[sdiy] MKS30 memory expander! Late breaking news..

[Bob Weigel]

Hot out of the van.  Some years back I tried to make a memory cartridge 
some might recall for MKS70.  Which while it would be nice, isn't nearly 
as precious as it would be for the MKS30 since that one doesn't support 
bulk dump of course.  However I ran into strange problems.  You could 
write any single patch any time with integrity on the MKS70.  However I 
missed something in the design which looked like it should work on 
paper.  At the same place in EVERY bulk dump data would start corrupting 
in exactly the same way.  Bank 1 would write ok as I recall then things 
would start going bizarre.

I threw my hands up and set it aside.  For some reason it didn't occur 
to me until recently that the same might just work in the MKS30 though 
of course.  16 banks of memory!  Of course we could get even MORE if we 
switched the unused data lines and I might put dip switches for that 
purpose on there so that someone can store even more sounds if they want 
to.  Though I think probably 16 banks would last most people a lifetime :-)

So now I have to figure how to get it into a box. Tell your friends and 
if I have enough pre-orders maybe we can get this thing into a housing 
at a reasonable price.   Since I have no idea what that'll cost on top 
of the pain so far on this project I can't give any firm price at this 
point but I'll try to make it as reasonable as possible. -Bob

Veronica Merryfield wrote:

> Well...
>
> The Chameleon didn't run VSTs either. Of course, you could write  
> something on your laptop to host VSTs :)
>
> As for predator, as long as you don't need to run it on stage, you  
> could dual boot.
>
> On 25-Jul-08, at 8:31 AM, cheater cheater wrote:
>
> >>And then, it can't run VST. Again defeating its purpose :)
> >>Of course, yes, you can run rtlinux on your computer, but it won't  run
> >>Rob Papen Predator.
> >>Damian
> >
> >On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Veronica Merryfield
> ><veronica.merryfield at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >Can if you ditch a slow starting OS. I know it will be hard to do,  
> but the
> >laptop can be treated as an embedded system - there is enough info  
> in the
> >linux community to get something working. I'd rather use a DSP based  
> board
> >though.
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