Emax

Still trying to get my emax to sample!

I'd been having problems with the machine not getting an input signal (or a very weak one.) Before shipping it off for repair I pulled each of the chips inside, dusted the board and reseated them. Not too technical, but I now have a visible signal when sampling...it seems to have worked. 

When sampling I can however only see the signal in the vu mode...I can't heard anything. Should I be able to hear the audio passing from my turntable, through the emax, prior to sampling? I can only hear the signal after I've sampled, which obviously makes picking an exact spot on the record to sample a bit tricky! 

Not sure if there is a setting I've disabled, if this is yet another problem with my board, or something else.

 Any insight, as always, is appreciated greatly.

Joel

Off the top of my head, I don't think the Emax has 'audio monitor' when 
sampling. You'll need to monitor separately AFAIAA. Did you check the 
manual? Just rewiring the studio ATM so can't check with mine right now 
- up to my eyeballs in bantam patchbays!

Congrats on getting the audio in working though!

On 30/12/2011 19:20, jdchevallier wrote:
> Still trying to get my emax to sample!
>
> I'd been having problems with the machine not getting an input signal (or a very weak one.) Before shipping it off for repair I pulled each of the chips inside, dusted the board and reseated them. Not too technical, but I now have a visible signal when sampling...it seems to have worked.
>
> When sampling I can however only see the signal in the vu mode...I can't heard anything. Should I be able to hear the audio passing from my turntable, through the emax, prior to sampling? I can only hear the signal after I've sampled, which obviously makes picking an exact spot on the record to sample a bit tricky!
>
> Not sure if there is a setting I've disabled, if this is yet another problem with my board, or something else.
>
>   Any insight, as always, is appreciated greatly.
>
> Joel
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Emax and Emax II User's Group Website
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> http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links
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>

I think there is no monitoring on an emax, unless I don't know the setting.  I generally get around this by recording my sample in soundforge and then playing it back to the emax so I can trim it to exactly what I want.  



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 From: Nik Kinloch <nikkinloch@gmail.com>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Emax audio thru?
 

  
Off the top of my head, I don't think the Emax has 'audio monitor' when 
sampling. You'll need to monitor separately AFAIAA. Did you check the 
manual? Just rewiring the studio ATM so can't check with mine right now 
- up to my eyeballs in bantam patchbays!

Congrats on getting the audio in working though!

On 30/12/2011 19:20, jdchevallier wrote:
> Still trying to get my emax to sample!
>
> I'd been having problems with the machine not getting an input signal (or a very weak one.) Before shipping it off for repair I pulled each of the chips inside, dusted the board and reseated them. Not too technical, but I now have a visible signal when sampling...it seems to have worked.
>
> When sampling I can however only see the signal in the vu mode...I can't heard anything. Should I be able to hear the audio passing from my turntable, through the emax, prior to sampling? I can only hear the signal after I've sampled, which obviously makes picking an exact spot on the record to sample a bit tricky!
>
> Not sure if there is a setting I've disabled, if this is yet another problem with my board, or something else.
>
>   Any insight, as always, is appreciated greatly.
>
> Joel
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Emax and Emax II User's Group Website
>
> http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>


 

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I haven't had my Emax 2 for long, but when I was sampling my CZ with it,
what ever was coming in the Emax was getting out by it's output. I could be
different with an Emax 1.



On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Chase Smith <plus_321@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I think there is no monitoring on an emax, unless I don't know the
> setting.  I generally get around this by recording my sample in soundforge
> and then playing it back to the emax so I can trim it to exactly what I
> want.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nik Kinloch <nikkinloch@...>
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Emax audio thru?
>
>
>
>
> Off the top of my head, I don't think the Emax has 'audio monitor' when
> sampling. You'll need to monitor separately AFAIAA. Did you check the
> manual? Just rewiring the studio ATM so can't check with mine right now
> - up to my eyeballs in bantam patchbays!
>
> Congrats on getting the audio in working though!
>
> On 30/12/2011 19:20, jdchevallier wrote:
> > Still trying to get my emax to sample!
> >
> > I'd been having problems with the machine not getting an input signal
> (or a very weak one.) Before shipping it off for repair I pulled each of
> the chips inside, dusted the board and reseated them. Not too technical,
> but I now have a visible signal when sampling...it seems to have worked.
> >
> > When sampling I can however only see the signal in the vu mode...I can't
> heard anything. Should I be able to hear the audio passing from my
> turntable, through the emax, prior to sampling? I can only hear the signal
> after I've sampled, which obviously makes picking an exact spot on the
> record to sample a bit tricky!
> >
> > Not sure if there is a setting I've disabled, if this is yet another
> problem with my board, or something else.
> >
> > Any insight, as always, is appreciated greatly.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Emax and Emax II User's Group Website
> >
> > http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>  
>


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You are putting this through a phono pre-amp first, right?
because otherwise the turntable signal output (unless it is a newer table
with a line level out) would be way too low...


On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:20 AM, jdchevallier <joel.chevallier@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Still trying to get my emax to sample!
>
> I'd been having problems with the machine not getting an input signal (or
> a very weak one.) Before shipping it off for repair I pulled each of the
> chips inside, dusted the board and reseated them. Not too technical, but I
> now have a visible signal when sampling...it seems to have worked.
>
> When sampling I can however only see the signal in the vu mode...I can't
> heard anything. Should I be able to hear the audio passing from my
> turntable, through the emax, prior to sampling? I can only hear the signal
> after I've sampled, which obviously makes picking an exact spot on the
> record to sample a bit tricky!
>
> Not sure if there is a setting I've disabled, if this is yet another
> problem with my board, or something else.
>
> Any insight, as always, is appreciated greatly.
>
> Joel
>
>  
>


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The Emax I definitely does not monitor sample input. It states this clearly in the manual. Use an fx send bus on your mixer or something else to monitor the signal when sampling.

FYI,
Dave

On Dec 30, 2011, at 13:10, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:

> You are putting this through a phono pre-amp first, right?
> because otherwise the turntable signal output (unless it is a newer table
> with a line level out) would be way too low...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:20 AM, jdchevallier <joel.chevallier@...>wrote:
> 
>> **
>> 
>> 
>> Still trying to get my emax to sample!
>> 
>> I'd been having problems with the machine not getting an input signal (or
>> a very weak one.) Before shipping it off for repair I pulled each of the
>> chips inside, dusted the board and reseated them. Not too technical, but I
>> now have a visible signal when sampling...it seems to have worked.
>> 
>> When sampling I can however only see the signal in the vu mode...I can't
>> heard anything. Should I be able to hear the audio passing from my
>> turntable, through the emax, prior to sampling? I can only hear the signal
>> after I've sampled, which obviously makes picking an exact spot on the
>> record to sample a bit tricky!
>> 
>> Not sure if there is a setting I've disabled, if this is yet another
>> problem with my board, or something else.
>> 
>> Any insight, as always, is appreciated greatly.
>> 
>> Joel
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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