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

all that sounds great but the main questin remains: does it work ????
all my efforts to find a technician, salesman or user who ever saw (or
heard) a working flash rom in a proteus-module or mp-7 / xl-7 failed. in
eos-samplers flash-roms definitely work.
j.

> 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