Re: OT: Drum machine eprom question..

[armatronix <armatronix@charter.net>]

I want it!  I've been looking for one of those for a while now.  But 
Oakland is about four or five hours' drive.  Do you have a phone number 
for 
the shop?

Thanks,

-Hans



At 17:27 07/06/2002, you wrote:
>fwiw I recently gave away an old Oberheim Prommer to Mike Quinn's 
>electronics in Oakland. This is a product from the 70's that addressed 
>this idea. It even had an analog input so you could sample directly to an 
>EPROM, what a concept. I think it may have been able to deal with chips 
>from Simmons and Linn boxes as well as Oberheim.
>
>I imagine that thing is still over at Quinn's if anyone wants it. Quinn's 
>is one of the quintessential electronics surplus places, you've been 
>warned.
>
>-Alex S.
>
>At 5:07 PM -0500 6/7/02, Gary Phillips wrote:
>>I'm not an electronic genius or programmer,
>>just a dabbler and a power user...
>>But.....
>>Could anyone tell me why it is so difficult or why
>>there are never any techniques mentioned for exchanging
>>the sample rom chips in dedicated drum machines ?
>>I've heard about eprom burners....is the sample data always
>>very proprietary on different boxes, or is it just memory at
>>a specific data rate and sample rate stuck on a  memory chip ?
>>EI...I've got an old Yamaha RX11 that is a great machine but
>>with a very dated soundset.....  is it totally not worth the effort
>>to try to "burn your own" eproms ?  Anybody have any
>>expertise in this area....?
>>Curious in Memphis........
>>--
>>gary
>>@friendlyspider.com