Emax

Hi, I have EMAX (I) rack unit, floppy only, bought new in 198X.  It's
been stored for quite some time, but now I'd like to revive it.  I
have many sounds on floppy disk for this machine but one I was hoping
to play with now has died.

When I load it comes up with CRC ERROR and refuses to play or even
show the Presets.  This is an 'official' floppy with the EMAX logo on
it. (I have no dup of this diskette, obviously..)  Of course many
other sounds I don't care about work perfectly.

First, is there a way to find out WHAT preset is dead?  Or maybe the
OS on the floppy?  Are there any workarounds?  

If not, I would pay $20USD to someone duping and sending me

"Rock Guitar Lead/Rhythm" "ZD709".

I'd appreciate any advice!  I do have EMAX documentation but they
don't say much about any recovery from this CRC check error.

Thanks and I'm glad this forum is here.. I love the EMAX, I used to
really understand how to manage it, and I guess I need to learn again.

Karl

Hello,,,,

    ,,,, I had the same problem. I dug up some old official Emax 1 disks to load into an Emax, I bought off Ebay. The Emax loaded all the newer disks so it wasn't the Emax. 

Here's what I did,,,,

    1. Power up the Emax with the 'system disk' loaded in the disk drive or use a sample disk with the OS installed on the disk.
    2. Get a fresh disk and format it using your Emax.
    3. While the formatted disk is in the drive, or any other disk is in the drive
        with the OS on it, hit the "preset management" button.
    4. Stick the disk in the drive with the sound you desire, then press 1# 
        to load a preset. You must do it in that order.
        Hit the "preset management" button, then stick in the disk with the desired
        samples. You won't be able to load the entire disk because of the
        error.
    5. Load one preset at a time. If you can't load one preset, try another 'till 
        loaded all the presets off the disk in memory.
    6. Once you've finished loading samples in memory of the Emax,
        save all the presets you have memory to the newly formatted disk, you've
        formatted earlier.
    7. You should now be able to load the new disk with the samples you've
        loaded from the old disk.

D.T.
    

Karl M <mkarl2@...> wrote: Hi, I have EMAX (I) rack unit, floppy only, bought new in 198X.  It's
been stored for quite some time, but now I'd like to revive it.  I
have many sounds on floppy disk for this machine but one I was hoping
to play with now has died.

When I load it comes up with CRC ERROR and refuses to play or even
show the Presets.  This is an 'official' floppy with the EMAX logo on
it. (I have no dup of this diskette, obviously..)  Of course many
other sounds I don't care about work perfectly.

First, is there a way to find out WHAT preset is dead?  Or maybe the
OS on the floppy?  Are there any workarounds?  

If not, I would pay $20USD to someone duping and sending me

"Rock Guitar Lead/Rhythm" "ZD709".

I'd appreciate any advice!  I do have EMAX documentation but they
don't say much about any recovery from this CRC check error.

Thanks and I'm glad this forum is here.. I love the EMAX, I used to
really understand how to manage it, and I guess I need to learn again.

Karl



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Thanks Dave, that makes sense, not loading OS or ALL presets from the
bad disk, just lifting one preset at a time.  I'll follow your
instructions to the letter.  Wish me luck.

Was it out of line to offer to buy that specific disk from someone on
this list??

Karl


> 
>     1. Power up the Emax with the 'system disk' loaded in the disk
drive or use a sample disk with the OS installed on the disk.
>     2. Get a fresh disk and format it using your Emax.
>     3. While the formatted disk is in the drive, or any other disk
is in the drive
>         with the OS on it, hit the "preset management" button.
>     4. Stick the disk in the drive with the sound you desire, then
press 1# 
>         to load a preset. You must do it in that order.
>         Hit the "preset management" button, then stick in the disk
with the desired
>         samples. You won't be able to load the entire disk because
of the
>         error.
>     5. Load one preset at a time. If you can't load one preset, try
another 'till 
>         loaded all the presets off the disk in memory.
>     6. Once you've finished loading samples in memory of the Emax,
>         save all the presets you have memory to the newly formatted
disk, you've
>         formatted earlier.
>     7. You should now be able to load the new disk with the samples
you've
>         loaded from the old disk.
>

Hello,,,,

    ,,,, it wasn't out of line to offer bucks for a disk. The only thing is, there's lot's of free stuff out there, and lot's of help. Plus by the time a transaction is made, an item is packaged, then an item is waited on in the mail, you've probably already had the problem solved :)

D.T.

Karl M <mkarl2@...> wrote: Thanks Dave, that makes sense, not loading OS or ALL presets from the
bad disk, just lifting one preset at a time.  I'll follow your
instructions to the letter.  Wish me luck.

Was it out of line to offer to buy that specific disk from someone on
this list??

Karl


> 
>     1. Power up the Emax with the 'system disk' loaded in the disk
drive or use a sample disk with the OS installed on the disk.
>     2. Get a fresh disk and format it using your Emax.
>     3. While the formatted disk is in the drive, or any other disk
is in the drive
>         with the OS on it, hit the "preset management" button.
>     4. Stick the disk in the drive with the sound you desire, then
press 1# 
>         to load a preset. You must do it in that order.
>         Hit the "preset management" button, then stick in the disk
with the desired
>         samples. You won't be able to load the entire disk because
of the
>         error.
>     5. Load one preset at a time. If you can't load one preset, try
another 'till 
>         loaded all the presets off the disk in memory.
>     6. Once you've finished loading samples in memory of the Emax,
>         save all the presets you have memory to the newly formatted
disk, you've
>         formatted earlier.
>     7. You should now be able to load the new disk with the samples
you've
>         loaded from the old disk.
>



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