Emax

My Emax II keyboard also seems to be a custom job on the internal HD install. 
 It's held in place with thin metal strips with holes in them, with tape and 
cardboard for shock protection.  This drive is pretty old though, and my 
external SCSI Zip blows it away, so that's what I normally use.  Plus the HD 
is louder...

PF


In a message dated 11/21/00 8:25:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
emax@egroups.com writes:

> I had a hard drive added to my keyboard after I bought it and it looks like
>  the guy who fitted it used a custom metal plate with the holes drilled in
>  the right places. It certainly wasn't brass and it wasn't there before (and
>  I bought my Emax from new).
>  
>  But, after a while I tried replacing it with a plastic one to try and 
reduce
>  the earth loop hum I had been getting. I used a 5mm thick sheet of plastic
>  card which you can get at most model shops and cut / made the holes with a
>  regular craft knife. It cost pennies, took less than ten minutes to make 
and

>  it got rid of the hum too!
>  
>  Steve
>

While we're on the subject, is it practical / safe / possible / 
sensible to sound proof an internal drive? I know I'll never silence 
it completely but as it is it's really quite loud! I imagine you 
could wrap the whole housing in some sort of sound proofing material 
but presumably there would be heat dissapation issues and suchlike so 
to date I've never dared. I use an external ZIP now as well but I want
to keep the internal one too - it's dead handy for live work plus 
my Zip drive takes a second or two to go out of sleep mode if you 
aren't using it consistently, which would bug me everytime I needed 
to read the OS (one of the things I definitely don't miss about using 
floppies!).


--- In emax@egroups.com, vornfklorb@a... wrote:
> My Emax II keyboard also seems to be a custom job on the internal 
HD install. 
>  It's held in place with thin metal strips with holes in them, with 
tape and 
> cardboard for shock protection.  This drive is pretty old though, 
and my 
> external SCSI Zip blows it away, so that's what I normally use.  
Plus the HD 

> is louder...
> 
> PF

No..you don't want to surround it with anything. It will over heat. You
could allow for air circulation while adding more plastic ( some wood
...what ever) to the near by areas to attenuate the sound. Maybe self stick
foam insulation.
Or perhaps you need to turn up you montor speakers a bit : )

Bob

Steve Adam wrote:

> While we're on the subject, is it practical / safe / possible /
> sensible to sound proof an internal drive? I know I'll never silence
> it completely but as it is it's really quite loud! I imagine you
> could wrap the whole housing in some sort of sound proofing material
> but presumably there would be heat dissapation issues and suchlike so
> to date I've never dared. I use an external ZIP now as well but I want
> to keep the internal one too - it's dead handy for live work plus
> my Zip drive takes a second or two to go out of sleep mode if you
> aren't using it consistently, which would bug me everytime I needed
> to read the OS (one of the things I definitely don't miss about using
> floppies!).
>
> --- In emax@egroups.com, vornfklorb@a... wrote:
> > My Emax II keyboard also seems to be a custom job on the internal
> HD install.
> >  It's held in place with thin metal strips with holes in them, with
> tape and
> > cardboard for shock protection.  This drive is pretty old though,
> and my
> > external SCSI Zip blows it away, so that's what I normally use.
> Plus the HD
> > is louder...
> >
> > PF
>
>
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>
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