Emax

Ok, thanks.  Know of anyone in the Los Angeles area who has done work on these?  How much should I expect to pay for repair?  

I'm wondering if it would be better to just sell it and let somebody else deal with the problem...


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
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> yes and no you need an oscillascope and a logic anyliser to make sure all the logic chips are working properly and the oscilascope for testing waveforms and power functions i can help a bit when things are specific like with the control off the filters recently were i said it was the cv dac that was at fault 
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> but he had full sound just no control with yours it could be various things there a lot of logic chips for the control of the analog voice board but also theres the 12bit dacs that could be at fault i would need to have the machine for testing to
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> diagnose properly 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: leavesstillgreen 
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:37 PM
>   Subject: [emax] Re: Emax Rack - no sound..or barely any
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>     
>   yikes..exactly what i didn't want to hear :( 
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>   How would a synth tech diagnose it? Is it something I could try to do with a voltmeter?
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>   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
>   >
>   > it sounds like the voice board is shot needs servicing 
>   > 
>   > this needs to be examined by a repair tech as there are many things that could be wrong and neads extensive testing on conponent level
>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: leavesstillgreen 
>   > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:25 PM
>   > Subject: [emax] Emax Rack - no sound..or barely any
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > So I just purchased an Emax SE HD rack.
>   > 
>   > Problem - 
>   > When amplified an enormous amount I can hear what sounds like samples playing and the pitch tracks with the midi notes, but it is barely audible.
>   > 
>   > The volume slider has no effect on the barely audible noises I'm hearing. (calibrated volume slider with no results)
>   > 
>   > I've plugged an external synth into the sample input and can also barely hear it when the emax is amplified a lot. Interestingly, I can still hear this even when the emax is not turned on.
>   > 
>   > So are there any tests I can do to diagnose the exact problem?
>   > 
>   > When plugging into the sample input, should I be able to hear whatever is being fed into it easily? I'm very unfamiliar with how one should work.
>   > 
>   > Is it possible one of the foot pedal inputs is affecting the volume at all times even for the sample input? (I had an issue like this with my memorymoog)
>   > 
>   > These functions seem to be working...
>   > - loads up from floppy disk and loads presets (hard drive doesn't work)
>   > - ran midi diagnostics and it is receiving midi correctly
>   > - all buttons on front panel are working properly
>   > 
>   > Thanks in advance for any help! I really really appreciate it!
>   > 
>   > -RJ
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