Well, still waitin' on the eprom burner to get here from hong
kong....is it wrong to wait this long for a bong to arrive from hong
kong

hehehe, just a lil' humor....

But i haven't been idle. I programmed a VST module today that applies
Mu-law compression/expansion algorithm to samples. It will be
necessary to process all samples this way before gettin' them on the
707/727 because;

-Samples have a lot of quantized noise (like aliasing) if they aren't
compressed before converting them to 8-bit.

-707, like most 80's machines, use a combination of compression +
expansion on the samples (compansion), so it would sound real bad if
they (samples) were burned in their native linear format, because the
expansion would still be applied by the de-mux chips. That's thoses
extra "envelopes" the schematics refer to, but they apply exponential
envelopes to restore sample dynamics.

Also, when ripping sounds off eprom's, I can apply mu-law expansion to
them to restore their original dynamic content. This would be the most
accurate way to extract samples from old eprom drum machines......

I'm itchin' 4 this eprom burner to come, can ya tell Also, does no
one have 707 eprom's to donate Some junk/parts boards out there I'm
broke....so i can't just grab one from evil bay :) Also, still lookin'
for v2.0 of the firmware.....maybe I'll drop a line to the AH/SDIY list.

Seeya

Ryan