Emax

Hello everybody, i'm a french boy and it's the first time, i write on 
this forum : I am a "new" user of Emax II Rack Turbo 8Mo RAM + 3HDD 
and OS 2.14...
Well, i don't understand somethings :
1- Memory
Without any bank/presets/samples, i have 4194260 memory remaining : 
ok. I just do double (why ?) these number to find my 8 Mo RAM...
Now i load a bank. So, I'm going to see how much of memory is 
remaining : The display says to me : 3927937...
My question is : To know memory bank use do i must : (4194260-3927937)
x2 = 532646 that is to say #500ko ?

2- SCSI Boot (MASTER9+6)
I activate this fonction and choice a HDD...
When i switch on the emax, I can't load first HDD.
Can i have directly HDD when i switch on emax or i must use the FDD ?


3- Northstar CD for Emax2
Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use lot of memory.


Well, thanks for your answer and excuse me for my bad 
english/american language...

> Hello everybody, i'm a french boy and it's the first time, i write on
> this forum

Welcome!

> 1- Memory Without any bank/presets/samples, i have 4194260 memory remaining :
> ok. I just do double (why ?)

Because the memory as shown is in 16 bit samples not bytes.

> bank. So, I'm going to see how much of memory is remaining : The display says
> to me : 3927937... My question is : To know memory bank use do i must :
> (4194260-3927937) x2 = 532646 that is to say #500ko ? 

Correct. The bank is around 500k.
> 
> 2- SCSI Boot (MASTER9+6)
> I activate this fonction and choice a HDD...
> When i switch on the emax, I can't load first HDD.
> Can i have directly HDD when i switch on emax or i must use the FDD ?

It absolutely can boot directly from the hard drive, as long as you have a hard drive that 
powers up fast enough for it to be ready when the Emax asks for the OS (older Maxtor 
drives tend to not be ready). If it isn't fast enough try setting the Emax to boot from an 
unused SCSI #, when that number fails the Emax will begin searching the other SCSI 
IDs until it finds one to boot from, by this time the drive should be ready.

> 3- Northstar CD for Emax2
> Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
> In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use lot of memory.

I know nothing about any CD-Roms for the Emax sorry ... Rob can probably help you 
with this one.


John Silveria II
AIM: EmaxJS
The Silveria Family Website
Emax and Emax II User's Group
http://www.silveriafamily.com

i have 3 emaxII's a 8meg turbo keyboard, a 3 meg rack and a 2 meg rack...
does any one knowif there is a way to swap the guts .. so ican make one of
the racks the turbo unit ??  i do'nt like having to carry the keyboar around
any more.

perhaps some one might be interested in  buying the keyboard ?? or all of
the above ??
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----- Original Message -----
From: skip2001fr
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:26 PM
Subject: [emax] Some questions about Emax2...


Hello everybody, i'm a french boy and it's the first time, i write on
this forum : I am a "new" user of Emax II Rack Turbo 8Mo RAM + 3HDD
and OS 2.14...
Well, i don't understand somethings :
1- Memory
Without any bank/presets/samples, i have 4194260 memory remaining :
ok. I just do double (why ?) these number to find my 8 Mo RAM...
Now i load a bank. So, I'm going to see how much of memory is
remaining : The display says to me : 3927937...
My question is : To know memory bank use do i must : (4194260-3927937)
x2 = 532646 that is to say #500ko ?

2- SCSI Boot (MASTER9+6)
I activate this fonction and choice a HDD...
When i switch on the emax, I can't load first HDD.
Can i have directly HDD when i switch on emax or i must use the FDD ?


3- Northstar CD for Emax2
Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use lot of memory.


Well, thanks for your answer and excuse me for my bad
english/american language...



Emax and Emax II User's Group

http://www.silveriafamily.com

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i have 3 emaxII's a 8meg turbo keyboard, a 3 meg rack and a 2 meg rack...
does any one knowif there is a way to swap the guts .. so ican make one of
the racks the turbo unit ??  i do'nt like having to carry the keyboar around
any more.

perhaps some one might be interested in  buying the keyboard ?? or all of
the above ??
                 \\\\|////
                     ("@ @")
  __o00o___(_)___o00o__

----- Original Message -----
From: John Silveria
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Some questions about Emax2...


> Hello everybody, i'm a french boy and it's the first time, i write on
> this forum

Welcome!

> 1- Memory Without any bank/presets/samples, i have 4194260 memory
remaining :
> ok. I just do double (why ?)

Because the memory as shown is in 16 bit samples not bytes.

> bank. So, I'm going to see how much of memory is remaining : The display
says
> to me : 3927937... My question is : To know memory bank use do i must :
> (4194260-3927937) x2 = 532646 that is to say #500ko ?

Correct. The bank is around 500k.
>
> 2- SCSI Boot (MASTER9+6)
> I activate this fonction and choice a HDD...
> When i switch on the emax, I can't load first HDD.
> Can i have directly HDD when i switch on emax or i must use the FDD ?

It absolutely can boot directly from the hard drive, as long as you have a
hard drive that
powers up fast enough for it to be ready when the Emax asks for the OS
(older Maxtor
drives tend to not be ready). If it isn't fast enough try setting the Emax
to boot from an
unused SCSI #, when that number fails the Emax will begin searching the
other SCSI
IDs until it finds one to boot from, by this time the drive should be ready.

> 3- Northstar CD for Emax2
> Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
> In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use lot of memory.

I know nothing about any CD-Roms for the Emax sorry ... Rob can probably
help you
with this one.


John Silveria II
AIM: EmaxJS
The Silveria Family Website
Emax and Emax II User's Group
http://www.silveriafamily.com


Emax and Emax II User's Group

http://www.silveriafamily.com

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/




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Hi,
I believe you can swap the contents of a Emax II keyboard into a rack. I am
not aware of any significance differences beyond the obvious lack of
keyboard, the PCB's are the same part numbe in the rack and keyboard. Some
internal interconnection cables will have different lengths.

Rob
  i have 3 emaxII's a 8meg turbo keyboard, a 3 meg rack and a 2 meg rack...
  does any one knowif there is a way to swap the guts .. so ican make one of
  the racks the turbo unit ??  i do'nt like having to carry the keyboar
around
  any more.

  perhaps some one might be interested in  buying the keyboard ?? or all of
  the above ??



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Hi,
3 - All the Northstar CDROM's for the Emax II are excellent and still
available. I prefer Max 3 as it has synths on it, rather than orchestral
stuff - which I don't use in an Emax II. Max 3 has D50, PPG, SoftSynth,
TurboSynth, Mini, ARP etc. Max 1 is the one you'll want - it has strings,
woodwind etc.

Rob


  3- Northstar CD for Emax2
  Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
  In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use lot of memory.




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> 3- Northstar CD for Emax2
> Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
> In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use lot of memory.

I have the first two Northstar CDs, the pop one and the orchestral 
one. I have found them to be amongst the best of the CDs available 
and a worthwhile compliment to the E-mu factory set. The only reason 
I didn't go for the third one, the Synth collection, was because I 
have plenty of other synth sources already. I've also has access to 
most of the other libraries e.g. Greytsounds in the past so my 
thought are also based on comparison with these as well.

I'm not sure what you mean by interesting but if it helps, the sounds 
are generally excellent quality and usable. I guess there's a limit 
to how 'interesting' acoustic instruments can be but there are 
certainly some 'unusual' ethnic type instruments as well as your 
everyday strings and brass. The other thing that marks the Northstar 
library apart is the fact they try to include different playing 
styles in banks which are separate samples and not just the same 
preset on a different filter setting. Oh and the 4MB banks tend to be 
44.1 KHz, as opposed to the normal max sample rate of 39KHz and I 
believe the Emax can play them back at this rate, even if it cannot 
record. Cymbals etc certainly sound crisp.
 
On the downside, you'll find some duplication between the 1MG banks 
and the 4MB banks (i.e. same sounds but recorded at lower sampling 
rate) so the number of banks you get on a CD doesn't quite add up to 
the total number of unique sound sets if you see what I mean.

Overall though, I have no regrets about my purchase, especially at 
the current discounted price.

Hope this helps!

Steve

======= http://www.steveadam.co.uk ==============

Where can I buy these CD's?

Bob
--- steveklp <steve@...> wrote:
> 
> > 3- Northstar CD for Emax2
> > Which of the 3 CD's is very interesting ?
> > In fact, i'm search acoustic instruments which use
> lot of memory.
> 
> I have the first two Northstar CDs, the pop one and
> the orchestral 
> one. I have found them to be amongst the best of the
> CDs available 
> and a worthwhile compliment to the E-mu factory set.
> The only reason 
> I didn't go for the third one, the Synth collection,
> was because I 
> have plenty of other synth sources already. I've
> also has access to 
> most of the other libraries e.g. Greytsounds in the
> past so my 
> thought are also based on comparison with these as
> well.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by interesting but if it
> helps, the sounds 
> are generally excellent quality and usable. I guess
> there's a limit 
> to how 'interesting' acoustic instruments can be but
> there are 
> certainly some 'unusual' ethnic type instruments as
> well as your 
> everyday strings and brass. The other thing that
> marks the Northstar 
> library apart is the fact they try to include
> different playing 
> styles in banks which are separate samples and not
> just the same 
> preset on a different filter setting. Oh and the 4MB
> banks tend to be 
> 44.1 KHz, as opposed to the normal max sample rate
> of 39KHz and I 
> believe the Emax can play them back at this rate,
> even if it cannot 
> record. Cymbals etc certainly sound crisp.
>  
> On the downside, you'll find some duplication
> between the 1MG banks 
> and the 4MB banks (i.e. same sounds but recorded at
> lower sampling 
> rate) so the number of banks you get on a CD doesn't
> quite add up to 
> the total number of unique sound sets if you see
> what I mean.
> 
> Overall though, I have no regrets about my purchase,
> especially at 
> the current discounted price.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Steve
> 
> ======= http://www.steveadam.co.uk ==============
> 
> 


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