Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Thanks for the info. I have the spreadsheet on the PC that is shut down, but will update it tomorrow. I took a guess at the TeCnO ROM; thanks for setting me straight.
Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Michael Brien Lane <mibrilane@...> wrote:
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> Some more info for your table - I don't remember which slots have which ROMs, so I haven't done the CRC checks:
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> ID # = Name - Display [# banks]
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> ID 14 = XL-7 - XL-7 [4 banks]
> ID 15 = MP-7 - MP-7 [4 banks]
> ID 65 = Techno Synth Construction Yard - TeCnO [4 banks]
> 
> I noticed your list has the wrong Display Name for the TSCY.
> 
> I need to swap in a QROM (Ensoniq Halo 5-bank version of "Sounds of the ZR") back into my XL-7 to test before I list it on eBay, I will check the slots and CRCs when I do that.
> 
> Michael Brien Lane
> mibrilane@...
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> 
> On May 5, 2012, at 5:55 PM, steve_the_composer wrote:
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> > I was wondering myself if one could have been a flash rom; however, I was under the impression that those could only have ID numbers between something like 106-119 and that factory Sound ROMs could not be copied in an Ultra series E-Mu sampler.
> > 
> > As posted here previously, the rewritable Flash ROMS have all 5 of the big chips need to say Intel Flash on them. 
> > 
> > When I saw the ROM IDs (14, 19, 18), I concluded they were official E-Mu sound ROMS.
> > 
> > As for the 2 basic problems with the ROMS in the different boxes, I am still mystified, and I can't think of any more diagnostic questions.
> > 
> > Perhaps with crisp, clear, legible front and back jpgs of all the ROMS someone might see something as a non-standard ROM, but I think that's a long shot.
> > 
> > Another long shot would be to do a diagnostics check--boot holding down both cursor buttons. Just be careful not to erase anything (patterns or presets that are not backed up). I am guessing that the Sound Rom Test would pass for each rom, but it would only take a few minutes to check (if you haven't done so already). 
> > 
> > I suppose the Sound Data CRC Test might be helpful if someone had a list of what the correct numbers that are supposed to be there. Maybe we can compile a list here. I'll start:
> > 
> > bda94458 - P/123 - Protozoa [4 banks]
> > a0ff6671 - XLEAD - XL-1 1.4 [4 banks]
> > 5b996906 - CMPSR - P2k Composer [8 banks]
> > bbfb0ddc - XROM - [5 banks]
> > 94d8975b - P2500 - Composer [4 banks]
> > 53e306s1 - AOrch - Advanced Orchestra [2 banks]
> > 
> > (Wouldn't it be cool if different versions of the same ROM had different CRC numbers?)
> > 
> > I had a problem with the FX chip in a P2500 causing noise in the main and headphone outputs, but not in the sub outs which are not routed through the FX chip. But I am not sure that is one of the problems here (the extraneous noise problem). 
> > 
> > In my case it was suggested that something may have happened over time to the soldering for the FX chip.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
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