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

Flash ROM really should be called flash RAM.  (R)ead (O)nly (M)emory is
exactly that, read only.  Flash is writable, though it is persistent (meaning
it doesn't get erased when you power down).  The sound ROMs we ship (like
B-3, or XLEAD...) are not writable.  Only the Flash parts are, and the reason
they're expensive is that flash fast enough to support 128 channels is very
costly (unlike other flash like SmartMedia, which is only fast enough to
support around 3 to 4 channels!).

The plural on "This kit allows you to create your own custom 32MB sound ROMS
that..." is misleading and should be singular.

So, yes, when you order the flash kit, you are getting a single special
writable SIMM that you can copy sounds to.

-Aaron

Art Gatesy wrote:

> From the E-Mu web page, the 32MB Flash ROM option of the Ultra samplers
> is described as "This kit allows you to create your own custom 32MB
> sound ROMS that never require loading and provide you with the perfect
> way to take your sounds on the road."   From this, I assumed that the
> ROM option was a kit that enabled you to write one or more ROMS,
> provided you supplied the ROM media.  Instead, the flash ROM kit
> consists entirely of a flash ROM itself, so it appears that if you want
> multiple ROMS you will need to buy multiple flash ROM option kits.  If
> this is correct, at $400 a flash ROM kit, my Ultra/XL7 combo will only
> have a single flash ROM.
>
> Support is provided for copying a flash ROM kit to another flash ROM,
> but I assume this "target" ROM must be another flash ROM kit.
>
> Is my understanding of the flash ROM usage correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Art Gatesy
>
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