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

Hello all,

Bit of a random one here, Ive got a 16mb simm for an emu E4K keyboard (I also have some other random rom expansion chips for the same range) it says "excelsior" on a sticker on the chip but it came with an emu "orbit phatt" document which contains a list of its sounds. I have compared this chip to a world expedition rom chip I have for my MP7 (which havent got round to installing yet) and they look pretty damm similar. The potentially very stupid question you can probably see coming is can I use this chip with my MP7, it says in the document that it is compatible with all EMU EOS samplers, dont suppose this incldues the command station range. If not does any one have any idea roughly what such an item would be worth?

MAny Thanks
-- 
Regards
Barnaby

On Dec 14, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Barnaby Andrews wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Bit of a random one here, Ive got a 16mb simm for an emu E4K  
> keyboard (I also have some other random rom expansion chips for the  
> same range) it says "excelsior" on a sticker on the chip but it  
> came with an emu "orbit phatt" document which contains a list of  
> its sounds. I have compared this chip to a world expedition rom  
> chip I have for my MP7 (which havent got round to installing yet)  
> and they look pretty damm similar. The potentially very stupid  
> question you can probably see coming is can I use this chip with my  
> MP7, it says in the document that it is compatible with all EMU EOS  
> samplers, dont suppose this incldues the command station range. If  
> not does any one have any idea roughly what such an item would be  
> worth?

No, you can't use it with your MP7 - only with actual samplers  
running the EOS operating system. That would be the E-Synth, E5000,  
E6400, Emulator IV, EIV Ultra, and EIV Platinum.

As for worth, the Orbit/Phatt Sessions ROM (what you have) and the E- 
Synth ROM (the other one for EOS samplers) are relatively infrequent  
on eBay, so they should probably fetch between $150 and $250. If you  
sell it, I'd start the auction at a relatively low value ($100 or so)  
and let the market determine the final value. And no, I'm not saying  
that because I've got an EOS sampler and I'm looking to score a deal  
(I don't) - it's just that you don't want to price yourself out of  
any possible market with an overly high starting value, since there's  
likely not a group of previous auctions to examine and use to  
determine a good market value.
---
Mibrilane





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In my opinion, starting the auction at $100 seems low, unless the e-
bay market for e-Mu ROMs has dropped in the past few months. (Read 
the discussion about e-bat here in the archives.)

I believe within the past year, an E-synth ROM went for around $256.

I recommend testing the ROM if you are serious about selling it.

Good luck.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mibrilane <mibrilane@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Dec 14, 2006, at 3:32 AM, Barnaby Andrews wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Bit of a random one here, Ive got a 16mb simm for an emu E4K  
> > keyboard (I also have some other random rom expansion chips for 
the  
> > same range) it says "excelsior" on a sticker on the chip but it  
> > came with an emu "orbit phatt" document which contains a list 
of  
> > its sounds. I have compared this chip to a world expedition rom  
> > chip I have for my MP7 (which havent got round to installing 
yet)  
> > and they look pretty damm similar. The potentially very stupid  
> > question you can probably see coming is can I use this chip with 
my  
> > MP7, it says in the document that it is compatible with all EMU 
EOS  
> > samplers, dont suppose this incldues the command station range. 
If  
> > not does any one have any idea roughly what such an item would 
be  
> > worth?
> 
> No, you can't use it with your MP7 - only with actual samplers  
> running the EOS operating system. That would be the E-Synth, 
E5000,  
> E6400, Emulator IV, EIV Ultra, and EIV Platinum.
> 
> As for worth, the Orbit/Phatt Sessions ROM (what you have) and the 
E- 
> Synth ROM (the other one for EOS samplers) are relatively 
infrequent  
> on eBay, so they should probably fetch between $150 and $250. If 
you  
> sell it, I'd start the auction at a relatively low value ($100 or 
so)  
> and let the market determine the final value. And no, I'm not 
saying  
> that because I've got an EOS sampler and I'm looking to score a 
deal  
> (I don't) - it's just that you don't want to price yourself out 
of  
> any possible market with an overly high starting value, since 
there's  

> likely not a group of previous auctions to examine and use to  
> determine a good market value.
> ---
> Mibrilane
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

On Dec 17, 2006, at 7:56 AM, steve_the_composer wrote:

> In my opinion, starting the auction at $100 seems low, unless the e-
> bay market for e-Mu ROMs has dropped in the past few months. (Read
> the discussion about e-bat here in the archives.)
>
> I believe within the past year, an E-synth ROM went for around $256.

I only suggested that because I've seen an E-Synth Keyboard (ultra  
rare, ultra great, and a full EIV sampler with an E-Synth ROM) go for  
only $650, and a more or less maxxed out EIV Platinum sell for less  
than $500. I don't think the market is there to ask high values for  
hardware samplers and their accessories, but I could be wrong.

It's such a rare thing that it probably will sell for $250 or so, but  
if he starts the auction there and it doesn't sell, then he's going  
to be re-listing with ever lower starting values and burning listing  
fees in the process.

---
Mibrilane





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> I don't think the market is there to ask high values for  
> hardware samplers and their accessories, but I could be wrong.
 
Dont mean to quote you out of context but i paid £1500 for a Akai 
S3000xl, another £200 for an effects board, proberly the same again for 
the filter board another £200 for 32mb of simms.
This must of been around the early 90's i guess.
S/H S3000xl now is £100 (not exp i hope!) bottom price , simms ram you 
cant give away 
Gutted really, still a great sampler though with the filter board and 
FX.
Same sort of thing with the MPC2kXL i would imagine though ive not 
looked lately.
Just a i thought...

Agreed... I think he should start at around $!00. You are right, 
folks have been moving to use E-Mu's Emulator X softaware as 
opposed to their older hardware.

good luck,

Matt

My rig consists of:
Korg Triton Extreme
Korg 01/W-fd
Korg Trinity Plus PBS-Tri & HDR-Tri
E-Mu E4xt Ultra
E-Mu E4 Platinum w/ LaunchPad
E-Mu MP7

Mackie LM-3204 mixer
Dbx 1066 Compressor Limiter
Dbx DDP

Dell Optiplex GX270
P4 3Ghz
2gig RAM
Firewire & Adaptec SCSI cards
Ego Systems WAMI Rack-24, 4x10 audio & 4x4 MIDI


--- In xl7@...m, Mibrilane <mibrilane@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Dec 17, 2006, at 7:56 AM, steve_the_composer wrote:
> 
> > In my opinion, starting the auction at $100 seems low, 
unless the e-
> > bay market for e-Mu ROMs has dropped in the past few 
months. (Read
> > the discussion about e-bat here in the archives.)
> >
> > I believe within the past year, an E-synth ROM went for 
around $256.
> 
> I only suggested that because I've seen an E-Synth Keyboard 
(ultra  
> rare, ultra great, and a full EIV sampler with an E-Synth ROM) 
go for  
> only $650, and a more or less maxxed out EIV Platinum sell for 
less  
> than $500. I don't think the market is there to ask high values 
for  
> hardware samplers and their accessories, but I could be 
wrong.
> 
> It's such a rare thing that it probably will sell for $250 or so, but  
> if he starts the auction there and it doesn't sell, then he's going  
> to be re-listing with ever lower starting values and burning 
listing  

> fees in the process.
> 
> ---
> Mibrilane
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>