Ray Bellis, January 2026 Owners of the original 1998 E-mu Audity 2000 ROMpler with version 1.00 firmware have never been able to make use of E-mu’s MIDI based firmware update mechanism. E-mu did add that feature to the version 2.00 firmware, but if you have a version 1.00 your only … Continue reading
Convert a multitude of audio files into various digital music sampler formats. Run the program, select an input folder containing sound files, select the target sampler (Akai MPC2000, Ensoniq ASR-10, etc.) and press “Begin” to start the process. No iLok, authorization, Internet access, serial codes, or activation required. Download Sample … Continue reading
1491 A.D. The ocean offers possibility. The horizon teases hope. The heavens betray. Red Skies is an interactive horror descent steeped in maritime dread, religious obsession, and a creeping sense that reality itself is rotting at the seams. Navigate the dire straits of faith and fear between Captain de Almada’s … Continue reading
The disk geometry and encoding of the Emu SP1200 3.5″ storage format is quite strange, and it makes it challenging to read/write. Other than the native Emu SP1200 hardware, there are very few ways to duplicate or image diskettes. Using the Rossum SP1200 reissue is not a solution either, as … Continue reading
When using the Yamaha TX16W sampler, most users have migrated to the third-party “Typhoon 2000” operating system rather than the Yamaha-authored operating system. However, one complication which has arisen from this is that two mutually-incompatible disk types are now in circulation: native TX16W, and Typhoon. The Yamaha OS cannot load … Continue reading
