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

Yes interested!

On 5/3/2015 1:35 AM, Jack Pratt woodsworth1@... [xl7] wrote:
> I have sent the FLASH SIMM PCB files off to the manufacturer for a 
> quote. Seems like it will be expensive to make because of the 6-layer 
> board. But we will see.
>
>
> Based on the approximation I have received so far I can envisage the 
> following options for purchase of a multi-slot FLASH SIMM.
>
> a. One flash chip device
> cost: $US150 (approx)
> availability: soonish (weeks I hope)
> functionality: emulates up to 4 ROM slots simulataneously (so the 
> P2k/command station thinks there are four ROM sIMMs there when there 
> is only the single FLASH SIMM installed). I can preprogram it with 
> whatever ROMs you want based on the limitations. Some jumpers will 
> allow you to specify which slots are active so that you can put your 
> own ROMs in that/those slots if you want.
> limitations: only has 128MB of storage so it can only emulate three 
> 32MB SIMMs and one 16MB SIMM to allow for the 4MB preset memory for 
> each "ROM". It will require a special board to reprogram it which you 
> will need to purchase separately for about $US50 [probably less].
>
> b. Two flash chip device
> cost: $US170 (approx)
> availability: soonish (weeks I hope)
> functionality: emulates up to 4 ROM slots simulataneously (so the 
> P2k/command station thinks there are four ROM sIMMs there when there 
> is only the single FLASH SIMM installed). I can preprogram it with 
> whatever ROMs you want. But there is enough room in the device for 7 
> 32MB images even though only 4 of them can be used at once (need to 
> reset the system to make a change) Some jumpers will allow you to 
> specify which slots are active so that you can put your own ROMs in 
> that/those slots if you want, and which images are in each slot at the 
> time.
> limitations: it has 256MB of storage but it can only emulate four 32MB 
> SIMMs  at once from the 7 images in the memory allowing for the 4MB 
> preset memory for each "ROM". It will require a special board to 
> reprogram it which you will need to purchase separately for about 
> $US50 [probably less].
>
> c. CPU based device
> cost: $US200 (approx)
> availability: later (months, quite a few months)
> functionality: the same as the two flash chip device but you can 
> program it in system via USB (although you will still need to reset 
> the P2K to make the changes happen). Will be delayed because I will 
> need to write the software to do this and that will take some effort.
>
> d. live sound device
> cost: $US240 (approx)
> availability: much later (year or more maybe)
> functionality: the same as the cpu based device but you can have live 
> sound from a computer played through the P2K filters via USB (live = 
> played real time on the computer). Will be delayed because I will need 
> to write the software to do this and that will take some effort.
>
> I might consider exchanging for gear but it would have to be something 
> I want/don't have (and we would have to negotiate the deal). One thing 
> I don't have is the ROM SIMM from a proteus 2500 - I have one of each 
> of all of the other ROM SIMMs. I also only have the original (default) 
> ROM from an Audity 2000 - this board should also work in the audity 
> but I would like to get hold of the other ROMs that work in it and the 
> Ultra Sampler. If I get bad experiences doing this then it will be $$$ 
> only.
>
>
> When I have deciphered the contents of the ROMS (sound waveforms and 
> presets - which I am hoping looks very much .E4B images for emulator 
> 4/ultra series samplers) I will write some library software which 
> allows the user to insert their own waveforms onto a FLASH. This will 
> be available FOC but you will need to follow a similar process to the 
> existing original FLASH SIMMs to get your own presets on them. That is 
> you will need to write the sound waveforms to the FLASH SIMM with 
> dummy presets, then play around with them to create user presets that 
> you like, then download them (via sysex) and then write the new 
> presets to the SIMM - then they will be permanently available on the 
> FLASH SIMM. If the ROM format is the same as a emulator image then it 
> will be a trivial exercise to import all of the ultra libraries into a 
> P2K useable format. I have over 7GB of E4B files, and then there are 
> programs which can convert other formats into E4B format so there may 
> be a never ending supply of new resources for P2K series devices. And 
> importing your own sounds will be as simple as converting them to .E4B 
> format.
>
> One of the things I want to do is put a 128MB piano on four 32MB 
> images so that there are at least 3 layers of samples for each note 
> (pp, mf & ff)and each note individually sampled. There may not be many 
> presets but it can't be much worse than the holy grail piano ROM.
>
> People still interested?
>
> BTW : technically I am only going to be giving you a FLASH SIMM with 
> images that you already own (ie have the original SIMM for) so that I 
> am not in breach of copyright law. I have no way to check whether you 
> do indeed have the original SIMM so it will be up to your conscience 
> to dictate whether or not you can purchase a SIMM with preprogrammed 
> images on it. I am happy to sell unprogrammed SIMMs as well but they 
> will only be useful if you purchase a programming board as well.