Brought my Emax1 back to life again
2009-03-28 by marc
My Emax has died recently because the PSU failed to work. I was lucky enough to find a replacement PSU from one of our group members. I would like to thank
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Re: formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-28 by Phreak boy
thank yhou for your assistance....much appreciated!t would probably have been the shame i cannot format the zip on the pc as that would have been the easiest
Re: formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-27 by esynthesist
When I developped the Emax-II part of EMXP, I did quite a lot of experiments to format ZIP disks on a PC for the Emax-II. The physical disk parameters of an
Re: Alchemy Send All command
2009-03-27 by zomarec
tnx for you the reply.... i stop to use the machine for a long time and now i was looking to solve this send all.... yeah it s a killer machine i admit it! ale
Re: [emax] Re: formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-27 by Dave Sotnick
I apologize in advance if this sounds obvious, but are you booting off another ZIP when trying to format the ZIP on the Emax II? The reason I ask is because
Re: formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-27 by jammie.emma
... also when you have termination on you have to set it to id 5 the plus drives are better and they work off of the parallel aswell as scsi all firmwares work
Re: formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-27 by Phreak boy
Hi there thank you for your help the zip drive is fine, i can load samples into another sampler using it. I can format zips with it using the other sampler.
Re: [emax] formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-26 by s*
What model of Zip drive is it? Is the write protect enabled on the Zip disk? Is the Zip drive terminated? Is there more than one device enabled with the
formatting emax II zip with pc?
2009-03-26 by Phreak boy
hello, does anyone know how i can format a zip file on the pc for an emax II? My emax II can see my iomega zip drive and can read the size of it...but when i
Re: soon looking in the Chicagoland - tristate area
2009-03-25 by Rei
Wait a little, with the resesion you will see more Emax on ebay.
Re: [emax] soon looking in the Chicagoland - tristate area
2009-03-24 by Rish
Hummm why don t you look for the 2205? this was the real turbo unit. Full 8 meg memory stereo sampling input and 500 mg HD. Richard ... From: mataloopy To:
soon looking in the Chicagoland - tristate area
2009-03-24 by mataloopy
I will be in the market for another emax II soon as something most unfortunate has happened to mine. What I want is a 2212 stereo 4 meg i think it is? hd would
Re: More Floppy info
2009-03-24 by alancurrall
If you already have an old Apple serial cable you can find instructions for rewiring one end of that, for use with your Emax, at the Emulator Archive (
Re: How to copy Emax II .iso to SD Card on Emax II
2009-03-24 by Rei
Hey! I am a Mac user and even I made it work using XP on a Mac. On Windows XP there is a window where you have your hardware devices, you have to dig in the
Re: How to copy Emax II .iso to SD Card on Emax II
2009-03-23 by thenewyorkcowboy
... I would like to know the same thing. EMXP seems not to have support for CF as a removable drive, only zips and CDs. As far as I understand the process
Re: [emax] More Floppy info
2009-03-23 by Rish
We have the Emax replacment floppy drives available at www.Route66studios.com a regular drive will not work and by the time you make up/source a converter
More Floppy info
2009-03-23 by s*
I read in a few places that a Mac Classic floppy will work in an Emax. I got a Mac Classic from a friend of mine last night. I opened it up only to find that
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-22 by JMoore6397@...
Thank You for the response. This is a task for next week -I am on vacation. Can you guide me to a document which could give an overview of this process (if
Re: Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-21 by Chip
it looks like the problem is not the key, but the little plastic piece that stops the key (up and down). if i m right you have to change the entire board (not
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-20 by s*
Hmm, perhaps you need to replace the springs or j-wires (the spring that makes key contact) in those keys? Have you opened it up? It s possible that the
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-20 by Brooks Mosher
sounds like just the springs have broke? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-20 by JMoore6397@...
I am so sorry for the inaccurate post. I have 3 keys which has lifted above the other keys. Somewhat awkward to play and when you press while playing a thud
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-19 by s*
You only have 3 keys or you have 3 dead keys? -s* ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-19 by JMoore6397@...
I have 3 keys on my EMAX SE sampler. Can anyone recommend a company which sells parts to rebuild the keyboard?: Jimmy Moore In a message dated 3/16/2009
Atari and PC Re: [emax] Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-17 by Bob Conner
If you ever want to give away the old Atari software, consider sending it to me please. BTW, what PC programs do you use? Bob ... From: Michael
Re: [emax] Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-17 by Michael Wisbech
... I used Atari for several years, my first computer. Even had a smpt box so i could sync to 8 track tape. But i dont have the atari anymore on pc now.
Re: [emax] Emax floppy drives
2009-03-17 by Michael Buttman
I bet the A529 will work. It works on the SP1200. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [emax] Emax floppy drives
2009-03-16 by Brooks Mosher
as mentioned before in this group, any floppy will work so long as you can set the ID to 0. regards, Brooks ... [Non-text portions of this message have been
Re: [emax] Emax floppy drives
2009-03-16 by Rish
We do sell a replacement for the Ell and it does work 100% with all dual drive Ell units, It however does not work in the upper bay as a one drive setup nor
Re: [emax] Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-16 by Bob Conner
Wow! I never got around to using my Atari s for music. I ve got a few ST s and a Falcon. But they are all packed in boxes for a few years now. Bob ... From:
Emax floppy drives
2009-03-16 by s*
I have been scouring the Internet today looking for lists of compatible emax drives. I am hoping to head to an electronics surplus store here in Toronto after
Re: [emax] Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-16 by Michael Wisbech
I have an sounddesigner for the Atari somewhere. Have used it for sample dumps. Have softsynth and turbosynth too.
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-16 by elmbeatz
Plus: you still have to invest in a zip drive that is dedicated for the Sound Designer software, as the physical medium serves like a copy protection and must
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-16 by esynthesist
Sound Designer for Emax is pretty rare indeed. But there s a guy who is still selling it. See http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/3741 Although
Re: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-16 by s*
Thanks Brian, I will give that a try although, I have no idea which OS resides on each of my floppies. Is there any place I can download the newest OS or
SV: [emax] Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-16 by Brian Ronn
Hi Scartattack I had the same callibration issue on my Emax II keyboard when using a lower OS than version 2.14. Try and check your OS version on your
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-16 by elmbeatz
... Really? Ah, I always thought the Emax (I) can only handle 36 Banks via SCSI at one time.
Emax II Rack issues
2009-03-16 by s*
My Emax II rack has started going a bit crazy recently. Every time I power it on, it appears to load the floppy OS but I get a message saying Warning! Need
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-15 by Pete
36 banks? My SCSI EZ150 drive can handle 99...?
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-15 by alancurrall
I would do this if only I could find a copy of Sound Designer for Emax. Isn t it one of those obsolete programs that s just impossible to track down? Alan BTW
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-14 by jammie.emma
... get an old Macintosh you can pick them up for the cost of a rs422 to usb adapter
Re: rs422 to USB?
2009-03-14 by elmbeatz
This isn t possible as far as I know. But: vintage macs can be connected to the interface. Sound designer for Emax Software (VERY RARE but still to find)
rs422 to USB?
2009-03-14 by alancurrall
I was considering SCSI-fy-ing my EMAX SE but am loath to undertake the risk, expense and time involved. However, I was thinking of the RS422 port and the fact
Re: On an Emax II, how do I know how much memory I have in a scsi drive?
2009-03-12 by esynthesist
This 540MB limit is a well known fact... but I have seen Emax-II disks formatted with sizes larger than this. One of those images had a size of 632 MB, which
How to copy Emax II .iso to SD Card on Emax II
2009-03-12 by pauldays1
Hello folks, So I have done Ted s Compact Flash Upgrade, and I also have the 2 EMAX II sound banks that is available here. Now.....how do i pass these files
Re: Emax and Compact Flash - finally finished.....
2009-03-09 by tx_marshal
OK, I m slowly collecting parts thanks to Ted to make an internal CF drive for may Emax II and then upgrading the front to a slim+CF front. came across a few
Re: Ohh my God!!!!! this is... oh GOD!!!!! THIS EMAX IS AMAZING!
2009-03-09 by Rei
... I did the same but it took me 2 days, actually I got the Emax las august and bought the drives in october and I got them here in my country last week. Then
Re: Ohh my God!!!!! this is... oh GOD!!!!! THIS EMAX IS AMAZING!
2009-03-09 by recuperoj
Glad to see it works on mac! I just got a mcDisk2 (SCSI compact Flash/PCMCIA reader) for my emax2 and use a winxp computer with a USB compact flash drive on
Re: [emax] On an Emax II, how do I know how much memory I have in a scsi drive?
2009-03-09 by john@...
Sorry but this is incorrect. The HD partition limit of the Emax II is a set 540 mb. This is regardless of the drive s size or the amount of memory your unit
Re: [emax] On an Emax II, how do I know how much memory I have in a scsi drive?
2009-03-09 by tu@...
I am not sure where you get the idea there is a 20MB limit on the Emax II drive size. The Emax I HD model had a 20MB internal hard disk but as far as I know