Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

hi guys,
i have a couple of questions.

1.i read yesterday about upgrading a vfx-sd sequencer from 25,000 to 75.000 
notes. is this still possible and if so, where would i get this done.

2. what is the most current OS? im running OS 2.1. if there is one after 
this, how do i go about installing the newest one and will be older 
sequences play on the newer OS.


thanks in advance, rick

The Sequencer OS version has (AFAIK) to match the internal VFX-SD 
EPROM version. So If You Want to Upgrade You´ll need both the SeqOS 
and the companion EPROM.
It would probably be easier to find a whole VFXer with a newer System, 
depending on if there are any Repair shops left that might have some 
óle stuff around somewhere.

My VFX-SD1 is a v3.00 OS, with xtra Waveforms (Piano, HipDrums etc.)
and so.

The "real" SD1 (32 Voices compared to the 21 of VFX/VFX-SD1), goes up 
to 4.00. I don´t know if it contains bugfixes and so, but it gave the 
user the SwingQuantize in the Sequencer. I think The SD1 sounds a 
little more Dynamic and Open compared to the VFX-SD1, but a little EQ 
almost makes up for that.
 
--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Margitza" 
<rickmargitza@h...> wrote:
>
> hi guys,
> i have a couple of questions.
> 
> 1.i read yesterday about upgrading a vfx-sd sequencer from 25,000 to 
75.000 
> notes. is this still possible and if so, where would i get this done.
> 
> 2. what is the most current OS? im running OS 2.1. if there is one 
after 

> this, how do i go about installing the newest one and will be older 
> sequences play on the newer OS.
> 
> 
> thanks in advance, rick
>

PS: The newest version for "real" SD1 is 4.1, not 4.0... :)