Re: Just joined the group and considering buying a E-II...
2010-01-29 by jmp701
Nice one ! Looks like a steal at that price. Keys are easy to clean but not sure about sourcing replacements. Regarding 5.25 drives. These are reported to be
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2010-01-29 by jmp701
Nice one ! Looks like a steal at that price. Keys are easy to clean but not sure about sourcing replacements. Regarding 5.25 drives. These are reported to be
2010-01-29 by WT
Hehe. WT ... From: Gil To: Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:11 PM Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Just
2010-01-29 by Gil
Thanks ! OK so I opened it up, took a few connectors out and in - and viola ! it works !! I could load and play a few disks so far. I found 3 keys which
2010-01-29 by hexafuzz
... Just to further clarify what has already been said: When powered on with a latched disk in either drive, the E-II should boot on its own. Top or bottom
2010-01-29 by elmbeatz
130$ ?!?!?!?! inc. 500 disks ?!?!?! You re a lucky guy! INCREDIBLE!!!
2010-01-29 by Kenneth Abildgaard
Man .. Good luck. I hope and expect you ll get her back to life soon :-) Best; Kenneth 12bit.com ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2010-01-29 by Gil
It s here ! 130$. Including the disks (about 500 I guess...) Now we need to get it work :)
2010-01-28 by elmbeatz
Cool. 250 bucks is a steal. How many disks come with it?
2010-01-28 by Gil
I will buy the machine as is including the huge sample library tonight, for restoration. Will then check all that is needed. Pics soon ;)
2010-01-28 by elmbeatz
As I said - Normal booting is simple as it can get: Insert disk in the upper drive. Switch on the EII. The disk drive should then click and make the usual
2010-01-28 by ditabeardmemo
I have an Emulator II+ HD (an original 5.25 floppy drive in the top bay, and a hard drive in the bottom bay) that boots directly from the hard disk. But if I
2010-01-28 by Gil
What is the regular boot procedure ? When we turn the power on we get the Boot in Progress message. We then insert a floppy to the upper drive, close the
2010-01-27 by elmbeatz
Hmm... Well, it s pretty likely that the disks you have are performance disks, which is good (and usual). I have never used nor seen any library disks.
2010-01-25 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Thanks ;)
2010-01-25 by Gil
OK OK. I just need to know how to make it sound... even if it s a single sample. I can t get it play. Whenever we put a diskette in, the drive LEDs doesn t
2010-01-25 by elmbeatz
... this is why I see it more as a collector s item rather than a workstation.
2010-01-25 by elmbeatz
... No. This is beyond dumb. Good Luck.
2010-01-24 by Rish
Yes...and no. I will have a HD version as well as the standard Ell, it will not be $60.00 as EPR was charging. It will be pre cut so you can simply drop it
2010-01-24 by Gil
Yep I know about the hassle involved with having the machine used, this is why I see it more as a collector s item rather than a workstation. I had amazing
2010-01-24 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Richard, so, will you redesign front panel by yourself? Are you going to make totally the same with original? Is it only for EII+HD or EII also? For that
2010-01-23 by Rish
Looks like they had it for a blowout price, well Im not sure I can do it that cheap..but mine wont be $60.00 either. I am working on these stickers now so keep
2010-01-23 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Richard, right, I mean that sticker. http://www.eprelectronics.com/store/html/Products/E-mu-Keyboards-PARTS/E-mu-Emulator-2-EII/Label-front-panel-EII-60.html
2010-01-23 by Brandt R. Gassman
I agree with Elmbeatz regarding the similarities between the Emulator II and the Emax series. If you thought the workflow on the Emax was sluggish, you are not
2010-01-23 by Brandt R. Gassman
You always need to boot an Emulator II from a disk, unless you own an Emulator II+ HD with a working hard drive. In that case, the OS is stored on the hard
2010-01-23 by Gil
Which type of disk ? just about any of the sample diskettes will do ? only performance diskettes ? And - do you always need a performance diskette placed in on
2010-01-22 by Rish
Are you talking about the sticker that sits under the buttons with all the printing on it? I was wondering how many people would be interested in a new one as
2010-01-22 by elmbeatz
?! The Emax II should have a lot more Sampling time than the EII for sure... Also, the EII menus (and workflow) are pretty much the same as on Emaxes. A bit
2010-01-22 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Hi all, I m restoring my EII with new painting. And I thought, Oh good, EPR electronics has new one just for 19.95 why not to buy it. ... And remove my old
2010-01-21 by pj_goth
Just need one performace diskette and the software is already inside it! why the owner don t remember how to boot the samples? it s the first thing to do...you
2010-01-21 by Gil
Hi all ! I ve been in the synth business for many many years, and owned quite a few analogs and samplers, but I always looked for that amazingly sounding
2010-01-05 by Mike Borish
Where are you located? I m in Chicago. -Mike 312-363-7286 ... From: lhope_99 Subject: [emulatorII-list] Power Supply Repair or Replacement
2009-12-31 by Per Broberg
Hi Just wanted to let you know I join the masses in saluting your work! This sounds really great! /PBIT ________________________________ From: Brian Ronn
2009-12-31 by Brian Ronn
Hi E-Synthesist Wauv, I think it s really great news that you ve succeded transfering banks between the PC and the Emax/EII. I ve followed your thread with
2009-12-31 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Hey guys, I m near you - serial #59 :)
2009-12-30 by ajwills1972
This Emulator II Windows PC interface sounds great. Good job! Very keen to use this - I ve recently bought an EII+. Looking forward to hearing more...
2009-12-29 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Sorry guys, I tried search and sent joining request to DPX1 group. sorry didn t want to spam here.
2009-12-29 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Hi All, last month I became the owner of E2 and DPX1 simultaneously ) ANd now I m working on updating these synths. My question is about DPX1 FW and bin files
2009-12-28 by Per Broberg
Hi all I m new to the wonderful world of EII but longtime Emax and ESi-user - as well as DSS-1, DPX-1 and S1000. Anyway I ve found that the use of
2009-12-27 by lhope_99
Hi everyone. I just got my first Emulator. It s a EII +HD in non-working condition. I took the unit apart and the Molex connector on the power supply is
2009-12-24 by Damir Rogina
realy big step for EII users :) keep up good work guys.... and merry christmas to everybody Damir Synthetic Arts Studio phone: 00 385 95 91 21 772
2009-12-24 by WT
Absolutely smashing news ! A USB-storage device would be supercool. I recently bought the strangely named Ultrasatan for my Atari and believe me, once
2009-12-24 by Kenneth Abildgaard
Wow !! Great news !! I can t wait to try this out myself !! Merry Christmas to all on this list. KennethA 12bit.con ... [Non-text portions of this message have
2009-12-24 by esynthesist
Perhaps some of you may know already that the RS422 project has made a big step forward last week. Based on a prototype device created by Julian from the Yahoo
2009-12-23 by Cristea Eusebiu
Hi EII group, Since july 2007 when I bought it , just checked if everything is ok with it and then no time to use it at all. It was a dream. I loved DM and
2009-12-20 by Cristea Eusebiu
Hi Esynthesist, Many- many thanks for help ! Whenever needed my help, do not hesitate, thank you, the best regards, Mike, Oslo, Norway. ... From: esynthesist
2009-12-20 by esynthesist
EMXP is a Windows XP/Vista software tool for vintage Emu samplers. One of its functions is translation to/from SoundFont2. You can download it here:
2009-12-20 by Cristea Eusebiu
Hi Esynthesist, first thank you for the answer. But being quite new in this kind of things , maybe sound stupi to you,but ...I really do not now what IS
2009-12-20 by esynthesist
You could convert the EII banks to SoundFont2 format with EMXP and load these SF2 files in a SF VSTi on your Neko.
2009-12-20 by pcoxe2002
Hi, Interested in the possibility of using some of the EII banks converted as VSTi. I own an EII+HD and an Open Labs Neko. They look cool together. But I just
2009-12-19 by hexafuzz
... Good idea E-Synth. I cant take credit though, that excellent FileTyper fix was devised by ingsoc_1979. BTW: Happy Holidays to everyone on the list!