From Kenny Balys Sent Wed, Nov 28th 2018, 14:54
From Kenny Balys Sent Wed, Nov 28th 2018, 14:54
Its a complete CPU / microcode replacement for the controller CPU that gives more options for MIDI control and patch saving. Some people get it simply to be able to bank their patches as the Jupiter-6 is the most finicky device on the face of this earth when it comes to saving and restoring patches via the cassette/audio method. I personally installed Europa on a JP6 that had pooched it's CPU. I used Europa to bring it back to life, load the factory patches and then ever after boot into "Roland" mode. This is brilliant with Europa... its actually running the (E)PROM on the controller board. Wow! The engineering behind this project is intense with plenty of hours of testing and install in the (ever fragile) Roland 80's circuit boards. There are variations between different runs of the boards that are not apparent from the outside. They had to test on all of these. Every variant, every build run, everything had to work. A massive undertaking to say the very least. I imagine Synthcom must have been hit with massive nuisance support requests from people in over their heads. How many JP6's are out in the wild? How many more chips can they sell? How much fun are they having doing this? On 28.11.18 14:13 , eon wrote: > Guys, > > > A long shot, I guess, but anyone have an Europa kit they might want to sell? New > or used - but working. > > > On a side note, could someone please explain to me what Europa is about really? > If it is an IC with a program in it, why can't it be done by someone else if > Synthcom does not have time / resources? > Or it's something totally different? > > I do not endorse using anyone's intellectual property without his will, of > course. But it simply escapes me why such a great (not to say essential) product > is discontinued. > > > > > Thanks > Maciek >