Sequential circuits samplers

djhohum wrote:
>> I've already promised to read the ROMs from my Wavestation 
>> A/D and send them to someone called Tom, so you'll be number 
>> two in the queue. ;)
> 
> Great! I appreciate it. Let me know if I can return the favor.

No problem... I am keen to get these done reasonably soon, 
but obviously the day job has to take priority. Send me an 
email if you haven't heard anything in a week or two.

>> What do people think of the ethics of "ripping" 20-year-old 
>> synth firmware & posting/sending it (without charging 
>> anything, of course)? 
> 
> I almost don't want to answer that because I'm pretty opinionated on 
> the matter. 

You, opinionated? Inconceivable... ;) Feel free to email me 
off-list if you want to get it off your chest.

>> In this case Wine Country might 
>> actually have a license to the code, but I suspect that 
>> other places I've seen don't (e.g. Route 66 Studios selling 
>> the final JX-10 firmware). 
> 
> From a more practical perspective, however, he number of people with 
> eprom programmers is pretty small so I suspect that unless you're 
> selling the chips you aren't really cutting into wine country's 
> business by sharing the images. 

Indeed. It's that whole "necessary" vs. "contingent" thing: 
is it actually OK, or just not really that bad?

Cheers,

John :^P
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John Pallister
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