Emax

Hi and welcome.
I think you are better od\f trying to fix the drive. I have an Emax SE rack
that had a flakey drive in it. I replaced the drive and it works great. Of
course the actual mileage may vary.

--Ed
At 04:21 PM 5/22/00 -0700, you wrote:
>    Roger that. Speaking of the memory install  disk, I  don't suppose
>anyone on the list has a disk they could copy and send me? I'll pay for it..
>That'll save me the trouble of dealing with Emu (they're a bit slow
>responding to email).. :)
>    The problem with the board being sold as parts is the disk drive..
>Something (the owner can't figure out what) is wrong with it, he constantly
>gets "disk errors"..  I might even be able to replace his disk drive with
>mine and just use his emax.. ?
>    The Erase Voice command didn't work..  It doesn't clear out the sample
>from memory. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? What does work for me is
>loading  an individual preset instead of an entire bank. That way it only
>loads the samples needed for that one preset and that saves some space..
>
>-- Michael
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Joseph Silveria II
>To: emax@egroups.com
>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 3:18 PM
>Subject: Re: [emax] Freeing Sample Memory and Other Stuff. :)
>
>
>> I've decided to risk getting the 8meg ram board and stereo chips from a
>> guy who is selling his EmaxII Turbo for parts.. Anyone have any
>> suggestions for me?
>
>Make sure you get a Memory Install Disk from E-mu. The Emax must
>be reprogrammed to accept new memory.
>
>> I figure if I've got the two boards side by side for comparison, I can
>> figure out how to install it myself.
>
>As you know this makes me very uneasy. I'm not sure you'll be able to
>tell which chips have been replaced. What exactly is wrong with the
>one being sold as parts?
>
>> Also, can someone direct me on how I would delete a sample from memory,
>> thusly freeing up RAM?
>
>Use Erase Voice is Preset Management (??) On the Emax II a "Voice"
>actually means "sample" The Emax does not store "samples" as
>standalone objections like newer samplers do. Any Digital Effects you
>perform on the "sample" will effect in all Presets it appears in.
>
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