Emax Owners Manual
© 1986 E-mu Systems, Inc. Enhanced by The Emulator Archive 2001 Page 49
Hi = Chooses the Voice’s high transposition point. Change this with the data slider, or play the
desired keyboard key.
Note: If the display says “Illegal Assignment”, you are either trying to place the low note higher than
the high note, the high note lower than the low note, or transposing up more than the sample
rate allows. It is not possible to create an illegal assignment if you use the data slider for this
function.
If you want to change a previously selected parameter, move the cursor; otherwise, press ENTER to
return to the Module identifier.
Module: SAMPLE 3 Function: SAMPLE RATE
The Emax has an adjustable sample rate. Lower sample rates use up less memory, but Increase
distortion and reduce high frequency response. Higher sample rates give better fidelity but use up
more memory.
1. Activate Sample 3. The display shows:
This represents a good compromise between memory use and fidelity; bandwidth is approximately
14kHz.
2. Use the data slider to choose from six different sample rates between 10 kHz (medium-quality DDL
sound) to 42 kHz (almost the same rate used with Compact Disks). Press ENTER to return to the
Module Identifier.
Module: SAMPLE 4 Function: SAMPLE LENGTH
Once sampling is Initiated, Emax will normally sample until it runs out of memory or is stopped
(see SAMPLE 8, the “stop sampling” function). However, this function lets you program a
particular sample time after which Emax will stop sampling.
1. Activate Sample 4. The display says:
...where XX.X is the time in seconds and YY.Y is the maximum time available. Maximum time will
depend on your sample rate.
The chart below shows sample rates versus time (this chart assumes that all of the EMAX’s sample
and sequence memory is empty).
Sample Rates Time
10kHz 52.0 secs.
16kHz 33.5 secs.
20kHz 26.0 secs.
28kHz 18.8 secs.
31kHz 16.6 secs.
42kHz 12.4 secs.
Sample Rate 28kHz
Length XX.X secs
YY.Y Available
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