Emax

Hi

Congratulations on your EMAX!

I myself have worked on getting a new drive option for my broken HDD, by trying to update to a more modern option, but so far I´ve only updated the floppydrive to a slim floppy.

And as far as I know - your easiest (and cheapest) option is actually to get a bunch of DD Floppy disks

Then install EMXP on a Windows XP PC with an internal floppydrive: http://users.skynet.be/emxp/ (you have to study how this works and read the manual and forums). And some of the original soundbanks can be downloaded here http://nonaudio.wordpress.com/emulatorarchive/emax/sample-library/

Seems like hard work, but is the best option if you want to go cheap. You could probably also by readymade floppys on Ebay at a higher price.

Niklas

2014-09-12 2:52 GMT+02:00 duncanmalashock@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com>:

Hi all, thanks for having me. I just bought an Emax on eBay (a model 2213), which I expected to come with a hard drive with a lot of old preset samples from the late 80s– that's primarily why I was interested.

However, powering up the unit I'm greeted with a scan of the SCSI devices in a loop. I don't hear a drive spinning, so I'm assuming either this unit doesn't have one, or it's died. The unit didn't come with any disks, so I've got a great unit with no samples to play.

Am I out of luck? I've heard other types of drives with Macintosh compatibility are possible to install on this unit. Really I just want to get on the right track to finding some great vintage sounds as cheaply and easily as possible. Can anyone help?

Thanks so much,

Duncan in Brooklyn NY

Got scsi? If so zip disk or extra drive or card reader is the cheapest way to go. Also Jammie has a combo scsi card reader / floppy combo coming out soon if I read correctly.
Matt

On Sep 11, 2014 10:28 PM, "Niklas Ehrlin niklas.ehrlin@... [emax]" <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi

Congratulations on your EMAX!

I myself have worked on getting a new drive option for my broken HDD, by trying to update to a more modern option, but so far I´ve only updated the floppydrive to a slim floppy.

And as far as I know - your easiest (and cheapest) option is actually to get a bunch of DD Floppy disks

Then install EMXP on a Windows XP PC with an internal floppydrive: http://users.skynet.be/emxp/ (you have to study how this works and read the manual and forums). And some of the original soundbanks can be downloaded here http://nonaudio.wordpress.com/emulatorarchive/emax/sample-library/

Seems like hard work, but is the best option if you want to go cheap. You could probably also by readymade floppys on Ebay at a higher price.

Niklas

2014-09-12 2:52 GMT+02:00 duncanmalashock@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com>:

Hi all, thanks for having me. I just bought an Emax on eBay (a model 2213), which I expected to come with a hard drive with a lot of old preset samples from the late 80s– that's primarily why I was interested.

However, powering up the unit I'm greeted with a scan of the SCSI devices in a loop. I don't hear a drive spinning, so I';m assuming either this unit doesn't have one, or it's died. The unit didn't come with any disks, so I've got a great unit with no samples to play.

Am I out of luck? I've heard other types of drives with Macintosh compatibility are possible to install on this unit. Really I just want to get on the right track to finding some great vintage sounds as cheaply and easily as possible. Can anyone help?

Thanks so much,

Duncan in Brooklyn NY