EmulatorII-list

I had an idea of finding a dead EII and gutting it.  Placing a small LCD where the drives were and replacing the inerds with a good PC MB and an Emulator X sound card or a 8 output I/O audio interface like Maudio fast track ultra 8r.  Some case modiing a couple solid state drives and mount a keybord and track pad on the top right of the case and you have a way cool workstation.  

Yes obviously I get obsessed with Emus as well.  I still regret selling my emax hd plus 10 yrs ago.  If I get another it will never be sold!

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jRB
Have a loverly whatever....

On Sep 14, 2011, at 4:40 PM, "trickstar303" <trickstar303@...> wrote:

> Agreed! Let's all focus on what's important: The Music! :-)
> 
> I spent in the past years soooo much time discussing, researching synths and other equipment etc, literally splitting hairs, for example when I bought a Prophet 5...what version to buy? A Rev. 2 or 3? I ended up getting a Rev.2 because it supposedly sounded better. Waste of time! You'd never be able to hear the difference between those 2 in a mix. Same applies to an EII and an Emax I! Period. I'm done with that kind of nonsense. :-)
> 
> cheers
> George
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have been biting my lip on this topic also. I know better now not to say
> > anything on this kind of stuff.
> > Why not just focus all your time and energy on making music with your Emu's
> > rather than this constant mad scientist science project
> > stuff with these old machines. I am done doing all that. Now it's time to
> > make a ton of trax with all this cool Emu stuff I have collected and
> > serviced. The best advice you're going to get is once you have a machine
> > that works right... Just make music with it.
> > I think most people, like myself at times, forget about that part and lose
> > their focus. Little mods here and there is ok.
> > But cloning it or re-engineering the whole entire thing is totally mental.
> > You'll waste your time and money.
> > 
> > Make a track today with your EII if you have all this time and energy to
> > burn. :)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:43 AM, trickstar303 <trickstar303@...>wrote:
> > 
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, I hate to be THAT guy and dont mean to be a buzz killer, but why
> > > don't you simply keep your EII if you like the sound so much and save
> > > yourself all the trouble of rebuilding/clone it?! That project is going to
> > > cost you TONS of time and money and good luck finding all the ICs. I mean
> > > seriously, if you weigh up cost and time for that project against what
> > > you're gonna get for your EII, it makes no sense. Unless you have tons of
> > > spare time to kill and commercial ambitions to sell it as a mass produced
> > > viable EII replacement. But even then, I don't think the vintage sampler
> > > lover's market is large enough to justify it. Just my 2 cents...
> > >
> > > The Emax I would probably be as close as you can get to the EII if you
> > > decided to sell and looking for a cheaper alternative.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > > George
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Adrien" <ad9@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Please, as i never played an emax … could someone tell me some feedbacks
> > > on
> > > > this one, compared to an EMU II ? good ? not as good ?
> > > >
> > > > If a rack version of I don't know which version of the emax will be the
> > > same
> > > > as having a real emulator II, I could go for it. Is it the same magic
> > > when
> > > > you sample something with an emax ?
> > > >
> > > > I read that it uses an E-Chip , ( no SSM 2045 inside, right ? ) and the
> > > emax
> > > > was supposed to emulate the emulator II. Is it right ? is it good ? ; )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Adrien
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ps, I've listed all the chips of the emulator II, and I'd be totaly crazy
> > > if
> > > > I would continue this project to clone the emu II !!! lol
> > > >
> > > > The best would be to be able to transform a dpx-1 into a controllable
> > > > sampler but … I would be crazy too.
> > > >
> > > > Several of each in the emu II as you know :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 74LS00
> > > >
> > > > 74LS04
> > > >
> > > > 74LS08
> > > >
> > > > 74LS10
> > > >
> > > > 74LS11
> > > >
> > > > 74LS14
> > > >
> > > > 74LS20
> > > >
> > > > 74LS32
> > > >
> > > > 74LS42
> > > >
> > > > 74LS54
> > > >
> > > > 74LS74
> > > >
> > > > 74LS86
> > > >
> > > > 74LS92
> > > >
> > > > 74LS112
> > > >
> > > > 74LS138
> > > >
> > > > 74LE164
> > > >
> > > > 74LS174
> > > >
> > > > 74LS221
> > > >
> > > > 74LS244
> > > >
> > > > 74LS273
> > > >
> > > > 74LS374
> > > >
> > > > 74LS393
> > > >
> > > > 74LS670
> > > >
> > > > 74C244
> > > >
> > > > 74S00
> > > >
> > > > 74S37
> > > >
> > > > 74S74
> > > >
> > > > 74S112
> > > >
> > > > 74S138
> > > >
> > > > 74S174
> > > >
> > > > 74S175
> > > >
> > > > 74S181
> > > >
> > > > 74S240
> > > >
> > > > 74S244
> > > >
> > > > 74S283
> > > >
> > > > 74S374
> > > >
> > > > 74S472
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT04
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT08
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT11
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT32
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT74
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT86
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT138
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT151
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT174
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT244
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT273
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT374
> > > >
> > > > 74HCT393
> > > >
> > > > ADC0809
> > > >
> > > > AD7524J
> > > >
> > > > Z80APIO
> > > >
> > > > Z80ADMA
> > > >
> > > > Z80ACPU
> > > >
> > > > Z80ACTC
> > > >
> > > > Z80ASIO2
> > > >
> > > > 1302
> > > >
> > > > 1488
> > > >
> > > > 1489
> > > >
> > > > 3202
> > > >
> > > > 4164
> > > >
> > > > 4764
> > > >
> > > > 7407
> > > >
> > > > 7408
> > > >
> > > > 9128
> > > >
> > > > 4051B
> > > >
> > > > 4070B
> > > >
> > > > 6072
> > > >
> > > > 2149H-3
> > > >
> > > > 2764-3
> > > >
> > > > 8254-2
> > > >
> > > > 14559B
> > > >
> > > > SCN2651
> > > >
> > > > TL084
> > > >
> > > > DG202
> > > >
> > > > S3528
> > > >
> > > > LF311
> > > >
> > > > LF356
> > > >
> > > > MC34004P
> > > >
> > > > SSM2045
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _____
> > > >
> > > > De : emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> > > > [mailto:emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com] De la part de WT
> > > > Envoyé : lundi 12 septembre 2011 08:45
> > > > À : emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Objet : Re: [emulatorII-list] Cloning an emulator II ..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Oberheim DPX-1 ?
> > > >
> > > > WT
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "adrien" <ad9@ <mailto:ad9%40free.fr> >
> > > > To: <emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> > > > <mailto:emulatorII-list%40yahoogroups.com> >
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 8:43 AM
> > > > Subject: [emulatorII-list] Cloning an emulator II ..
> > > >
> > > > > Hello ! Well this might make you laugh but i woke up thiniking about
> > > this.
> > > >
> > > > > I'm selling my emu II, but i started to think at what i'll loose
> > > > > differently now. And the best would be to clone it, like for the guitar
> > >
> > > > > effects. But for those who know the emu inside,what do you think ? Are
> > > > > there some equivalent chips ? I could reproduce the circuits, the
> > > boards,
> > > > > and have something like a rack version, With a modern power supply,
> > > simply
> > > >
> > > > > communicating with a built in emuser and a pc, or a mac with sound
> > > > > designer.
> > > > > But if some parts of the circuit are completely impossible to find or
> > > to
> > > > > replace, i have to forget it. Can we work on this, please ?
> > > > > Thanks !
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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