E-MU Emax SE
This classic 12-bit sampler from 1986. The Emax is still frequently used today for its gritty lo-fi sound. It features a 3.5” floppy drive (for samples and operating system), variable sample rate up to 42KHz and as low as 11KHz, an analog resonant filter (8 x SSM2047, not featured in the Emax II), 8 voice polyphony and 8 individual outputs. The “Emaxed” low-fi sound setting (10kHz, 12 bits) can be heard throughout Nine Inch Nails's Pretty Hate Machine on percussion, guitars, and effect sounds including the intro sounds on Terrible Lie along with Meat Beat Manifesto's Subliminal Sandwich and Actual Sounds and Voices (heard here on the dialogue samples). It is the same low-fi AD converter used in the SP12 and SP1200. It has also been used in notable recordings like Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique, also by Orbital, Saint Etienne, Mouse on Mars, Skinny Puppy, Steve Roach, Tony Toni Tone, Johnny Hates Jazz, KMFDM, Faith No More, and Fear Factory.
Our Emax features the following upgrades and modifications:
- SE software upgrade
- OLED display upgrade
- Gotek floppy drive emulator with OLED display and data knob
- Over 1,400 disk images including all of the classic Emu sample disk libraries
- Alan Wilder's Depeche Mode live disk library which allow you to use and play the original sounds used in Depeche Mode's '88 tour!
