Re: EII repair and mod
2008-01-28 by hoschi1103
Such are things you shouldn t do. In fact, if you take out the board, the selftest would fail, nothing else happens.
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2008-01-28 by hoschi1103
Such are things you shouldn t do. In fact, if you take out the board, the selftest would fail, nothing else happens.
2008-01-28 by elmbeatz
I wouldn t do it... I m also pretty sure that it s the piggyback ram board.
2008-01-28 by wintermute0815
Thanks Hoschi, so I should be able to test this by pulling the option board, right? The EII should then have a total of 256kB of RAM, is that correct?
2008-01-28 by saerling
Hi guys. I know this is not EII related but Emax related but maybe someone in here can help me out. I am trying to fix this old Emax SE Plus sampler I just
2008-01-27 by Rudi
word! i m using also emax, EII, EIII and can agree in all points :-) Have fun with your machines! ... Emax. I ... the ... 2x ... play
2008-01-25 by hoschi1103
Welcome! If you mean the board in the lower right corner, it s the piggypack RAM of earlier models. As you only have RS-232 I suppose that s what you have. As
2008-01-25 by wintermute0815
Hi, thanks for the infos :) I found a photo of the mac board in the photos section. It gives me an impression how to accomplish the mod. Since I am very lazy
2008-01-25 by Kenneth Abildgaard
Hi – and welcome J The RAM expansion is what makes an EII an EII+. It gives you two banks of 512kb sampling instead of one. It does NOT allow you to sample a
2008-01-25 by hexafuzz
... Accessing the second bank on 1mb E-II+ models is accomplished by entering double zeros (00). ... Check the group photo and file section technical folders.
2008-01-25 by wintermute0815
Hi, I m new to this group and I just bought a damaged EII on ebay. I managed to fix it by cleaning the head of the 5.25 floppy with q- tips and ethyl alcohol.
2008-01-24 by elmbeatz
By the way: The method of unplugging and replugging cables applies to many parts that seem to have failures. Even pushing on its chips can solve various
2008-01-24 by hexafuzz
... Glad I could help! Happy Emulating. :)
2008-01-24 by newmanscun
... Just wanted to thank you. Cleaning out the drive as you suggested got the ole dog working. Thanks a million.
2008-01-23 by elmbeatz
Yeah that s right. I think all of us share that excitement. Kind of funny - there seem to be a lot of people that made their Lifetime wish for the EII come
2008-01-23 by Kenneth Abildgaard
I have always wanted an Emulator II. At least ever since I saw it in a shop in 1985-86 here in Denmark. I ve had numerous samples over the years and still have
2008-01-23 by Kenneth Abildgaard
Hi E-Synthesist. Thanks a million for your help. I had been around MacDisk before trying to make it work but I had totally missed the Signature Editor part.
2008-01-23 by hexafuzz
... I have seen old drives come back to life after the cables and connections (power and data) were cleaned (DeoxIT) & reseated, and the drive was cleaned out
2008-01-23 by newmanscun
Thanks for your input Dan but sad to say I have the older E2 that only has a single 5 1/4 floppy drive. Any other suggestions from anyone?
2008-01-23 by tnb09061974
... Hello from Germany & BEFORE you buy an expensive floppy drive from Route66 Studios ... you should know something. 1. It´s very hard to find an working 5
2008-01-23 by newmanscun
O.K. I m new to all this so please pardon my ignorance and here goes. I purchased an Emulator 2 yesterday(single floppy drive) with the knowledge that the
2008-01-22 by Acelera
I have the WEG Strings on one of my countless EII floppies - it is indeed the Marcato Strings disk. I reckon the choir is from either the Fairlight CMI III or
2008-01-22 by esynthesist
There are probably multiple ways to solve this problem. If you want to solve it in a PC way instead of a native Mac way, here s a hint: I only use my Mac
2008-01-22 by Kenneth Abildgaard
Hi guys. I am pretty new to all this (not to computers and samplers, but to an Emulator II+ running on a Macintosh Classic that is J) and I have a question
2008-01-22 by Sean Wolcott
Hi Dan The PSB West End Girls string sound is most definitely the EMU Marcatto Strings disk, and so are the horns on that track too. So, I can only assume
2008-01-22 by elmbeatz
Be sure that it was an EII. There are lots of choir sounds and voices in the E-Mu Factory library and in the OMI Library. Greetz, Elm.
2008-01-21 by Dan Litwin
Does anyone know what was used to make choir sounds in: Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Wondered
2008-01-20 by Sean Wolcott
Emu2ers, I have a hand-written labeled floppy for my Emu that just says Best Synths it has a program on it that is 04 Chorus Pad and it sounds completely
2008-01-19 by Michael Hilario
Cool man. It was the disc the whole time. I got a free 3.5 drive out if it.. One of my discs has stopped reading all ready, wish this thing could be a little
2008-01-19 by hexafuzz
... Maybe here: http://www.macdrivermuseum.net/disk.shtml
2008-01-19 by Wayne Griffin
I committed to another already...Sorry, mate. Did you get your EII floppy situation in hand? [w] ...
2008-01-19 by Michael Hilario
I ll take it off your hands. You still have the address? Wayne Griffin wrote: Is there an obsessive and or completist group member in
2008-01-18 by elmbeatz
Is there a cd-Rom driver for OS 6.07, too? Anybody knows? Maybe then I d got my drive running, too...
2008-01-18 by sean@izabelle.net
Hi Elmbeatz Im not sure on the 6.07 disk. And how funny you ran across the studio! Good to meet you all -Sean
2008-01-18 by elmbeatz
Hey Sean! This is what I call a coincidence... Just a few days ago, I browsed flickr and came across your red studio by chance.. And now I meet you back here
2008-01-18 by Sean Wolcott
Hi Martin (and hello to all from a new Emu lister and lover) I went to an office supply store and got a USB floppy and burned the file from my Mac Book after
2008-01-18 by Simon W.
i will take it! still there? ... From: Wayne Griffin To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:06 AM Subject: [emulatorII-list]
2008-01-18 by Martin Dubka
Thanks for the heads up there mate. But still in dire need of the cd-rom driver on 3.5 Anyone who can help...? Martin
2008-01-18 by Wayne Griffin
Is there an obsessive and or completist group member in USA/CA that may require for his collection the original EII box? It s only somewhat tatty and may be
2008-01-18 by hexafuzz
All performance disks are bootable. Boot the machine using your working disk, then format a new performance disk (Disk Function 8), and you should have what
2008-01-18 by roisto
seriously, i tried copy disk function with original system disk with no success. placed source to upper drive and empty/formated disk to lower. i was
2008-01-18 by hexafuzz
Theres a couple on eBay right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180207560167
2008-01-17 by Kenneth Abildgaard
Hi there. I can’t help you either I’m afraid, but just another work-around. I recently purchased an old Classic myself running MacOS7. At the same time I
2008-01-17 by elmbeatz
Hi Martin! I had kind of the same problems... My CD Rom drive wasn t recognized by my mac neither, so I had to find a workaround to get the banks on cd rom
2008-01-17 by elmbeatz
There s a mu-tron on ebay America right now. Unfortunately, the seller won t ship to Germany :(
2008-01-17 by Martin Dubka
I really need someone with a 3.5 to write 2 things for me as I have bought the mac classic, the cd-rom drive, the E2 lead and the software library but have no
2008-01-17 by Martin Dubka
Anyone know if the input and outputs on the E2 are balanced or not? Can t seem to find this in the manual. Them saying to sample directly from a mic makes me
2008-01-17 by Martin Dubka
THAT 70 s phaser sound is usually a Mu-Tron Bi-Phase (also very expensive) but I ve seen Jarre perform Oxygene live and he used an Electro Harmonix Small Stone
2008-01-17 by Mike de Vries
I got a Solina, and have run it though the behringer vintage delay, (I think it s a knock off of the EH Small Clone???) Sounded rad, very Jarre / 70 s Cheers
2008-01-16 by Richard
Hey Wayne Griffin (ingsoc_1979@yahoo.com) I got your Email you sent as a reply from the emulatorII-list here and I would love to help you with your Ell drive
2008-01-16 by elmbeatz
Hey thanx for replying! That Moogerfooger is appearing very cool indeed.... But the price tag..... I want to apply a phaser to the EII s solina (high) strings