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EmaxII Turbo Rack

Emu EmaxII Turbo Rack

EmaxII Turbo Rack.
EmaxII Turbo Rack

Released: 1989

MSRP: ?

Synopsis:

Rack Emax II Turbo. Architecture Class: Sampler.

Ebay Description:

The Emu EmaxII Turbo is a 3U rack, 16 voice multitimbral, velocity and pressure sensitive, 16 bit sampler with 3 stereo submix effects loops, featuring a programmable analog low pass filter, LFO, dedicated filter and amp AHDSR envelopes, arpeggiator, real-time 16 track sequencer, chorus, RS-422, MIDI, and SCSI. Samples are recorded at 20-39kHz. Sample editing includes loop, mix, reverse, splice, taper, truncate, and transform multiplication. Waveform can be saved/loaded via a 3.5″ DSDD disk drive, internal hard drive, or SCSI.

Physical

Form Factor Dimensions Weight Audio Input Audio Output Communication Port Control Input Control Output Switch Input Power
3U rack ? sample 3x stereo sub (TRS) stereo mix 3x stereo sub (TRS) MIDI: IN OUT THRU RS422 SCSI clock programmable pedal clock 2x programmable pedal AC

Interface

Compatibility Multitimbral Memory Program Memory External Storage External Programming UI Input UI Output
Emax EmaxII via sequences 100 3.5" DSDD SCSI HD:40|105|127MB MIDI SysEx menu driven LCD display

Architecture

Multitimbral Polyphony Unison Architecture
16 (via sequencer) 16 (8 dual voice) no Sample->VCF->VCA

Output

Effects Pan Modulator Volume Modulator Headphone
chorus pressure LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend velocity pressure LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend velocity yes

Control

Arpeggiator Arpeggiator External Sequencer Sequencer Memory Sequencer External Continuous Program Change
up and/or down, forward, backward, random clock MIDI pedal 16 track realtime, sync to MIDI or clock input shared sample memory clock MIDI pedal MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend MIDI pedal

Keyboard

Key Pressure Chord Memory External Control External Sustain Key Scaling Velocity Curves
channel no MIDI (monophonic mode) MIDI pedal no 14 curves

Sample

Stereo Sample Depth Sample Rate Sample RAM Sample ROM Sample Points Sample Trigger Sample Loop Sample Edit
optional 16 bit 20-39kHz 4MB (8MB max) no sample memory limited auto sustain release truncate taper mix reverse splice transform multiplication

Source

Name Signal Class Waveform Octave Range Amplitude Modulator Harmonics Modulator Pitch Modulator Wave Assign Modulator
Primary digital sample memory limited - cross-fade: key pressure LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend velocity sample-start: velocity pressure LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend portamento Midi-Pedal velocity
Secondary digital sample memory limited - cross-fade: key pressure LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend velocity sample-start: velocity pressure LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend portamento Midi-Pedal velocity

Filter

Name Signal Class IC Resonant Shape Frequency Modulator Resonance Modulator Shape Modulator
DCF analog H-chip yes 24dB low pass pressure key LFO MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend velocity velocity no

Envelope

Name Level Rate Loop Polarity Trigger Level Modulator Rate Modulator
DCF-EG sustain attack hold decay release yes no no attack: pressure MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bendl pedal velocity
DCA-EG sustain attack hold decay release no no no attack: pressure MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend pedal velocity

LFO

Name Waveform Delay Polarity Sync Delay Modulator Level Modulator Rate Modulator
LFO triangle? yes no no no pressure MIDI-CC-A MIDI-CC-B MIDI-CC1 MIDI-Bend pedal no
Sampler Models
Emulator EmulatorII EmulatorII Plus EmulatorII HD Emax Emax Rack Emax HD Emax HD Rack
Emax HD SE Emax HD SE Rack Emax SE Emax SE Rack Emax SE Plus Emax SE Plus Rack EmulatorIII EmulatorIII Rack
EmaxII EmaxII Rack EmaxII Turbo EmaxII Turbo Rack EIII XP EIII XP Turbo EIII XS EIII XS Turbo
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