The SD HxC in the E-Mu Emulator-I and Emulator-II

This video shows how the SD Card HxC floppy emulator can successfully replace the floppy drives in the E-Mu Emulator-I and Emulator-II samplers.
In this video the SD Card contains two folders, one for the Emulator-I and one for the Emulator-II.
Each folder contains a few HFE floppy images which haven been generated with the HxC software on a PC.
The input for this generation are:
- for Emulator-I: images from Emulator-I floppy disks, created with the KryoFlux floppy controller
- for Emulator-II: SoundDesigner for Emulator-II bank files - but also images created with KryoFlux can be used
Currently the HxC devices only support READ operations (loading banks) on the E-Mu Emulator-I and Emulator-II.

Important SD HxC settings:
- for Emulator-I:
* HxC software: HFE file interface mode = Emu Shugart
* HxC hardware: jumper ID3, Drive A set; use non-twisted standard floppy drive ribbon cable
- for Emulator-II:
* HxC software: HFE file interface mode = Emu Shugart
* HxC hardware: jumper ID0, Drive A set; use non-twisted standard floppy drive ribbon cable

To see the KryoFlux in action, see:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aENQZQ3wes for the first EII floppy disk dump
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQvV2uFlU8 for an EI floppy disk dump

As an alternative for the SD HxC, the USB HxC can also be used. See:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6h430VkwAo for the USB HxC on the Emulator-II
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQvV2uFlU8 for the USB HxC on the Emulator-I

Many thanks and credits to everyone who made this possible:
- the HxC project (hcx2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator, www.lotharek.pl)
- the KryoFlux team (www.kryoflux.com) and the Software Preservation Society (www.softpres.org)
- the EMXP project (www.emxp.net)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• EmulatorII
• EmulatorI
• EII
• EI
• Emulator
• HxC
• SDHxC
• KryoFlux
• Software Preservation Society
• SPS
• EMXP

[900GTi]

Where did you get an Emulator I???!!!

[esynthesist]

@900GTi It was offered for sale on a forum, and I simply replied and we agreed on the price :-)

Then I picked it up myself (only 300km driving) and did a full service and cleaning which took a couple of days. It looks new again now and is technically 100pct in working order. No parts had to be replaced, but some "electronic cleaning" and reseating of connectors and ICs was required.

[BaddaBigBoom]

The E-mu 1 was a classic keyboard - one of my personal fascinations in my late teens/early 20s. The Residents made very good use of it.

[MsKori1000]

where can get an emax

[900GTi]

@esynthesist there were only about 600 made!

[VoyageOne1]

The Power supply is a loud bastard

[900GTi]

@esynthesist They are rare

[pmsan29]

Sounds amazing!

[SynthfactoryCH]

@esynthesist

But for the Drumulator (wich was build a bit later) there was a Graphic rhythm Composer aviable to use with an apple 2 so i thought that you can use the emulator 1 also with the aplle 2.