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Re: [emax] EMX Files for FREE

2001-11-16 by John Silveria

Ho Rob, which files are they? Are they the whole library or perhaps the ones that were available onb the old Archive? I d like to get a copy, it would save me

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EMX Files for FREE

2001-11-16 by Rob EmuArc

Hi The EMX downloads have been tested and are okay, except for perhaps one. If anyone would like all the EMX files on a CD rather than having to download them

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Emax II Sample Problem

2001-11-16 by martinsky@...

Hello, I have a Emax II (stereo version).The other day I went to sample something and set it to primary (mono) and the channel input is distorted and cuts in

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Re: [emax] EMAX II Power Supply?

2001-11-15 by Gordon JC Pearce

Switch off. Leave it overnight - The PSU capacitors can be nasty! Check that all the plugs onto the PSU and main board are secure by unplugging and refitting

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EMAX II Power Supply?

2001-11-15 by Ray

Hi I m having a bit of a problem with my EMAX II rack. When I go to turn it on sometimes it powers up just fine and other times it just makes a clicking sound

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-15 by Gordon JC Pearce

... Hmm, kinda... Real Shugart drives, as used in old Ensoniq kit (I m guessing Emu too) have slight differences in the pins from AT floppy drives, as

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Re: bad disk drive?

2001-11-15 by ghurd@...

just want to thank everyone for their speedy responses and helpful advice. I will attempt to clean the drive heads and if that fails, i will purchase a new

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-14 by Bob Conner

FYI...Shugart, is the last name of the guy who invented the Floppy Drive, and subsequently the Hard Drive. All Floppy drives are technically Shugart drives.

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Re: [emax] still dealing with DOS...

2001-11-14 by Max Langer

I ve also tried to write disks with EMX, using different setups. I ve managed to copy banks up to the Z749 disk and disk no 59,60,62 and 63. On several of

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Re: [emax] still dealing with DOS...

2001-11-14 by John Silveria

This could be an issue with the two drives each being dirtu or out of alignment causing the discs to not read on the other. Get a floppy cleaning kit and try

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still dealing with DOS...

2001-11-14 by Ben & Mana Model

I ve been struggling with emax I sound banks downloaded from the emuarchive site. I ve finally gotten my hands on an old IBM thinkpad running Win 3.1 which

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-14 by John Silveria

HD diskettes among other things have different magnetic properties so although the Emax will reformat them not knowing any better the disks themselves are

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-14 by Bob Conner

FYI, ATY Computers in Oakland can modify PC HD floppy drives to work as an Atari DD or Sinngle sided drive. I forget what the modification was, but it

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-14 by Bob Conner

This is somewhat off the subject, but related. I have always heard and read that formatting a Hig Density Floppy as single or double sided is not advised.

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-14 by jh

... is this true, how do i identify which drive is shugart drive? i just tested epson smd-300 1.44k drive taken fron ast 386SX pc ( 90) only changed the

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Re: [emax] Re: CD-Rom Drive

2001-11-14 by Bob Conner

Sorry...haven t read my emails in a while. This is a response to an older question. FYI the Emax II has drivers for CDROM drives in it s BIOS (unfortunately).

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RE: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-13 by Rob EmuArc

Hi, As already suggested try cleaning the heads first, this can keep an old drive going for some time ! A major floppy drive failure will cause the Emax to

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-13 by Gordon JC Pearce

The disk drives from emulatorarchive.com are quite expensive. You need a Shugart-compatible drive, which is different from a normal PC drive. There s details

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-13 by mr julian.

... hmm... I guess it is possibly a dirty drive too.... but the disk not formatted message sounds more like misalligned heads to me. Yeah, try cleaning it

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-13 by Honest Steve

I had a similar problem a few years ago with my EMAXII and I just used a floppy disk cleaner on it and it has been fine since. You should be able to buy a

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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-12 by julian

From: Anyway, just thought I d throw that out there and see if someone recognizes the symptoms of a floppy drive gone bad. Disk

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Re: [emax] Digest Number 141

2001-11-12 by Nicholasfaith@...

Hello, When I try and dump it starts to do a sds but ends up giving me an error message. Nicholas ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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bad disk drive?

2001-11-12 by ghurd@...

Hi everyone, New member here. Nice to see the Emax community still thrives. I just acquired an Emax SE Rack, and I think the floppy drive might be crapped out.

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Re: Digest Number 139

2001-11-12 by Niklas Olsson

If you have an Emax-1 (SE or some thing) you need to change the sampling bit, from 16bit... cheers/ niklas ... II, so I ... do an SDS ... Basically, set ...

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Re: [emax] Digest Number 139

2001-11-12 by Gordon JC Pearce

What exactly is the problem? I haven t got an SE, I ve got an Emax II, so I suppose this might make a difference. I just set up Soundforge to do an SDS dump,

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Re: [emax] Digest Number 139

2001-11-10 by Nicholasfaith@...

Hi, I tried for a while to get my emax se to receive SDS and I had no luck, I ve done it with other samplers with no problems so I don t know, if you find out

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Re: [emax] sds help

2001-11-09 by John Silveria

You don t have to do anything on the Emax. You need to initiate the dump/transfer from your software. All you need to do with the Emax is make sure it s set to

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sds help

2001-11-08 by daniel

I need help. i can t remember what i have to do on Emax to get samples via sds. I am trying doing: Master/special/6 but Emax does not react.Any idea? daniel

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-05 by Gordon JC Pearce

... burn it out. It ... Supply, I ve ... from anyone who ... #include I don t know about the Emax keyboards, but there s lots of empty space

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Re: [emax] Alternate Hard Drives

2001-11-04 by David Crosby

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Alternate Hard Drives

2001-11-03 by John Silveria

I had E-mu replace my Miniscribe drive with a Seagate drive back in 1990, unfortunately at the time I was very technically uninformed and I never thought to

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-03 by David Crosby

thanks have you heard those emu classic emulator sample disks that are for sale on emu.com? do they sound similar to the original emax samples? ...

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RE: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-03 by Rob EmuArc

Hi, There are two sets of interesting EIIIX sample CDROM s from E-mu... Emulator Standards/More Standards are the original Emulator III library , with some

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Emax & ZIP 100 FAQs

2001-11-03 by Rob EmuArc

Hi, An internal SCSI ZIP 100 pulls rather more 5V power than the stock Miniscribe hard drive in an Emax, and therefore stresses the PSU more than normal.

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-03 by John Silveria

I haven t heard any Emax factory banks since I got the banks that cames with my ESi- 32. ... John Silveria II AIM: EmaxJS The Silveria Family Website Emax and

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-03 by John Silveria

... No matter what you unplug from the power supply a Zip drive will still burn it out. It simply draws too much power. You might be able to replace the Power

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-02 by David Crosby

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HELP! last night, my hard drive actually let me get into it. Half of the banks were toast but half were accessible. I copied those banks

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-02 by David W Crosby

If i just disconnect the hard drive, will that mess anything up? It s extremely noisy and the emax is difficult to turn on/off because the on/off button is

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-02 by David W Crosby

i don t know of any dead macs. I kind of like the idea of the zip drive to store 36 banks on each disk. I have enough sounds to fill up at least 10 zip disks.

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-02 by Gordon JC Pearce

Just replace the HD with another SCSI one. You must know someone with a few dead Mac s lying about... I put a Mac 40 meg SCSI in mine, then changed it for a

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-02 by David W Crosby

nope. will it fry the supply if i disconnect the hard drive and the floppy? can i replace that with a better power supply? ... From: John Silveria To:

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-11-02 by John Silveria

Your biggest issue is going to be that an Internal Zip will toast the power supply. The power supply in the Emax and Emax II can not handle the drain of an

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Re: [emax] unsubscribe

2001-10-31 by mishon66@...

In a message dated 10/31/01 2:20:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, alexandre.demierre@unifr.ch writes:

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-10-31 by John Silveria

Put in the floppy with HD 1.1 and then power up the unit. It should boot up just fine and when you do a Software check it should you are running OS 1.1 HD. Do

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-10-31 by David W Crosby

It didn t work. If I turn on the emax without a floppy inserted, then I insert a disk when asked for one and press load, It fools itself into thinking that HD

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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!

2001-10-30 by John Silveria

A reformat isn t necessary, the Emax contains a copy software function. It is designed to copy newer OSs onto media (hard drives, floppies) without erasing

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boy have i got problems!

2001-10-30 by spacesuitoption@...

Someone gave me this awesome Emax HD sampler with 3 books full of diskettes. but the hard drive wouldn t work It reads Hard disk error or Different Software

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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.