Emax

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...> wrote:
> this could be a number of things you could have a filter amp ic down
  or the sample and hold chip is playing up these are 2300 ic 

  if it is these upgrade to smpo8 as these are the replacement and
have a faster slew rate equals snappier envelopes.

  or it could be the e chip if its this then you cant get these no
more unless you get a broken emax1

  also check the decoupling caps if these go down you can get all
sorts of problems from distortion to audio drop outs

 you will need a oscilloscope to see this though.

jammie
> Maybe someone on the list can help me here. 
> 
> So I got a new floppy drive working (thanks Ted) on my Emax and I'm
*just*
> now getting around to using EMXP and loading up presets.  It's a
Teac Slim
> Floppy and looks pretty slick in the rack as it matches somewhat
closely the
> color of the Emax Chassis.  I've got room for another 3.5" drive and was
> going to put a Zip100 in only to find out that they are a fraction wider
> than the slot I have to work with.  Ugh.  (anyone else run into problems
> mounting a Zip100 drive per it's width?).
> 
> Anyways, my question that is bothering me at the moment::
> 
> Is it possible that a few of the voices could go out on these?  I
seem to
> have limited polyphony on mine (although I haven't confirmed this
100% as
> I'm not using my own presets and there could be layered samples). 
Anyways I
> checked and none of the voices are disabled in the Master section, and
> nothing distorts...  it just seems like I'm not getting 8 note
polyphony.
> Any insight from the group?  I definitely need to test this for sure
with a
> preset that uses 1 sample only mono.
> 
> Thanks and much respect to the people on this forum,
> 
> Brooks
> 
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