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

I remember some of the previous discussion on this project, but haven't reviewed it. Sorry to hear that you had an error and had to toss a bunch of boards. Maybe there is someone in the group with detailed expertise that can proofread the board and triple check everything before a new batch is made.

As for the current thread, either I am confused, or others are (or maybe a bit of both). Let me try to sort out what I think I know from what seems confusing.

Correct me if I am wrong the the end product would be a newly designed flash based SIMM that would contain up to 4x32 MB of data that the P2K line would see and access as 4 Sound ROMs. So far I have seen talk about these ROMs holding ROM instruments and presets. In addition the newly designed SIMMS would have the ability to connect to a usb which could be used to exchange the contents between the new SIMMS and a computer using custom-designed software. 

It is unclear if uses would have to mount a usb connector in their e-mus or if there would be a wire dangling out through a hole. Also, I am wondering if the software would have the ability to place arps and riffs on the new SIMMs.

It is unclear what it would do in an Emulator 4 (Classic or Ultra), though it seems clear that it could not be written to from an Ultra.

Also, people are talking about the P2K/CS operating system. So far as I can tell your project has nothing to do with modifying the operating system, but the discussion makes me wonder about that.

It seems as though you are saying people would be able to take their factory ROMS, upload them into their computer using your customized software, and then flash them to your newly designed SIMMs. It is unclear what amount of reorganizing could be done.

For example, people have access to the samples, the way Emulator 4 owners do? Or would users only have access to the ROM Instruments?

Could I, for example, combine the samples/ROM instruments from different Sound ROMs in such a way as to delete duplicate or unwanted samples/ROM instruments and then edit and select the presets?

As noted before, could original arps and riffs be edited, organized, and placed on the new SIMMs? (Some of the arps and riffs are the same on different factory ROM, so simply copying the factory ROMs would seem to me to waste resources.)

The number of preset banks per factory ROM varies. (I have seen ROMS with 2,4,5, and 8 banks.) Would it be possible with your SIMMs, for example, to have samples/ROM Instruments using 64MB, and the rest usable as banks, arps, and riffs?

I think I had some other thoughts on this project, but that's all I can think of at the moment. Oh yeah--cost. Any projections on the cost of these babies?

It is indeed an exciting project for sure!!!!!

Steve

By the way, since the P2K line can be used without any sound ROMs--basically as a standalone 32-channel arpeggiator (as I seem to recall), could one of the other banks hold an ARP/RIFF-SIMM?