Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

On Feb 22, 2017, at 1:50 AM, smw-mail@... [xl7] wrote:
>
> Finally, thanks for the breakdown on your P2K and Orchestra  
> diagnostic results. I started a chart a few years ago and if I can  
> find it, will add your Sound ROM Checksums.
>

This is good idea. I have mentioned some data are missing in your  
table, I will send it later.


> I also have a Virtuoso 2000 with OS 2.26. So the OS check sum is the  
> same as what you have. For ORCH1, I get the same checksum as you:  
> 034a2be9. At the highest factory preset location (127^2), the preset- 
> as-ROM-identifier says: V2K 1,2.

Yes, it is:
V2K 1.2

>
> However, for ORCH2, my checksum is c9669bac (different than what you  
> have).  The highest preset-as-ROM-identifier is in location 127^1  
> and is called: V2KRom2 V1.0.  I am guessing that yours (the Japanese  
> Orchestra version) has either a different ORCH2 ROM. If so, I wonder  
> if the samnples/multisamples are the same or different, if the  
> presets are the same or different than the ORCH2 ROM I have.

According to Owner's Manual for Virtuoso (and Japanese Owner's Manual  
for Orchestra) there's only one bank of presets for ORCH2 card -  
ORCH2-0, which is also what I have inside. So it's interesting you  
have 2 banks, that means totally 5 banks... Also all descriptions and  
promotion leaflet say there's 512 RAM and 512 ROM presets, and you  
have 640 ROM... Probably that's also the reason why you have different  
checksum.
But I have found the SYX file for ORCH2-1 which you mention, and it is  
loaded in my Orchestra User 1 bank. The first preset is wnd:Woodwinds,  
the last is V2KRom2 V1.0. Of course it works, all samples for presets  
are there on the card.

Here is comparison table for my module, Japanese Orchestra OM, English  
Virtuoso OM (let's hope formatting will stay as I did it).

					My module					Japanese Orchestra OM 		English Virtuoso OM
User 0 				000 str:Virtuoso				000 str:Virtuoso				000 vln:16 Leg Str	
					127 lnk:PtchdTimpLnk		127 lnk:PtchdTimpLnk		127 str:SlackLgStdSt

User 1				000 wnd: Woodwinds			000 str:Second Mass			000 str:Virtuoso
					127 V2KRom2 V1.0			127     :V2K 1.2				127 lnk:PtchdTimpLnk

User 2				000 vln:16 Leg Str			000 vln:16 Leg Str			000 str:Second Mass
					127 str:SlackLgStdSt			127 str:SlackLgStdSt			127     :V2K 1.2	

User 3				000 wnd:All Winds			000 wnd:All Winds			000 wnd:All Winds
					127 brs:Tuba p/mf/ff			127 brs:Tuba p/mf/ff			127 brs:Tuba p/mf/ff

Orch1-0				000 vln:16 Leg Str			000 vln:16 Leg Str			000 vln:16 Leg Str
					127 str:SlackLgStdSt			127 str:SlackLgStdSt			127 str:SlackLgStdSt

Orch1-1				000 str:Virtuoso				000 str:Virtuoso				000 str:Virtuoso
					127 lnk:PtchdTimpLnk		127 lnk:PtchdTimpLnk		127 lnk:PtchdTimpLnk

Orch1-2				000 str:Second Mass			000 str:Second Mass			000 str:Second  
Mass
					127     :V2K 1.2				127     :V2K 1.2				127     :V2K 1.2

Orch2-0				000 wnd:All Winds			000 wnd:All Winds			000 wnd:All Winds
					127 brs:Tuba p/mf/ff			127 brs:Tuba p/mf/ff			127 brs:Tuba p/mf/ff

Additional undocumented file:
Orch2-1				000 wnd: Woodwinds
					127 V2KRom2 V1.0

Number of Instruments (= multisamples):
Orch1				81							81							81
Orch2				240							237							240					

Number of Riffs:		186							186							186

So there are differences mainly in USER banks - different order of  
banks copied from ROM, and my module has that missing bank Orch2-1  
loaded in the bank User 1.

Japanese manual for Orchestra module lists only 238 instruments for  
Orch2 card, but in fact there's 240 like written in English manual for  
Virtuoso.

Daniel Forro