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Repairing Emulators
Out of Warranty
Owning a vintage sampler or drum machine is a lot of fun, until it comes time to repair it ! As your kit gets older it is likely to run into more problems, and eventually you may find that support from the usual service centres and E-mu Systems has disappeared. The Emulator I and II have no formal support from
E-mu Systems, and the situation with the Emulator III/ IIIx/ Emax/ Emax II's is deteriorating fast. These early samplers are complex electronic animals that can be expensive and hard to fix.
Spare Parts
E-mu Systems no longer deal with the public regarding ANY spare parts, you have to contact your local E-mu Service Centre for parts or approved Spare Part Dealers.
New Models If under warranty contact your dealer or E-mu
Systems. If it's a recent model but out of warranty then contact your E-mu Systems approved Service Centre, as they will be able to service most kit from the last 10 years.
Old Models If you have an older Emulator then often a
Service Centre can help to a degree, but you may need further assistance from this site. The Emulator Archive is constantly researching solutions to common problems and we have dedicated repair web pages for each of the older models - see the
drop down list to the right.
E-mu Service Centres
A list of E-mu Service Centres in the USA is here: more »
A list of E-mu Service Centres Worldwide is here: more »
Vintage Repair Centres
Advanced Musical Electronics (L.A)
Phone: 310 559-3157 Fax: 310 559-3051
E-Mail: advancedmusical@mediaone.net
Music Tek Services
12041 Burbank
N. Hollywood
CA
USA
Phone: 818.506.4641
E.P.R. Electronics Recommended for many E-mu spares
690 California Ave.
Middletown
NY 10940
USA
Phone: 845.343.1237
Analogics
5261 E. Maple Ave
Geneva, OH 44041
USA
Phone: 216-466-6911 Fax: 216-466-6911
Email: Flattop@Suite224.net
FX Music Control (UK) Highly Recommended
www.musiccontrol.co.uk
Disk Drive Repair M Farris & Associates
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 Slider Knobs
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 Looking for replacement Slider Knobs for your SP-12, SP1200, Drumulator, Emulator I or II ?
They are available from Farnell at www.farnell.com
part number 766756.
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Repair Pages |
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For the older samplers and drum machines we have put together detailed information on
how to complete various important repairs, and how to find some of the more basic spare parts.
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Repair Info |
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E-mu Systems is rapidly running out of spares for poducts made in the 1980's, so third
party sources are often the only approach.
We recommend owners of products made in the 1980's build up a stock of key spare parts (such as LCD's and floppy drives) as many of the parts are becoming obsolete.
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3.5" Floppy Drives |
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Every E-mu sampler after the Emulator II uses a 3.5" floppy drive for the accessing the Operating
System, and/or sample bank storage and/or OS updates. Samplers built in the 1980's are heavily reliant on the drive for sample storage and for the OS - if the drive dies the sampler dies with it ! With constant use these drives have
reached the end of their natural life. Typically the motor dies, or the heads fail to read/write to the media.
Unfortunately you can not use a standard PC/Mac 3.5" floppy drive, they simply are not configured properly, and they are
beige too! Its also hard to find new full height drives for the Emax, Emax II and EIII, so you will have to put up with a gap between the half height drive and the case on earlier samplers if you buy a half height drive.
The
solution is to buy a new TEAC FD235HF-A529 drive. This is a black half height 3.5" floppy drive manufactured for industrial applications, and suitable for use in E-mu gear. The drive has jumpers that can be set for use in a sampler or drum
machine. The drive can also be bought with a TEAC full height bezel, for use in the Emax, Emax II and EIII.
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Buying
Try your loacl TEAC dealer
Or contact Route66 Studios
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