> I always thought that the card near the PSU is the main ROM (or Flash ROM) with OS and RAM for user settings, isn't it?
You may be right on this. I never really looked closely at anything other than the Sound ROMs
You may be right on this. I never really looked closely at anything other than the Sound ROMs
> Or each so called SOUND ROM card has its own RAM space for its User programs?
As I understand it, the Sound ROMs have what is called "Baby Flash" used for the P2K/CS style factory presets for that specific Sound ROM, not User Presets. I never knew where the factory arp patterns and riffs were stored. Maybe those are in the Baby Flash, too.
So when a Sound ROM says something like 32MB Sound ROM with 2MB Flash, the 32 MB contains the samples and multisamples--which can be seen (and used) by an E-Mu Ultra Sampler. The 2MB has the P2K presets which cannot be seen by the 32 MB part.
I believe that's why with the Flash Sound ROMs for the Ultra Samplers, you can burn samples/multisamples and basic Ultra Sampler presets, but to create P2K style presets, you need to "author" them and write them using a P2K/CS; not the Ultra sampler. The P2K/CS OSes have a utility in the Save menu system to copy User Bank presets to Flash ROMS with the samples/multisamples put there by the Ultra sampler.
Finally, thanks for the breakdown on your P2K and Orchestra diagnostic results. I started a chart a few years ago and if I can find it, will add your Sound ROM Checksums.
I also have a Virtuoso 2000 with OS 2.26. So the OS check sum is the same as what you have. For ORCH1, I get the same checksum as you: 034a2be9. At the highest factory preset location (127^2), the preset-as-ROM-identifier says: V2K 1,2.
However, for ORCH2, my checksum is c9669bac (different than what you have). The highest preset-as-ROM-identifier is in location 127^1 and is called: V2KRom2 V1.0. I am guessing that yours (the Japanese Orchestra version) has either a different ORCH2 ROM. If so, I wonder if the samnples/multisamples are the same or different, if the presets are the same or different than the ORCH2 ROM I have.
Again, thanks for posting the details.
Steve
As I understand it, the Sound ROMs have what is called "Baby Flash" used for the P2K/CS style factory presets for that specific Sound ROM, not User Presets. I never knew where the factory arp patterns and riffs were stored. Maybe those are in the Baby Flash, too.
So when a Sound ROM says something like 32MB Sound ROM with 2MB Flash, the 32 MB contains the samples and multisamples--which can be seen (and used) by an E-Mu Ultra Sampler. The 2MB has the P2K presets which cannot be seen by the 32 MB part.
I believe that's why with the Flash Sound ROMs for the Ultra Samplers, you can burn samples/multisamples and basic Ultra Sampler presets, but to create P2K style presets, you need to "author" them and write them using a P2K/CS; not the Ultra sampler. The P2K/CS OSes have a utility in the Save menu system to copy User Bank presets to Flash ROMS with the samples/multisamples put there by the Ultra sampler.
Finally, thanks for the breakdown on your P2K and Orchestra diagnostic results. I started a chart a few years ago and if I can find it, will add your Sound ROM Checksums.
I also have a Virtuoso 2000 with OS 2.26. So the OS check sum is the same as what you have. For ORCH1, I get the same checksum as you: 034a2be9. At the highest factory preset location (127^2), the preset-as-ROM-identifier says: V2K 1,2.
However, for ORCH2, my checksum is c9669bac (different than what you have). The highest preset-as-ROM-identifier is in location 127^1 and is called: V2KRom2 V1.0. I am guessing that yours (the Japanese Orchestra version) has either a different ORCH2 ROM. If so, I wonder if the samnples/multisamples are the same or different, if the presets are the same or different than the ORCH2 ROM I have.
Again, thanks for posting the details.
Steve