Although the Ensoniq Mirage disk format was documented to some degree by Gary Giebler during Ensoniq’s heyday, there are plenty of details missing. Here are some additional details based on reverse engineering: $00010600 [START OF SETTINGS CONFIGURATION BLOCK] GENERAL SETTINGS: $00010601 = PARAMETER 21 | MASTER TUNE | range – … Continue reading
Features – 16×1 OLED display support Currently, the sole purpose of this firmware is to enable OLED support for the purposes of display replacement. MKS-50 units with the stock display or LCD LED retrofits which use “8×2” addressing (faux 16×1) will not benefit from this firmware, as it is not … Continue reading
Sample Libraries WiseGuySynth DSM-1 Library WiseGuySynth DSS-1 Library Glen Stegner’s DSS-1 Disk Archive Straylight Engineering DSM-1/DSS-1 Sound Archives Korg DSS-1 Assorted Bundle Utilities Korg DSM-1 CopyQM DSK to IMG and HFE v0.1 Automatically and easily convert all your DSM-1 related CopyQM DSK directly to IMG and HxC/HFE! Also painlessly converts … Continue reading
Aside from installing a SCSI2SD device into the ESI-32, ESI-2000, or ESI-4000 sampler, one of the biggest concerns is how to transfer or copy E-mu content from the computer (usually in ISO form) to a microSD/SD card so that it can used with the ESI via SCSI2SD. If the SCSI2SD … Continue reading
The NEC uPD7811 8-bit microcomputer within the Casio RZ-1 contains 4K of custom code which makes it a traditionally non-replaceable part, as the only known source of 100% identical CPUs are those harvested from other RZ-1 units. This guide outlines a method for replacing a dead RZ-1 7811 CPU with … Continue reading
