2014-08-25 by smw-mail@...
I just typed up a second post about this, and it won't go through. Let me try pasting hi here.A day or two ago, I wrote up a blurb about the issue; however, I am
still uncomfortable with neo and when I went to send the post, I
accidentally hi reply. That erased the message and I was so
disappointed in myself, I didn't have the interest to retype it all. But
here's the short of it: Over the years I have seen the content for the
e-mu site at creative disappear several times. Eventually it, it came
back. I seem to recall the last time (2011, was it? - well, the last
time before now), it was gone for several months--I am thinking like 6
months.
So, the last time (before 2014) a few people created
websites to host the docs for our beloved, but orphaned gear. The
Frankster set up the docs at his website, and I think shortly thereafter
he created with wiki. I really like his site, and a day or two ago, I
revisited it and checked out the links he has at the bottom.
One
fellow E-mu fan zipped up all of his e-mu files and sent them to me. I
didn't post them because by the time I had a chance to look through
them, creative had fixed the site. A number of people had alerted them
to the fact the the docs were not available and from what I understand,
they put a programmer to the task of restoring the site.
Because
of the server error we get when we try to download docs, I think its
probably nothing malicious; probably a page or file was renamed, moved,
or deleted. So maybe they will fix it again, though who knows how long
it might take. It is really just a service they provide, because they
make no money from us legacy gear lovers.
When it came back, I decided to leave my site up (just in case their site disappeared again); but I decided not to clean it up, add additional docs, etc. However, I am thinking it might not be a bad project to work on.
As
I wrote, my first goal is to sort out who has what, to sort out which
sites have dead links, etc. So, I started compiling a list. From what I
have see, the Frankster's site is the best.
http://francisfisher.me.uk/problem/2011/emu-legacy-archive/ There are Yahoo groups with docs, such as the XL-7, P2K, P2500, and Orbit 3. (Yes, there are some others.) Other sites listed at his site are:
Emu Legacy Wiki.
Emu Legacy Wiki A central source for information about the discontinued EMU synthesisers and samplers that date...
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E-Mu | SoundProgramming.Net, and
Synth Gear Docs: An Archive .
The
emulegacy wiki lists popeye-x.com as a resource, but when I checked
that, all the links pointed back to creative. The WayBackMachine has
some site grabs or former incarnations of the e-mu site, but for all the
docs and files I tried to get, the links were dead. I don't think
their site grabber software knew to select the files.
However, there seem to be some manuals here:
Synthesizer Manuals: Emu : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
I
know there are people here and at the other Yahoo groups that have
various docs and files, so if you don't find what you need at the other
sites, please ask.
Steve
---In xl7@yahoogroups.com, <baahstid@yahoo.com> wrote :
While trying to solve some problems came across this on the weekend... seems pretty comprehensive, but I haven't checked all the links....
EMU Legacy archive | Technical ProblemsSince Creative have taken the EMU Legacy pages offline, its not longer possible to get hold of for example OS updates for various devices such as the Proteu...
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