Emax & Emax II

• Emax II OS 2.14

• Model: 2201 1 Mb KEYBOARD
• Model: 2202 1 Mb RACK

• Model: 2203 1 Mb KEYBOARD (W/HD)
• Model: 2204 1 Mb RACK (W/HD)

• Model: 2212 2 MB KEYBOARD
• Model: 2213 2 MB RACK

• Model: 2205 4/8 MB KEYBOARD (W/HD)
• Model: 2206 4/8 MB RACK (W/HD)

• 5 Octave velocity sensitive keyboard C to C or 3 space rack
• 14 Velocity curves
• Velocity can control VCA level, VCA attack, VCF cutoff, VCF attack, and VCF Q.
• 3.5 inch floppy disk drive (uses double sided, double density (DSDD) floppy disks)
• Internal and external SCSI connection (internal HD power supply)
• 32 Character Backlit LCD
• RS-422 connection
• MIDI In connection
• MIDI Out/Thru connection
• Programmable Arpeggiator
• 16 track "scratchpad" sequencer
• Clock In (Clock In can accept 24, 48, or 96 ppq, the pulses should be at least 1ms wide and 1 to 5 volts.
• Clock Out (Clock Out sends a 24 ppq which is 5 volts and about 6ms wide)
• 2 Programmable wheels for real-time control over pitch, filter cutoff, AHDSR attack rate, level, LFO modulation index, etc.
• 2 Footswitches
• 1 Footpedal

• Headphone
• Mono Mix
• Main Out (L and R stereo)
• Sub A (L and R stereo / Tip-output and Ring-effect return)
• Sub B (L and R stereo / Tip-output and Ring-effect return)
• Sub C (L and R stereo / Tip-output and Ring-effect return)
• Sample In (stereo / Tip-Left and Ring -Right)

For stereo samples, divide time in half

Time (seconds)

Sample Rates	1Mb	2Mb	3Mb	4Mb	5Mb	6Mb	7Mb	8Mb
20.000kHz	26.1	52.5	78.6	104.9	131.1	157.3	183.5	209.7
22.050kHz	23.7	47.6	71.3	95.1	118.9	142.7	166.4	190.2
27.778kHz*	18.9	37.7	56.6	75.5	94.4	113.2	132.1	151
31.250kHz*	16.8	33.5	50.3	67.1	83.9	100.7	117.4	134.2
39.0625kHz	13.4	26.9	40.3	53.7	67.1	80.5	94	107.4

* Sample rates shown in bold have a maximum continuous sampling time equal to that of the 39kHz rate. Emax II performs automatic sample rate conversions on the sample, then frees up the additional memory for subsequent sampling.

Audio channels:	32 (16 Stereo)
Max Output Level:	+4 dB into 600
Input Impedance:	5 kHz
Output Impedance:	Stereo 100k Mono 2.5 Audio 600
Data Encoding:	Input 16-bit Linear Output 18-bit Linear
Max Input Sampling Rate:	39kHz
Signal To Noise:	90 dB
Dynamic Range:	Input >90 dB Output >102 dB
THD+N:	>.05%
Stereo Phase:	Phase Coherent +/- 1 degree at 1 kHz
Power Requirements:	45 Watts

Voice Architecture

Each of the 16 Stereo voices has it's own set of the following:

• Dynamic digital lowpass filter (VCF) with AHDSR envelope generators
• Digital amplifier (VCA) with AHDSR envelope generators
• LFO with adjustable rate, delay, and speed variation

The Emax II CAN chorus its voices without loss of polyphony.

• Truncation
• Looping (Crossfade and Equal Power)
• Digital combine
• Sample reversal, as well as rate and pitch conversion
• Transform Multiplication ^tm
• Splicing
• Advanced Split and Layer
• Individual tuning and attenuation for each sample

Transform Multiplication:
Transform Multiplication is a digital effect which merges together 2 sounds in such a way that frequencies common to both sounds are accentuated while uncommon frequencies are discarded. It works best on harmonically rich sounds.

Spectrum Synthesis:
Emax II's Spectrum Synthesis allows you to specify up to 24 complex waveforms, (called Spectrums) and to either step or fade through them during the course of a sound. The 24 waveform locations are called Time Slices, since they represent the waveform at that slice of the sound. This method allows more complex and interesting sounds to be created. In addition, each partial (sine wave) can have a 24 point envelope that determines the pitch of that partial over the course of the sound.

Each Emax II voice can consist of two synthesized timbres, a synthesized timbre and a sampled sound, or two sampled sounds. The resulting voice can then be processed using the Dynamic Processing features and placed anywhere in the stereo field.