emusonacid! legacy

Yes, true, i sent an email to try to get a RFX-32 w/analog output bundle, but they told me the last went out last week.

Anyone knows where get one?, ive tryed ebay for a couple of weeks but nothing shows up.

This is the end of EMU hardware saga????

AX.

I was lucky enough to find an e6400 Ultra with RFX here in London ... I checked www.soundonsound.com in the Reader's Ads.

Good luck!

For sale, one RFX-32 card, good condition. $3000.

(Seriously, if you'll pay $3000 I will rip it out of my E-6400 and send it to you )

I guess warranty replacements would be out of the question now. Not that I need one or anything, but it was nice to know it could be done if need be. Hopefully they still support repairs on these cards.

i picked up the last of the RFX + ADAT bundles from Mari...
i guess i got lucky

if you keep searching E-bay religiously one of 'em will turn up.
they are around still.

i saw a used e5000 ultra w/ rfx and expanded outs for sale in a guitar center somewhere so they are definitely still floating around.

Just installed my 40 gig ide drive and my shit is smokin'!!!!
gonna use the ADAT on the 828mkii... i'm in heaven

RFX is da bomb!

i highly recommend it, despite all the shortcomings of reliabilty. I bought mine 18 months ago, but unbeleivably have only just been able to use it! It's a long story but the the original one I bought was faulty and it took Turnkey in London and EMU a full 11 months to admit to it and replace it. The replacement turned out to be completely defective too and by that time they started giving me excuses that it was out of warranty! a year and a half after buying it I still had no idea what it sounded like. finally i managed to get them to ship me a replacement that worked although it cost me money and, more importantly, a lot of time.

anyway, to cut to the chase, it's finally up and running and I can say that this is an ESSENTIAL part of any E4 setup. in a week of using it it's totally transformed what I can do and what possibilities i can dream up for my music. It comes into it's own in a live context. I did a gig last night and the material i played was well over a year old. I'd played it several times on previous tours - however this time I had the chance of reconfiguring my banks through the RFX and using all the EQs, distortion and reverbs to master my finial output. The response was that people who'd been on previous tours with me and were familiar with my tracks were coming up to me and saying "what were all these incredible new tracks and when had I writen them?!?" Amazing how something so simple can fundamentally alter the whole experience of what you're hearing.

Still lot's more to discover such as midi control and stuff like that, but definitely try and buy one if you can find one. At the current price it was a STEAL!! There are been a few in London going 2nd hand at ridiculous prices (for the amount of power you get anyway).

i got a perfectly good RFX card off Ebay for $250 that had been sitting in a guy's closet for over two years unopened.

also you can try www.harmony-central.com under Gear Classifieds.

keep your eye out, they're rare but sometimes there...
also, don't hesitate to find E4's w/ RFX on either site and ask the seller if he/she would sell the RFX card seperately to you...

Best plan is to buy an E4 w/ RFX, rip out the RFX, and re-sell the rest of the kit. You'll lose very little cash that way.

The E4 platinum that came bundled with the RFX-32 is the best hardware sampler ever made - probably always will be. The thought of parting that beautiful piece of kit out in order to score an RFX, just breaks my heart! Buy the E4 and keep it! Sell a kidney if you must because you'll never approach the full capability of the RFX without all of the add ons that are included with the E4.

The E4 is still the heart of my studio and I use two of them for live shows. Buying that sampler changed everything for me.

The first one I bought was $1500 used and the second was $1000 (recently). You can sell your 6400 for 500 bucks; just take the hit, you'll never be sorry.

recone wrote:Buy the E4 and keep it! Sell a kidney if you must because you'll never approach the full capability of the RFX without all of the add ons that are included with the E4.

specifically which add ons are you talking about, and how are you using them?

thanks,
efunc

Well, most importantly, the 24 bit input expansion (4 ins) and the 24bit output expansion (8 outs). By using these extra connections, I was able to route my live mixer (via efx sends) into the RFX-32 like a multi effects processor. I got rid of my DP-4 and have much effects to boot.

check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=38070

and no bids yet!
i'd buy it right now if i didn't have mine already
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Perfect! Anyone who needs an RFX, buy that, rip out the RFX, then re-sell it and you'll probably lose no more than $100 in the process.

I see. yeah, that's how i use my Pro Tools harware too. I route all my midi instruments through the DSP and automate full mixdowns within the PT mixer using busses and aux channels.

RFX is very similar to PT, but I don't think I would do that live. for one thing i wouldn't want unpredictable 'live' signals entering the mix and overloading the outputs. The Emu DACs always seemed very sensitive to me and tend to suffer when the signal gets too hot. if you've already optimised a mix using all your samples you'll need a lot more headroom to make room for any extra decibels.

it's an interesting approach though and it's pretty attractive if you just have a couple of midi boxes to route through, like a tb303 or tr909. hmmm..