Emax

I wouldn't assume the Echip is dead.

I think that assumption has been made WAY too many times resulting in  
scrapped Emaxes.

But what is needed to test is a working Emax unit, and move the echip  
to the working unit to test it.
Also, that would be true of the MPU and other hard to find IC's- test  
one chip at a time in a working unit.

I thought I had a dead rack unit, but found the Echip wasn't bad. It  
was one of the other replaceable supporting chips.
But it gave me the readout of a dead Echip....

Just my 2 cents for what it is worth.

Regards,
Ted



On May 25, 2009, at 12:31 AM, jammie.emma wrote:



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "perbroberg" <perbroberg@...> wrote:
 >no you cant fix an echip its a special ic and there are none left i  
have tried to source some from emu but they say they destroyed the  
last of them shame it was the same with ensoniq they just got ride of  
there special chips when they were brought out and closing down  
factory some bits were sold but most was just skiped

all the other parts are good for spares as the filter chips are rare  
and most other parts you can get over the counter at electronic stores  
or equivalent upgrade components the mother board will be of use as  
will the analog board and the display panel also the switches are of  
use as they dont make them any more

i would like to buy it for the community for spare parts send me a  
private message of topic as we dont want to clog the forum with the  
negotiation

jammie

 > What is it worth as spares? I think everything else works,  
backlight, psu and ssm-chips. Or can you fix a echip?
 >
 > /Per
 >
 > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jammie.emma" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
 > >
 > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "perbroberg" <perbroberg@> wrote:
 > >
 > > >that would be correct you will have to get another broken emax  
with a good echip or you can sell it for spares im always on the look  
out for spares as i repair them so if you want to sell give me first  
shout as i want to keep emaxes alive and if i can do that with  
replacement parts all the better
 > >
 > > jammie synth and sampler repair
 > >
 > >
 > > > Hi
 > > >
 > > > I'm Per and new on this list and also a newcomer when it comes  
to Emax. I've had different samplers since I bought an Akai X7000 back  
when it was new and stopped upgrading when I bought an ESi32 - ehm,,, 
14 years ago. So it's been a while since I got a "new" sampler.
 > > >
 > > > Anyway - I got a E-mu Emax HD SE for free but it doesn't work.  
But I really would like to get it started!
 > > >
 > > > When I press power all the leds flash and then the two leds for  
play and stop turns on. According to the servicemanual that would  
suggest something wrong with the E-chip - or am I not reading it  
correctly??? Can someone please help me or tell me it's dead or so...
 > > >
 > > > Reg
 > > >
 > > > /Per
 > > >
 > >
 >






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