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

I am interested in options (a) and (b), and would most likely want a few devices and the programmer boards.

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On 2015-05-03 15:05, Jack Pratt woodsworth1@... [xl7] wrote:

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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.

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Based on the approximation I have received so far I can envisage the following options for purchase of a multi-slot FLASH SIMM.

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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].

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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].

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.�

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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.

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People still interested?

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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.

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