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> 
> Hey,
> I am looking at purchasing one of the new Halo keyboards which has an
> updated Sounds-of-the-ZR ROM, and sent a message to both EMU and
> William Coakley regarding the piano presets which had programming
> errors in the ZR ROM version.  My question and Mr Coakley's response
> are pasted below.  Would someone from EMU please reply as I have had
> no response from a direct email.
> Thanks
> Peter
> pkirkup@...
> 
> I am looking at purchasing one of the new EMU-Ensoniq keyboards called
> 
> Halo.  It has the same soundset used in the Sounds of the ZR ROM plus
> an extra bank of presets, and, presumably, a different ROM id number.
> At www.williamcoakley.com there are 5 presets to be downloaded that
> use the Coakley's Perfect Piano samples in the ROM, apparently
> correcting some crossfading that wasn't set up real well in the ROM
> presets.  I am suspecting that if I try and download the presets into
> the Halo, because the ROM id is (presumably) different, it won't work.
> 
> Can somebody let me know if this is the case, and if the presets at
> www.williamcoakley.com will be made available in a version for the
> Halo, with the id numbers changed, as I am going to purchase the Halo
> more or less on the grounds that it has Coakley's perfect piano in it.
> 
> Mr Coakely's response:
> I brought this up to Emu folks at the trade show in January. They were
> 
> going to ship me a Halo for tweeking but
>    stuff like that usually never happens when you think... I still
> haven't heard from anyone over there. But all that aside,
>    they were supposed to have downloaded my corrections and put them
> into the unit. I cannot verify if this has
>    actually been done or not. And since I still don't have a unit to
> check, I can't vouch for anything at the moment.
> 
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> 
> Thanks Sean.  Sounds good.  And thanks for making the manuals
> available online - I've read the Halo manual, but I have two
> questions:
> Why are there 3 buttons on the left hand side of the keyboard where
> the other keyboards (PK-6 et al.) have 4? (according to the picture on
> 
> the website)?
> Can the Halo take XL-7/MP-7/P2500/PK6 etc. ROMS.
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., Sean Wilhelmsen <seanw@e...> wrote:
> > The ID's are the same . You can download the Coakly presets in to
> the
> > Halo just fine.
> >
> > sean at e-mu / ensoniq
> >
> >
> >
> > uwodsi wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey,
> > > I am looking at purchasing one of the new Halo keyboards which has
> 
> an
> > > updated Sounds-of-the-ZR ROM, and sent a message to both EMU and
> > > William Coakley regarding the piano presets which had programming
> > > errors in the ZR ROM version.  My question and Mr Coakley's
> response
> > > are pasted below.  Would someone from EMU please reply as I have
> had
> > > no response from a direct email.
> > > Thanks
> > > Peter
> > > pkirkup@c...
> > >
> > > I am looking at purchasing one of the new EMU-Ensoniq keyboards
> called
> > >
> > > Halo.  It has the same soundset used in the Sounds of the ZR ROM
> plus
> > > an extra bank of presets, and, presumably, a different ROM id
> number.
> > > At www.williamcoakley.com there are 5 presets to be downloaded
> that
> > > use the Coakley's Perfect Piano samples in the ROM, apparently
> > > correcting some crossfading that wasn't set up real well in the
> ROM
> > > presets.  I am suspecting that if I try and download the presets
> into
> > > the Halo, because the ROM id is (presumably) different, it won't
> work.
> > >
> > > Can somebody let me know if this is the case, and if the presets
> at
> > > www.williamcoakley.com will be made available in a version for the
> > > Halo, with the id numbers changed, as I am going to purchase the
> Halo
> > > more or less on the grounds that it has Coakley's perfect piano in
> 
> it.
> > >
> > > Mr Coakely's response:
> > > I brought this up to Emu folks at the trade show in January. They
> were
> > >
> > > going to ship me a Halo for tweeking but
> > >    stuff like that usually never happens when you think... I still
> > > haven't heard from anyone over there. But all that aside,
> > >    they were supposed to have downloaded my corrections and put
> them
> > > into the unit. I cannot verify if this has
> > >    actually been done or not. And since I still don't have a unit
> to
> > > check, I can't vouch for anything at the moment.
> > >
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