Emax

>>That's odd. The Emax II rack has the mounting hardware built in. I
find 
	>>it unusual that the keyboard doesn't have it as well, unles you
got 
	>>yours used and the previous owner removed it. It should be a brass

	>>colored plate attached to 4 mounts with screws. You remove it,
attach 
	>>the drive to it and then place it back on the mounts and screw it
in. (I 
	>>think that's right) can you atleast find the 4 screw mounts?

My Emax II keyboard is the model that didn't come with an internal hard
drive, and there is no mounting hardware inside.  I do see the four screw
mounts. I did buy it used, but it was very factory original and I doubt the
former owner opened it up at all...

As for an external drive - I already have a CD-ROM in an external case
connected up to my Emax II, and would rather not deal with any more external
units.  I prefer to have the main drive internal.

	Heavy duty self stick velcro is a good option!  I might try that.

	Thanks!

	Todd LeValley
	todd.levalley@...






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>  Heavy duty self stick velcro is a good option!  I might try that.

Just a thought, but I don't know much about Velcro. Won't the head 
from the unit cause the glue to melt? 

Why not call E-mu. SInf the mounts are already there perhaps they 
can send you the plate and screws.



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Hi everyone

I can't believe I've gone so long without realising this list was here! I've
been a dedicated Emax user since I got one the last new keyboards back in
1993 - still my only sampler and I've no intention of giving up on it yet.
Nice to see there's still some other people who share my devotion.

Can I kick off with a few questions? Firstly, I've started using it to play
live and I've been looking for a decent carrying bag for it but since the
Emax isn't really standard size I'm having some trouble! Can anyone
recommend somewhere? It would need to be somewhere that would mail order to
the UK.

Secondly, I've just discovered that I can transfer .WAVs into it via MIDI at
44 KHz using Sound Forge. Again, something I've been living in blissful
ignorance of for some time! Anyway, I just wanted to check that they get
played back at 44KHz too (I know the max sample rate is 39 but I'm sure I
read somewhere that this is only a limitation on the way in via the on board
sampling). I don't plan to go overboard with this as it takes a bit longer
than I'm used to - but it seems like a good idea for things like high hats
and so on, unless anyone can give a good reason why not!

Steve

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

I had a hard drive added to my keyboard after I bought it and it looks like
the guy who fitted it used a custom metal plate with the holes drilled in
the right places. It certainly wasn't brass and it wasn't there before (and
I bought my Emax from new).

But, after a while I tried replacing it with a plastic one to try and reduce
the earth loop hum I had been getting. I used a 5mm thick sheet of plastic
card which you can get at most model shops and cut / made the holes with a
regular craft knife. It cost pennies, took less than ten minutes to make and
it got rid of the hum too!

Steve

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LeValley, R. Todd (NBC) [mailto:todd.levalley@...]
> Sent: 20 November 2000 18:08
> To: 'emax@egroups.com'
> Subject: [emax] Drive Mounting
>
>
> 	>>That's odd. The Emax II rack has the mounting hardware built in. I
> find
> 	>>it unusual that the keyboard doesn't have it as well, unles you
> got
> 	>>yours used and the previous owner removed it. It should be a brass
>
> 	>>colored plate attached to 4 mounts with screws. You remove it,
> attach
> 	>>the drive to it and then place it back on the mounts and screw it
> in. (I
> 	>>think that's right) can you atleast find the 4 screw mounts?
>
> My Emax II keyboard is the model that didn't come with an internal hard
> drive, and there is no mounting hardware inside.  I do see the four screw
> mounts. I did buy it used, but it was very factory original and I
> doubt the
> former owner opened it up at all...
>
> As for an external drive - I already have a CD-ROM in an external case
> connected up to my Emax II, and would rather not deal with any
> more external
> units.  I prefer to have the main drive internal.
>
> 	Heavy duty self stick velcro is a good option!  I might try that.
>
> 	Thanks!
>
> 	Todd LeValley
> 	todd.levalley@...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 	Because e-mail can be altered electronically,
> 	the integrity of this communication cannot be guaranteed.
>
>
> Emax and Emax II User's Group
>
http://www.silveriafamily.com

> Can I kick off with a few questions? Firstly, I've started using it to
> play live and I've been looking for a decent carrying bag for it but since
> the Emax isn't really standard size I'm having some trouble! Can anyone
> recommend somewhere? It would need to be somewhere that would mail order
> to the UK.

I can't help you with that. I can suggest you invest onto a flight case 
though. The internal hard drives don't like to be jostled so a nice 
padded flight case (like Anvil) would be your safest (and most 
expensive, I know) route to go. Those are usually made to match 
specific dimentions.

> Secondly, I've just discovered that I can transfer .WAVs into it via MIDI
> at 44 KHz using Sound Forge. Again, something I've been living in blissful
> ignorance of for some time! Anyway, I just wanted to check that they get
> played back at 44KHz too (I know the max sample rate is 39 but I'm sure I
> read somewhere that this is only a limitation on the way in via the on
> board sampling). I don't plan to go overboard with this as it takes a bit
> longer than I'm used to - but it seems like a good idea for things like
> high hats and so on, unless anyone can give a good reason why not!

Actually, if I remember correctly, they don't get played back as 
44.1kHz rather the extra bits get stripped off and they are actually 
played back as 39kHz. The reason for the 44.1kHz feature was to 
make the Emax II compatible with the samples E-mu created for the 
EIII. It was easier to have the Emax II accept the E3 generated 
44.1kHz samples, than to resample/or convert them to 39kHz first. 

The Emax II library is mainly compromised of the EIII library tweaked 
within the limits of the Emax II. You'll notice a lot of 44.1 samples if 
you get a Emax II factory CD-Rom. Especially on the CD-Roms that 
are filled with presets named exactly as they are on the EIII CD-Roms.






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It shouldn't get that hot...double sided sticky foam would work too...

Bob

John Joseph Silveria II wrote:

> >  Heavy duty self stick velcro is a good option!  I might try that.
>
> Just a thought, but I don't know much about Velcro. Won't the head
> from the unit cause the glue to melt?
>
> Why not call E-mu. SInf the mounts are already there perhaps they
> can send you the plate and screws.
>
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--- In emax@egroups.com, "John Joseph Silveria II" <emaxjs@h...> 
wrote:
> I can't help you with that. I can suggest you invest onto a flight 
case 
> though. The internal hard drives don't like to be jostled so a nice 
> padded flight case (like Anvil) would be your safest (and most 
> expensive, I know) route to go. Those are usually made to match 
> specific dimentions.

I suspect you might be right about going for a full hard case - I was 
shying away from it not so much through cost but more because I'm not 
sure I have anywhere to store it! But I guess it could fit under the 
bed so I'll look into it..

> Actually, if I remember correctly, they don't get played back as 
> 44.1kHz rather the extra bits get stripped off and they are 
actually 
> played back as 39kHz. The reason for the 44.1kHz feature was to 
> make the Emax II compatible with the samples E-mu created for the 
> EIII. It was easier to have the Emax II accept the E3 generated 
> 44.1kHz samples, than to resample/or convert them to 39kHz first. 

That's a shame! I guess then there's probably not much to be gained 
from the SDS facility unless you have a really troublesome loop and 
need to see the waveform on screen...

I suppose you could also load samples from other manufacturers 
librarys... the latest Akai's use .WAVs I believe. But again, the 
amount of time and effort involved might make this impractical. Has 
anyone ever tried it?

S

> That's a shame! I guess then there's probably not much to be gained 
> from the SDS facility unless you have a really troublesome loop and 
> need to see the waveform on screen...
> 
> I suppose you could also load samples from other manufacturers 
> librarys... the latest Akai's use .WAVs I believe. But again, the 
> amount of time and effort involved might make this impractical. Has 
> anyone ever tried it?

I use SDS all the time. Using a sample editor like Sound Forge is a 
great way to manipluate samples in ways that just aren't possible with 
the Emax.... like adding effects (distortion, reverb, flanging) and 
normalizing also I take loops slice them up with Recycle and use SDS 
to send them back because Recycle only supports my ESI-32 which I 
don't use for drums.

The thing about SDS is that with the right software it allows you to 
send any type of sound file. Sound Forge can oped just about anything 
(AIFF, WAV, SMP, MP3 etc) and from there if you resample it into a 
format the Emax can use (44.1, 39 etc) and 16 bit ypu can then send it 
into the Emax. Making just about any sound out there a viable sample 
option.



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Or you could get a rack mount version for the road...

Bob

Steve Adam wrote:

> --- In emax@egroups.com, "John Joseph Silveria II" <emaxjs@h...>
> wrote:
> > I can't help you with that. I can suggest you invest onto a flight
> case
> > though. The internal hard drives don't like to be jostled so a nice
> > padded flight case (like Anvil) would be your safest (and most
> > expensive, I know) route to go. Those are usually made to match
> > specific dimentions.
>
> I suspect you might be right about going for a full hard case - I was
> shying away from it not so much through cost but more because I'm not
> sure I have anywhere to store it! But I guess it could fit under the
> bed so I'll look into it..
>
> > Actually, if I remember correctly, they don't get played back as
> > 44.1kHz rather the extra bits get stripped off and they are
> actually
> > played back as 39kHz. The reason for the 44.1kHz feature was to
> > make the Emax II compatible with the samples E-mu created for the
> > EIII. It was easier to have the Emax II accept the E3 generated
> > 44.1kHz samples, than to resample/or convert them to 39kHz first.
>
> That's a shame! I guess then there's probably not much to be gained
> from the SDS facility unless you have a really troublesome loop and
> need to see the waveform on screen...
>
> I suppose you could also load samples from other manufacturers
> librarys... the latest Akai's use .WAVs I believe. But again, the
> amount of time and effort involved might make this impractical. Has
> anyone ever tried it?
>
> S
>
>
> Emax and Emax II User's Group
>
> http://www.silveriafamily.com

FYI...
I've managed to get distortion ( not always on purpose with my emax).
Also layering the same sample offset by a few cents will give you flange,
chorus, reverb type effects. There's always outboard effects modules too.

Bob



John Joseph Silveria II wrote:

> > That's a shame! I guess then there's probably not much to be gained
> > from the SDS facility unless you have a really troublesome loop and
> > need to see the waveform on screen...
> >
> > I suppose you could also load samples from other manufacturers
> > librarys... the latest Akai's use .WAVs I believe. But again, the
> > amount of time and effort involved might make this impractical. Has
> > anyone ever tried it?
>
> I use SDS all the time. Using a sample editor like Sound Forge is a
> great way to manipluate samples in ways that just aren't possible with
> the Emax.... like adding effects (distortion, reverb, flanging) and
> normalizing also I take loops slice them up with Recycle and use SDS
> to send them back because Recycle only supports my ESI-32 which I
> don't use for drums.
>
> The thing about SDS is that with the right software it allows you to
> send any type of sound file. Sound Forge can oped just about anything
> (AIFF, WAV, SMP, MP3 etc) and from there if you resample it into a
> format the Emax can use (44.1, 39 etc) and 16 bit ypu can then send it
> into the Emax. Making just about any sound out there a viable sample
> option.
>
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