Emu 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
