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Re: [sdiy] Anyone worked on an E-mu Ultraproteus?

Re: [sdiy] Anyone worked on an E-mu Ultraproteus?

2026-02-22 by Thomas Hudson

Wow. I can’t thank you enough. That fixed it. I’m surprised that site didn’t come up in any of my searches. This is one piece of gear I’ll never let go of. They don’t go up for sale very often, and when they do the prices are outrageous.

Again, thank you,
Thomas
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> On Feb 22, 2026, at 2:19 PM, Peter Pearson <electrocontinuo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> https://www.emumania.net/emu-ultra-proteus-sound-module/
> 
> It looks like there's supposed to be a diagnostics mode (look at the bottom of that page).  Can you boot into diagnostic mode and initialize the memory?
> 
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM Thomas Hudson via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org>> wrote:
>> First off, thanks for all the drone suggestions, I’m having fun looking at all the possibilities.
>> 
>> This may be off topic, but I have an E-mu Ultraproteus that powers up, but the screen is blank. I replaced the internal lithium battery but that didn’t help. Just wondering if anyone here has dealt with one. Someone suggested it might be a problem with the power supply.
>> 
>> Thanks
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Re: [sdiy] Anyone worked on an E-mu Ultraproteus?

2026-02-23 by grant musictechnologiesgroup.com

Shades of the Drumulator "p00F" fix. 1983 -> 1994

On 2/22/2026 12:05 PM, Thomas Hudson via Synth-diy wrote:
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Wow. I can’t thank you enough. That fixed it. I’m surprised that site didn’t come up in any of my searches. This is one piece of gear I’ll never let go of. They don’t go up for sale very often, and when they do the prices are outrageous.

Again, thank you,
Thomas

On Feb 22, 2026, at 2:19 PM, Peter Pearson <electrocontinuo@gmail.com> wrote:


It looks like there's supposed to be a diagnostics mode (look at the bottom of that page). Can you boot into diagnostic mode and initialize the memory?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM Thomas Hudson via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:
First off, thanks for all the drone suggestions, I’m having fun looking at all the possibilities.

This may be off topic, but I have an E-mu Ultraproteus that powers up, but the screen is blank. I replaced the internal lithium battery but that didn’t help. Just wondering if anyone here has dealt with one. Someone suggested it might be a problem with the power supply.

Thanks
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Re: [sdiy] Anyone worked on an E-mu Ultraproteus?

2026-02-23 by Gordonjcp

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 01:40:02AM +0000, grant musictechnologiesgroup.com wrote:
> Shades of the Drumulator "p00F" fix. 1983 -> 1994
> 

I remember reading that in the service manual a year or two back and thinking "yeah I don't think you should maybe do a poof routine on stage any more" ;-)

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