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SAMPLERS · 1989
Emax II
E-MU Systems
Manufacturer
E-MU Systems
Type
Samplers
Production
1989
Orig. price
$3,595
Model
Emax II
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From the Community
From the community
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Models & Configurations
rack
E-Max II Rack
keyboard
E-Max II Turbo
4MB RAM
rack
E-Max II Rack Turbo
4MB RAM
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Document Library
Manuals
1Service & Technical
104
Audio Demos
05
Compatible Sound ROMs
06
EPROM Archive
E-mu Emax II serial EEPROM
os·403EF05B0
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Modifications
08
Owner Registry
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System Components
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Specifications
- midi
- In, Out/Thru
- filter
- Dynamic digital lowpass (VCF) with AHDSR envelope; resonance Q 0-99
- memory
- 2 or 6 MB RAM, expandable to 8 MB
- presets
- 100
- storage
- 3.5" floppy + SCSI (internal/external HD); Emax I disk compatible
- keyboard
- 61-key velocity- and pressure-sensitive
- variants
- keyboard and rackmount; 'Turbo' (4 MB RAM + 40 MB HD)
- polyphony
- 16 voices (up to 32 mono channels)
- sequencer
- 16-track integral 'scratchpad' sequencer
- synthesis
- 16-bit sampling + Spectrum Synthesis (additive); Transform Multiplication DSP
- audio outs
- 2 main + 6 submix (8 assignable as stereo pairs)
- interfaces
- SCSI
- sample time
- 13.4 s (1 MB) to 209.7 s (8 MB) mono at 20 kHz
- multitimbral
- 16-part (SuperMode: all 16 MIDI channels)
- dynamic range
- output >102 dB
- midi channels
- 16
- sampling rate
- up to 39.0625 kHz (also 20, 22.05, 27.778, 31.25 kHz)
- sampling depth
- 16-bit input / 18-bit output
- signal to noise
- >90 dB
- production years
- 1989-1995
- frequency response
- 20 Hz - 19 kHz
