Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Thank you for the reply.  I would like the opportunity to send the 
floppies over to get the OS copied for use in the two boards I have 
here.  Thank you for the additional information the Mega-Piano Waves 
as well.  Since it appears as though I have the original synths (one 
made in 3/90 and the other in 12/89, I do not have the right chips 
inside to make that happen.  Are they still around (I suppose this is 
a question for Richard over at Route66 Studios).
Regarding the other question I had in my original post:  does the 
sequencer upgrade to 2.10 add the ability for multi-track recording?

Just for info's sake:  Last night, while having the unit on for a 
very long time doing track-by-track recording while slaved to my 
XP60, the unit gave me an Error 144, and locked up.  Then after 
turning it off and on, it gave me the Error 137 and I had to load 
everything back into it again.  I felt the heatsink unit on the back 
and it was very warm and the whole underbelly of the unit was warm 
too.  I suspect that with being on the Apex stand, it just wamred up, 
because I have not had any problems with it today.  As a result, I 
sent Richard an e-mail at Route66 Studios to see if he had any 
cooling units in stock.

Speaking of colling units, has anyone done any additional mods for 
cooling on these units?  I was considering modifying the case itself, 
adding a fan into the side of the case to blow air into the keyboard 
(with a carbon filter of course to filter out things coming into it).

Well, that's all for now.

Harry Ebbeson III
Ebbeson Management Group

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "chili88" <lownoise@...> wrote:
>
> MEGAPIANO WAVES were included on the Sequencer O.S. v2.00 disk,
> "requires ROM O.S. Ver. 2.00 or higher, for use only with VFX-SD
> version II."
> 
> We have this and OS v2.10, and will gladly copy them for you if you
> send some blank disks. We'd love to zap you the files, but thusfar 
we
> have been unsuccessful at getting the available floppy drivers to 
work
> 100% on our PCs without error.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Harry" <ebbrecords@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all, and I hope that you are all doing well.  I have (2) 
VFX-SD 
> > boards (and much other synth stuff), and must say that every time 
I 
> > play either one of them, I am so glad I got them (finally...it 
took 
> > well over 10 years to finally get one, and the other basically 
fell 
> > into my lap for a great price).  Only one has had the Keyboard 
Mod 
> > done to it, so the 'undone' one stays home in the studio and the 
> > other goes on the road with me (and 3 Roland rack units).  
> > 
> > My question is regarding the sequencer and the Mega Piano Waves:
> > 
> > 1. Sequencer - I have V 2.00 on both boards for the sequencer.  I 
> > know that there was one higher before they released the SD-1 
board.  
> > If I am not mistaken, it was 2.10 and featured the Multi-Track 
> > recording capabilities in the sequencer (something I appear to 
not 
> > have available to me now).  Is that correct?  I also own a Roland 
> > XP60 and put my show together using that sequencer.  Well, since 
I do 
> > not take that on the road, I want to transfer everything to the 
VFX, 
> > and it is a track-by-track affair at present.  
> > Does anyone have a copy of the sequencer 2.10 disk they can send 
the 
> > image over for so I can upgrade my sequencer?  If you could ship 
me a 
> > disk, I would happily pay for the mailing of it as well; it is 
not a 
> > problem.
> > 
> > 2. Mega Piano Waves - when I was first introduced to Ensoniq back 
in 
> > 1990, the VFX I had then had the Mega Piano waves, also something 
> > that is lacking in the two that I have now.  Was that a disk 
upgrade, 
> > or was there chip-replacement involved?  My favorite piano sound 
is 
> > still 'In-Concert', but remember many of the Mega Waves being 
great 
> > and there are about 40 sounds I cannot use as a result of not 
having 
> > them installed.  Can anyone help?
> > 
> > I am very happy with all of my gear, but still love the Ensoniq 
> > equipment the best.  They weer truly ahead of their time.
> > 
> > Thank you in advance for your assistance, 
> > 
> > Harry Ebbeson III
> > Ebbeson Management Group
> > www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
> >
>