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Re: [emax] Re: Which Mac for Alchemy?

2007-12-04 by Dave Sotnick

The RS422 port on the Emax requires external clocking (by the computer) at 500Khz, and I don t think the geoport-enabled Macs support clocking external

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Re: Which Mac for Alchemy?

2007-12-04 by m.sislack

Hello everybody :) I´m trying to run alchemy on an powerbook 3400c, mac os 7.6.1 over rs 422 without success. I don´t even know if I got the right settings,

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Re: Midi control query

2007-11-27 by laurent

The Emax II manual is still available from emu s website into the legacy hardware support, for free off course as a pdf document fyi ! cheers laurent

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Re: [emax] Re: Midi control query

2007-11-27 by Peter Poeml

... Stupid question, does the Emax II have a similar Sysex implementation as the Emax? On the link above, I find a sysex manual for Emax I, but not for Emax

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Re: Midi control query

2007-11-27 by Pete

I don t know if this will help any (I haven t dealt with SysEx a lot), but The Emulator Archive has a manual library for the Emax here:

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Re: Midi control query

2007-11-27 by manicpeter

I use the mod wheel to control filter cutoff. It works pretty well with the mpc60 sequencer. 6 controllable real time parameters isn t that bad, especially

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Re: [emax] Midi control query

2007-11-26 by Alan Currall

Ah! The mysterious SYSEX rears its enigmatic head again. Thanks Dave, Alan ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Re: [emax] Midi control query

2007-11-26 by Dave Sotnick

According to the MIDI implementation chart on page 135, the Emax only sends real-time controller information for mod wheel, pitch bend and sustain pedal.

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Midi control query

2007-11-26 by alancurrall

Okay all you Emax midi boffins, can anybody solve this conundrum... Using a mixer map in Cubase 3.1, on my Atari, I can remotely control every parameter of my

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Emax Plus 1.0 (10/16/89) OS reboot tip

2007-11-19 by Dave Sotnick

Okay Emax hackers, ever need to reboot your Emax I SE/HD running Plus OS 1.0? Simply do the following, which will trigger a bug which will reboot your Emax: 1)

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Spare parts ?

2007-11-17 by nordermark

I m looking for a IC for my Emax I. I m 100% sure that this component is the problem. If I try with a different one from another Emax, it s working perfect...

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Emax floppy handling for windows XP

2007-11-15 by chrisebert05

Hi all, Maybe everyone knows about this, but as I was trying to get a dos 6 system together I discovered EXMP: http://users.skynet.be/emxp/. It uses OmniFlop

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Re: sample dump?

2007-11-14 by Chip

Re: sample dump? HI! It s easy, but i recommend Sonic Foundry, or SONY Sound Forge, because, you can both edit the sample and when you ready, transmit. You

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sample dump?

2007-11-14 by Andy

hey everyone i ve been trying to figure out how to use the midi sample dump with the emax... i have downloaded awave and it says it will be able to export the

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Re: [emax] Which Mac for Alchemy?

2007-11-13 by Mike Wolak

I ve tested on a Mac IIci ( 68k 25mhz ) and Mac 8100 ( PowerPC 100MHZ ) . The key to making it work wasn t so much the Mac but the OS. It seemed that only 7.5

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Which Mac for Alchemy?

2007-11-13 by marc

Hi, i am thinking about buying an old mac laptop to edit my Emax via Alchemy. Which one would be a good idea ? At the moment i am considering a Powerbook 190

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Re: Emax Compact Flash

2007-11-13 by marc

i am going to try that on my emax too. trying to find this adaptor card in germany at the moment. i would be stoked if this solution also works internally in

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RE: [emax] Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-08 by Eduardo Saponara

What about EMXP?? lets you export wav s and such quite easily last I used it. I want to get back into it soon, the last version I used was over a year ago. I

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Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-08 by Chip

of course! doesn t matter the OS, if your soft has the dump function. You can both transmit and recieve from almost any sampler. Sometimes, when trasfering

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Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-08 by manicpeter

Sounds great, before I try this and possibly waste a lot of time could you answer me a couple of Q s?: 1. Does that work for a PC with xp? 2. Also, can you

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Re: [emax] Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-08 by Mike Wolak

It might work, make sure you are running Mac OS 7.6.1 or 7.5, it doesn t seem to transfer correctly if you running anything higher. I highly suggest making the

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Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-07 by Chip

hi the best way to chop samples is using sound forge or recycle, and dump the samples via midi. works great, and you can use 44.1khz samples!!! cheers chip

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Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-07 by marc

i still have an old powerbook 145 in my basement somehwere :) would that work with alchemy ? t would be a pretty neat idea to edit the samples visually. i

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Re: [emax] Chopping Samples

2007-11-07 by Mike Wolak

I ve found the best way to chop is using an old-school Mac and Alchemy 3.0 with a custom made serial cable. Details can be found here:

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Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-06 by manicpeter

Yes, i must admit to some problems in that respect too. I have just bought an emax and i have some problems with the workflow. Sometimes when i sample and then

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Re: Chopping Samples

2007-11-06 by marc

thanx for your help dave, i will try that later on. coming from an Akai background (using Akai samplers since 95) its a bit difficult to understand the Emax

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Re: [emax] Chopping Samples

2007-11-06 by Dave Sotnick

No, you can copy the voice before you truncate it. If you copy the preset to another preset before you make the truncation, the Emax will say Used Elsewhere.

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Chopping Samples

2007-11-06 by marc

HI, I would like to know what the best way of chopping a sample is on the Emax 1? if i wanted to chop up a long sample into different pieces, would i have to

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EMAX I floppy disks

2007-11-05 by dhays

I have 34 floppy disks with samples. Some are original, some are custom and copies. I also have 14 blanks. I m sure at least 50% work. I ll take $20 for

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Re: Floppy Drives for Emax I SE

2007-11-05 by manicpeter

that s really great to know!!! I have received my emax in a great condition but it never has been put through it s paces and the operating mechanism always

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Re: [emax] Foot pedal CV in (Emax II)

2007-11-04 by Tristan Upton

Hi, Most CV pedal inputs on keyboards expect a foot controller that works like a potentiometer. The potentiometer supplies no voltage itself, instead it just

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Foot pedal CV in (Emax II)

2007-11-04 by Chase Smith

Hello, I am trying to figure out a way to get control over the modulation destinations from the foot pedal in with my MC-4. I thought it would be a simple

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Re: Noizey emax!

2007-10-31 by manicpeter

Very true!!! i find the emax puts a real oomph on complete beats. it works best for me sampling complete beats and then put them back into the drummachine.

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Re: [emax] Re: Noizey emax!

2007-10-31 by Lyn Oakey

If you want extra noise just make sure you don t sample at the optimum level. That way you don t make use of the best signal/noise ratio, i.e. you sample with

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Re: Noizey emax!

2007-10-31 by manicpeter

Hi there, don t get me wrong but isnt the point of the Emax that it is noisey and grimey? I sample drums into the emax and then back into my MPC XL. In the mpc

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Re: Floppy Drives for Emax I SE

2007-10-31 by manicpeter

Hi there, just got my first emax with SE, and the sampling is just awesome... anyway... i read somewhere on the web that you can get lucky with a lot of old pc

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Re: external ZIP 100 problem

2007-10-29 by mks50

i took good notice of your advises but it doesn t seems to work since my hard disk is dead ( the red led is still blinking as if the scsi chain works ) but i

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Re: [emax] Emax Compact Flash

2007-10-27 by Dave Sotnick

Sure, I used an ACARD AEC-7720U Bridge Adapter (SCSI-IDE) and an IDE Interface Flash Card Reader , not sure of the brand/model as I can t see any

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Re: [emax] Emax Compact Flash

2007-10-27 by ted Summers

Can you confirm for us the part # s you used? Regards, Ted ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Re: [emax] Emax Compact Flash

2007-10-27 by Dave Sotnick

It works!!! I was really skeptical at first because the SCSI-IDE bridge arrived before the Flash Reader, so I tried experimenting with IDE drives ( 1GB) and

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Re: ATX PSU for EMAX

2007-10-20 by alancurrall

I don t know. Mine is an Emax I, but I can t see them being so different. Anyone else know otherwise? Alan ... PC. This ... PSU and ... to be ... number for

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Re: ATX PSU for EMAX

2007-10-19 by alancurrall

Hi Folks, Great news! Thanks to all the help from this group, I ve got a fully functioning Emax again. Also (kind of) good news for anyone not wanting to use

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Re: [emax] Re: ATX PSU for EMAX

2007-10-19 by Dave Sotnick

Ahhh, yes! I forgot to mention the GREEN wire (pin 16). It is labeled as Power Supply On (active low). Short this pin to GND to switch power supply ON,

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Re: ATX PSU for EMAX

2007-10-19 by Simon_Owen

Hi There Well, i ve tried installing an ATX PSU in my emax following the pinouts listed, but still no joy. The PSU doesn t actually want to power up. Could

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Re: external ZIP 100 problem

2007-10-18 by esynthesist

Sometimes I have the same problem. Did you try a few times ? I have to press Transpose and at least 3 or 4 times the 6 button before the Emax Plus recognizes

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Re: Floppy Drives for Emax I SE

2007-10-18 by tnb09061974

Okay what I have done now? I have removed a floppy drive from an old Atari STFM and replaced the original floppy drive (Mitsubishi MF353B-12UJ) from the Emax

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RE: [emax] Re: external ZIP 100 problem

2007-10-18 by Eduardo Saponara

Just open the HD and spin it a few times, it ll come back to life. You ll need hex wrenches though. After that a hard slap on the HD will star it spinning

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Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.