Emax

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "reshad" <joty5@...> wrote:
> check the caps on the sample and holds these are the digital to
analog multiplexing out puts to the filters and vca when you modulate
the wheel the information is sampled and sent to the multiplexer which
turns the digital information into voltages to control the filters
response if the caps are down then they dont perform well and you can
get mismatched voltages making havoc with the vca and filter ic,s does
it do it on every channel

have you tried using the separate outs and seeing which one is causing
the glitching 

if it from every channel then it could be the echip have you checked
the the voltage to the chip some of the chips produced was not up to
scratch so emu rather than dumping the batch they added a trim pot  to
vary the incoming voltage  input to each of the echips 

if its the echip gone then the synth is buggard as you cant get the
chip with out scavenging another machine

jammie

> I recently bought the original Emax and it came with a large amount of
> sound discs. After using the unit, I realized that something is wrong
> with it. Whenever I play the keys or mess with the wheels, the sounds
> all come out glitchy and distorted. It's hard to describe, but I know
> the machine is not supposed to do this. The character of the sound
> changes horribly and sometimes the pitch wheel does not respond.
> 
> I have a few sampler/drum machines and I was wondering if it's
> possible to convert the Emax sounds to ASRX/MPC2000xl/RolandMV8000
> formats. Either one of these formats will do.
> 
> Someone told me that the Kurzweil K2500 will load up the emu discs,
> but I do not have the cash to spend on one of those nor another Emax.
> Chicken Systems offers a translator, but I would like to know how well
> it works before giving up $80 for it. 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated and thank you for your time.
>