Re: Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-23 by xeelox@...
Thanks for the suggestion Lorne. So you are suggesting I take the CF card out of Emax, put it back into the PC and look at it in EMXP. And then use EMXP to
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Re: Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-23 by Lorne Hammond
So, have you taken the cf card it reads out and gone back to the computer to load banks there? It maybe the bank images are a different os or something like
Re: Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-23 by xeelox@...
Technically, I still can t read banks; that s where I get the Hard Disk Error message. And booting to CF, formatting & writing banks only worked with CF memory
Re: [emax] Re: Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-22 by Ted Summers
Glad you are making some progress. So to confirm- are you saying that the CF to IDE adapter worked to: format read a bank save a bank boot with PLUS 1.0 also?
Re: Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-22 by xeelox@...
... Quite reasonable. Since it worked with 2 different CF readers as well as 2 different IDE Hard drives in Windows, I was going on the theory that the Acard s
Re: Installing OLED screen in Emax II keyboard.
2014-07-22 by j.ryanj@...
Hi Daniel I m about to repace my Emax 2 keyboard display, do you know the partnumber of the oled display that you used? /Johan
Re: [emax] Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-21 by JAMIE logan
the only cf drive i got to work with the acard was a startech ide to cf it has jumpers on there that you can remove for the dma but it worked with the jumper
Re: [emax] Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-21 by Ted Summers
Regards DMA--- SCSI 1 (and possibly SCSI 2) do not use DMA, it predates DMA bus mastering topology. Therefore, the ACARD is not going to have DMA capability or
Re: [emax] Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-21 by xeelox@...
Ted, I will assume for the time being that the 6.89 firmware on your board REV ??? should be reasonably comparable to my REV 3.1 board running 3.89 and that my
Re: [emax] Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-21 by Ted Summers
If I recall, the applicable version of firmware 3.89 or 6.89 depends upon your board revision. The board revision is screened onto the board itself. My board
Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I
2014-07-21 by xeelox@...
I ve got an Acard 7720U REV 3.1 w/ firmware 3.89 and 2 different internal IDE to CF adapters I m testing with. In Windows I can read/write/format any CF card
Re: HD errors/issues after SE upgrade followed by Plus OS
2014-07-17 by xeelox@...
Update: I managed to take yet another old Miniscribe that I had previously written off, used the interrupt pin trick to get it to spin up, and successfully
Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-15 by cadena100rb@...
Obviously I was meaning Key Contact Springs when referring to key springs. I had exactly the same problem on both Emax 1 of mine. I also had the IM386 Scanner
Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-14 by jammie.emma@...
key springs have nothing to do with the contacts they just take the key back to the start position now the contact spring wires these have to be soldered into
Re: Emax squeal noise
2014-07-13 by bry_204@...
Can someone please try this out for me?
Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-13 by Steve Limbrick
Thanks DX5, keyboard hadn t been played much in the last year (a few house moves and so on in that timeframe), so that might definitely be a contributing
Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-12 by cadena100rb@...
Steve: I wouldn t go for the Scanner chip at first. Moreover I would go for stuck keys (spring problems). I often get those errors on my two Emax I when I take
Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-12 by Steve Limbrick
Is the Rockwell chip soldered in or can it be lifted off and replaced easily - assuming I could find one, as the company mentioned in an earlier post currently
Re: [emax] Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by stevelimbrick@...
OK, thanks. Sounds like stuff beyond my ability to work on or diagnose properly. Looks like I ll be trying to get the keyboard down to Sydney sometime (though
Re: [emax] Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by Lorne Hammond
agreed, if it hops about its in the scanning. those delays are keys you hold down right, so it misses it on the depression and gets it the next scan. Look
Re: [emax] Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by JAMIE logan
ok i recon its the scanner chip what happens is there are many channels and they short out and those channels are no good usually its the keyscanner part that
Re: Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by stevelimbrick@...
No, not the same keys in each octave. I live in Australia - unfortunately moved a few hours out from Sydney 18 months ago, so not as easy to get it serviced
Re: [emax] Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by JAMIE logan
is it the same keys in every octave as you might have a faulty diode please check midi first where do you live as i have spare keyboards and can repair
Re: [emax] Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by stevelimbrick@...
Hi Jamie, No problems with any of the front buttons that I ve noticed. Not sure about MIDI performance as it s not connected up to anything at present. Steve
Re: [emax] Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by JAMIE logan
does it work allright with midi do any of the buttons on the front panel also play up i would say its the rockwell scanner chip the only place that stocks them
Emax II Key response delay issue
2014-07-11 by stevelimbrick@...
Been having intermittent problems with my Emax II 2212 where I don t always get an immediate sound when I play a number of keys. Some of the keys really take
Re: HD errors/issues after SE upgrade followed by Plus OS
2014-07-11 by xeelox@...
My scsi pci card is an Adaptec 2906. And you are correct, the driver is the aic7800. Some of the other developers I work with are quite Linux savvy and
Re: [emax] Re: HD errors/issues after SE upgrade followed by Plus OS
2014-07-10 by Ted Summers
What scsi card did you get? I usually stick with adaptec. Older adaptec should be auto detected, like the Ultra2 2940U2 or Adaptec 2940UW are the aic7800
Re: HD errors/issues after SE upgrade followed by Plus OS
2014-07-10 by xeelox@...
Being a total Linux novice, I am hitting several walls w/ live boot CD s either not properly booting or not loading SCSI drivers. Same for Free BSD. Doing my
Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-10 by bzangy@...
This is all fascinating stuff, thanks for the info, everyone!
Re: [emax] Re: HD errors/issues after SE upgrade followed by Plus OS
2014-07-09 by Ted Summers
You said you had linux... If you are familiar with dd, I would suggest you do a dd FROM the good source disk to one or more of the other bad disks and see
Re: HD errors/issues after SE upgrade followed by Plus OS
2014-07-09 by xeelox@...
Update after running Emax diagnostics as well as disk utilities: BOOTPROM DIAGNOSTICS - NO ERRORS Analog Processing LED (= Unable to load software from disk)
Emax squeal noise
2014-07-08 by bry_204@...
Hey all, Still trying to figure out this high pitch noise issue if this is normal or not. I have a long sample of a kick and snare hit that I sampled in at 28
Re: [emax] Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-08 by JAMIE logan
yes an no as ted explains the cpu when loading a hd makes up a macro of the hd catalog this lets it see all the folders on the hd when you remove a disk and
Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-08 by xeelox@...
Good to know. I wonder what would happen when using the plus os to change from scsi device 0 to say scsi device 1, then swapping the media in device 0 whose
Re: [emax] Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-08 by Ted Summers
A zip drive works more like a floppy and has a disk change sensor in the mechanism. Flash media drives don t work in quite the same way. I am just going by my
Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-08 by xeelox@...
... Interesting. Is this true for any drive connected to the scsi chain or just the boot drive can t be hot swapped? I don t own a Zip drive but I was under
Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-08 by bzangy@...
Ooh, also, thank you for the link! They apparently don t ship to the UK but I ve emailed them to see if I can persuade them. :-D
Re: CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-07 by bzangy@...
Thank you very much, Ted! This is also what puzzles me: the drive is found successfully on the SCSI chain (once I reset an internal jumper to make it ID as 1),
Re: Emu Emax USB to RS422
2014-07-07 by esynthesist@...
Freddy, a German member of http://www.eiiiforum.com http://www.eiiiforum.com, is building EmuSers and the required cables. Since his e-mail address is
Re: Emu Emax USB to RS422
2014-07-07 by tangerinedreams74@...
Hello, really thx for the replies No, I don t have bought any adapter yet, because I wanted to know if these adapters worked. But now I understand that I have
Re: [emax] Emu Emax USB to RS422
2014-07-07 by Ted Summers
Emax uses a special clock rate and you cannot use off the shelf DB9 RS422 to USB adapters. You have to build Emuser interface.
Re: Emu Emax USB to RS422
2014-07-07 by esynthesist@...
The Emax requires a specific pin assignment, so a custom cable should be made. Common retail RS232/RS422 cables won t work with the Emax. Note that normal
Emu Emax USB to RS422
2014-07-07 by tangerinedreams74@...
Hello I have a Emu Emax I and I want trasfert a bank file with RS422 port with a EMXP program but I have a question: I have bought a USB to RS422 adapter but
Re: [emax] CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-07 by Ted Summers
it could also be a bad media adapter.....
Re: [emax] CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-07 by Ted Summers
I m surprised that if it formats it won t save banks, this is odd. I haven t tested those....
CF Drive for Emax II
2014-07-07 by bzangy@...
Hi! Could anyone recommend an external SCSI CF drive for the Emax II? I checked the database and the model listed there isn t available on Ebay as far as I can
Re: [emax] SCSI plug
2014-07-07 by monsieur escargot
adaptors yes, but is it ok to actually install a different plug on the emax back panel than the original DB25? I have DB50 plugs on PCB with adaptors to the
Re: [emax] Re: Emax Sample Release High Pitch Noise
2014-07-05 by JAMIE logan
analog filters add analog noise but remeber when every thing was tape and tape had a roll of about 15khz or 30khz as in sampling and why vinyl sounded good the
Re: Emax Sample Release High Pitch Noise
2014-07-05 by bry_204@...
Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. I tried truncating the sample last night in the Emax, I was able to remove it that way. I also noticed that, it was only