Mine is the plain vanilla VFX, OS is V2.10 proms. I\u2019ve read the proms out on a Needhams burner. Also found 2.10 bin files on web sites some time back. The code matched perfect between WEB bin & my prom bins.
From my readings over time, there should be 2.30 for the plain VFX.
Found a document listing the fixes 2.30 had over 2.10 for the plain VFX 211; odds and ends here and there. Given mine seems to work perfect (I haven\u2019t tried every thing on it actually, but for my needs it behaves), really getting the 2.3 is just a matter of \u201cwanting\u201d vs \u201cneeding\u201d. And sort of a pursuit of the unobtanium. Also stingy so not wanting to fork it out if can get around it.
I\u2019m an electronics tech by trade with years of work on a to z including a lot of music gear, but mostly medical and custom design build for the odd customer here and there. This was broke when I bought it about 15-18 years back but went through and sorted bad connections, the usual connector mod, etc., and has worked fine ever since.
I\u2019m no good on keyboard but love what it produces via Guitar -> Midi (Casio MG510), along with feed to a couple old FB01\u2019s and a Proteus + Orchesral
Art Quillen
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Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013
4:24 PM
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: RE: RE: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD]
RE: VFX crackles and Rotary Speaker Error 32
Tried
these guys?
http://www.syntaur.com/vfx.html
---In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@...m, wrote:
Hi
Just seen your post about VFX firmware.
Not sure what VFX you have? Is it an SD?
I used to own a plain VFX which had O/S V1.65.
Used to have a lot of issues with that in regards to midi and an annoying pop on the attack phase on some presets.
Tried loading V2.10 but i think it was for the SD as it didn't boot...
I did copy my V1.65 EPROMS though and i've uploaded it to the files section along with V2.10b.
I never found V2.30 at the time either, but is that for the SD anyway?
Might help you out if you have a plain VFX!
I sold it in the end while it still worked, i have since picked up a SQR Plus as an alternative but its not like the VFX sound wise. Close though...
Cheers
---In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
I searched hi and lo for 2.30 and only found them at R66 but no response from there.
Over time I\u2019ve backed up eproms on several old instruments I have because technically all those old UV-erasables were typically expected/rated to have 20-30 year data retention. Would be sad to have that be the cause of an instrument stop working \u2013 it is the one thing that can be stored, reprogrammed back, compared to lots of other hard to find IC devices then when they go they really are gone\u2026
Someone probably has 2.30 on their VFX but finding them and arranging to \u2018borrow\u03361; the chips to get the data is the trick.
Art Quillen
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Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013
7:02 PM
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] RE:
VFX crackles and Rotary Speaker Error 32
I've seen 2.10 only here:
or here:
Try to make 2.10 Eproms, if it worked before, it should work again. Or the problem is not in OS.
What about your friend's VFX - which OS?
Such old instruments also need more maintenance - reseating all IC's in sockets, changing electrolytic (and tantalum) caps minimally in PSU, checking and cleaning all connectors, changing EL foil in LCD (if any) or whole display...
Good luck!
Daniel Forro
On 3 Nov, 2013, at 5:45 AM, <tomas_peterka@...> <tomas_peterka@...> wrote:
I´ve replaced the battery and the Error 32 seems to be solved ... strange, both rotary speaker DSP algorithms seems to work OK now.
The envelope pops persist ... seems to be an OS problem in my opinion. I have unfortunately no chance to check the same sounds on a different machine (my friend´s VFX-SD broke yesterday .... no sound output at all).
Anyway does anybody have the image of the OS 2.30 EPROMs. Route66 have not responsed to my mail order :( I can make the EPROMs myself, but I do not have the bin files.
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