Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Michael, 
  Establishing an 'Emergency Road kit' is highly advisable, even if 
you have a brand new synth.  I would always bring extra cables; this 
includes the audio, MIDI and power cables.  I would bring an extra 
stand (hey, stranger things have happened....at least to me onstage), 
a toolkit (even a small one with screwdrivers and hex drivers), 
flashlight, and anything else of the sort.
  I would also get your keyboard professionally serviced by a trained 
technician to make sure that all the bugs are worked out of the 
synth.  I would also replace the older ROM chips with newer ones and 
update your OS to the most current version.  Additionally, any mods 
that have come out for the board (fan kits, etc..) are worth looking 
into, as these VFX and SD synths got pretty hot sometimes.
  I would also bring two copies of your floppy disks and even bring a 
CD-Rom backup of the floppies, and some extra disks.  On the Cd, I 
would include any programs that will allow you to transfer your show 
from a PC to an Ensoniq formatted floppy.
  I always bring backups of my sequences (my band is a three piece at 
present and I sequence just about everything), but my main sequencer 
now is a Roland XP60 and all of my sequences are DOS-based as a 
result.

That is all I can think of right off hand, and I bring the same stuff 
to every gig I do and it always pays off.  In fact, it just paid off 
a couple of weeks ago when I was doing a wedding.  I had an audio 
cable go bad and I was sure glad I had my spare....

Thank You, 

Harry Ebbeson III
Ebbeson Management Group
www.geocities.com/ebbrecords