On 16 Feb 2011, at 15:30, Rish wrote:
So the question beckons...is anyone here interested in Richards on board/internal 9 bank switchable memory board? ;
This sits inside your VFXSD/SD1 and connects directly to your cart cable, you still have access and use of the top cart slot giving you the storage of 10 carts via a small rotary switch on the back of the synth.
Something like that would certainly be interesting.
I would possibly be even more interested, though, in something similar but which simply was for insertion into the existing cartridge slot – and without requiring any modification to the instrument. This device could, of course, be larger above the bit that needs to go into the cartridge slot; thus giving room for the necessary electronics & the control element (rotary switch or otherwise).
Best wishes,
// Christian Brunschen, already a happy customer :)
Hi Doug,
I think that's interesting because, I see ESQ carts all the time, and I think I have about 8 of them; however, I don't have a single one for my VFX-SD. When they do show up, they're wickedly expensive. As an aside, the last time I tried to purchase VFX carts of the fleabay, I got into a serious conflict with the seller that went on for months (they eventually found in my favor).
Carts are much easier to use, in terms of workflow. If you leave a cartridge in all the time, its like a memory expansion; rather than, having to overwrite frequently to load up floppies.
I would very gladly trade anyone here one my ESQ carts for a VFX RAM cart.
Take care!
-Patrick
--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "synthparts" wrote:
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> Just a friendly suggestion here but those ESQ/SQ80 carts are useful and hard to come by as they are. Why destroy one rare part to make another one? The VFX SD and SD-1 have floppy drives which is a much cheaper storage option already.
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> Doug
