Emax

Thanks!  I've actually used them before for an RE-201.  They are good, though kind of expensive.  I'm going to see if I can find a place that's cheaper..especially for the diagnosis.  They have a $100 min just to look at it.    

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ing. Andrés Cortez Acereto <ingcortez2000@...> wrote:
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> Hi, I live in Chula Vista Ca.  area and I have taken to repair a Roland JD-800 and my ENSONIQ ESQ-1 to a repair shop that some friends recommended me in L.A., I saw there a lot of Vintage keyboards such as Emax's, Akai's, Moog's, Roland's that they were working on them.
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> My two synthezisers are working good since that, the ENSONIQ just needed a new internal battery and son keys adjustment and the JD-800 was a full recover!!, It works 100% now and looks so great, tey changed all keys, sliders, buttons, display...
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> By the way, I don't obtain any gain with recommending them.
> I hope this will help.
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> Andres,
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> 8665 Venice Blvd.
> West Los Angeles,CA 90034
> Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Sat 12pm-5pm
> 310-559-3157 310-559-3157
> www.advancedmusical.com 
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> De: leavesstillgreen <errorspending@...>
> Para: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Enviado: jueves, 25 de febrero, 2010 10:58:32
> Asunto: [emax] Re: Emax Rack - no sound..or barely any
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> Â  
> 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? 
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> I'm wondering if it would be better to just sell it and let somebody else deal with the problem...
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> --- 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 :( 
> > 
> > How would a synth tech diagnose it? Is it something I could try to do with a voltmeter?
> > 
> > --- 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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