system. Overall, the sounds were
very similar. I can see people prefering one over the other. After
all, the emax2 comes standard with SCSI and more Ram. However, I
decided to let the emax2 go and keep the original one. Not sure if
this was smart since mine is non scsi, only SE. However, the loading
time of 20 seconds per disk is ok for me. 

What I found is that the overall sound is nice with the emax1. It
looks like the stereo sampling and chorus takes away the stereo
panning WOW effect of the original emax. 

So, what sounds better or not is probably a matter of taste. The
digital filter in the emax2 was pretty good, even with resonance. For
most of the sample sounds the filter is open anyway. However, I must
have thought that the emax1 is better sounding, otherwise this one
would have been gone. 

Cord


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH DEHART <deharts@p...> wrote:
> Regarding Dan's message saying the original Emax
> sounds better than the Emax II................I've
> never heard that.  Is that true?
> At lower resolution ( is it 12 bit ? ) it must have a
> much lower signal to noise ratio.................did
> it have warmer filters?  I don't get it.
> Just curious,
> Dave
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Anyone  got an Emax I SE HD or HD for sale?
> 
> I won one on Ebay, but was just informed it broke
> during shipment and I am 
> getting a refund.
> 
> I was aware the Emax I sounded better than the Emax
> II, so I am looking for 
> that.
> 
> -Dan