Emax

This sounds great, and I wonder if it could also be used on new Macs by
running old MacOs in classic or sheepshaver or something similar? (so I
could get rid of the old mac I have- I am intrigued)

On a side note, I don't get the "chop up" comment.
That makes the modification sound like an unsupported "hack" or some such.

Those not comfortable retrofitting an Emax for the* *SCSI update that *Emu
created -the vendor created this, not a hacker or modder....* can send the
logic board to me (I sell the chip update kits, and have 16 yrs experience
with electronics repair - worked in the industry), perhaps Jammie (here on
the group), or a local electronics shop / synth repair shop.

I charge a reasonable $50 install fee (on top of the kit price).
Probably cheaper labor than your local repair shop,as they usually charge by
the hour, where mine's a flat fee.

The only contention I could see would be shipping.
In the US that is typically about $15 each way (insured), from my
experience.
The benefit is, I can test the board in my Emax and verify there is no SCSI
kit installation related issue.
I have 2 Emax, 1 that is solely a repair testbed.
A zip drive, flash drive, and hard drive to test with....

Besides which the final benefit of SCSI- have REMOVABLE media in the unit,
and the bank load time will still be faster.

The advantage I see of having the RS422 adapter isn't in avoiding a SCSI
update to the machine.
I see it as perhaps an easier way to edit / tweak the sound and move it back
and forth in the workflow. That is how I would use it.

Spending 39 seconds every time you change a bank is a far cry from the
couple of seconds to switch banks on a SCSI device.

Once you have your samples /banks all figured out using Alchemy or Sound
designer and on the Emax, you take that flash media over to the PC running
EMXP and save the bank.
Now the banks are all backed up on the PC and you have a image of the "HD" /
flash / Zip... whatever you are using.

But that is just my opinion.

Regards,
Ted
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:37 AM, michael.a.padilla <
michael.a.padilla@...> wrote:

>
>
> OK, I for one am really excited to hear this news. This is monumental. It
> sounds like a serious option to avoid having to chop up a non-Plus Emax I to
> install SCSI if one wanted to save banks to an external computer hard drive.
>
>
> I can't wait to hear how this may develop.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: esynthesist
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 7:38 AM
> Subject: [emax] RS422 between Emax and PC
>
> Today I finally succeeded in setting up a reliable connection between my
> Emax-I and my Windows XP laptop using the RS422 port.
>
> I could download soundbanks from the Emax to my laptop in about 39 seconds.
> And they are perfect - no transmission errors !
> The upload towards the Emax is still to be tested, I have to write the test
> program for that first.
>
> The device I used is a custom built USB<-->RS422 adapter which supports
> synchronous serial communication.
> The prototype of that device was designed and built by fellow member
> MrJulian, I just had to adapt it a little bit to make it work :-)
>
> EMXP will be upgraded as soon as possible to support up and download of
> soundbanks with the Emax-I.
> Later Emulator II communication support will be added too, and also Emax-II
> of course.
>
> With respect to the device itself, we'll have to see how this thing can be
> made available to Emax users. To be discussed with Julian...
>
> ///E-Synthesist
>
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