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Emax 1 HD SE repair and upgrade options

2012-08-26 by spencerdcvancouver

I purchased an Emax 1 HD SE about 6 years ago and unfortunately it's been during in  my parents' basement since pretty much then. This is partly because of me moving out and not being able to bring it with me and because the floppy drive failed about a month after I purchased it. Now I work at a popular Vancouver studio and I'm getting lots of production work. This has given me more cash flow to put into my gear, so now I want to get my Emax up and running so I can bring an interesting sound palette to my productions.

So here are my questions about my Emax:

1. I need to either buy a new floppy drive or replace it with something different? Maybe a CF reader or zip drive?

2. The LCD display has an intermittent problem where it decides to make the text go crazy with unreadable symbols. Does that mean it's going to fail and I need to switch it or is it because of something else like the PSU?

3. What can I expect cost wise to fix it and buy  upgrades?

My Emax 1 HD SE has a Emax Analog PCB Version 3 PC326 Rev C and an Emax CPU PCB PC333 Rev A. Do I have any options our limitations sure to my models. 

Thanks
Spencer

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