Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

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From: adolfo dias

To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 7:08 PM

Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] New Member

Greetings friends,

My name is Sandro and I'm from Portugal. I just got one Ensoniq SD-1 and I'm "in love" with it :). Today, I managed to get the disk drive working (It was broken) and I installed the OS ver 4.10. I'm really getting "into it", but I still can't figure out how the sequencer works (I don't have the manual :( ). I'm using it with Cakewalk Pro 9 but I'm planning using one Atari 1040 ST with the free software Master Tracks Pro.

I'm into Cyberpunk/Electro-Industrial and I really think I can get some great sounds from this machine. Because I'm new to the world of Hardware synths, can someone point me to the right directions on what to read, were to look for so that I can enjoy this synth 100%?

I hope to have fun in here and to share my thoughts and read from you all.

Best regards from Portugal

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>Actually, I just recently went throgh all of this for my SD-1. There 
>were actually only 2 versions of the keyboard (21 voice and 32 
>voice). (And to my knowledge only 2 OS's 3.0 and 4.1)... It is 
>possible to upgrade an SD-1 with the 21 voice architecture (3.0 OS) 
>to the 4.10 OS. To do this, you must change out the EEPROM's before 
>the 4.1 software will work. Relatively a cheap job to do as the OS 
>including the EEPROM's is like $40 from Route 66. Syntaur also sells 
>these kits and I believe is the same price after a $10 core charge to 
>return your old 3.0 EEPROMS. 
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>You will have to check your SD-1 Ver to see what it has in it first 
>before anything else is done. There are a few keystokes to do this: 
>(I'll have to look this up) If anyone else knows what to push to 
>Check OS, please reply...
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>The only question unanswered to me is whether or not the OS 4.1 makes 
>a 21 voise SD-1 into a 32 voice unit. I believe the answer is yes, 
>but I am not sure. Does anyone know this answer ??
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>Hope this helps..
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>Regards,
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>--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, River of Life 
><riveroflifecbs@e...> wrote:
>> At 07:27 PM 10/11/2004, you wrote:
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>> >Hi all,
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>> >Sandro mentioned that he just installed OS 4.10 for the SD-1. \ufffdIs 
>this the 
>> >most recent OS? \ufffdI have 3.0 and thought I had the latest OS. \ufffd
>Perhaps
>> >someone can advise me on this? \ufffdThanks.
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>> >Michael
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>> Hi Michael,
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>> OS 4 is used for the SD-1 32 voice. OS 3 for your normal SD-1 16 
>voice.
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>> The River Of Life
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