S2400 EPROM Binary Files import

Hi, Crazy unique idea… How about writing an importer that loads and Decodes EPROMS from the LinnDrum 1+2/ Drumulator/ DMX/ DrumTrax/ SP-12/ Lindrum9000/ Akai XR-10/ Kawai R50/100 etc…

inspired by this mindblowing VST drum machine which runs on real Eproms

original Eproms in the hardware of the S2400’s 12bit engine would sound great.

it’s can’t be that complicated? :wink:

aly is a great guy who writes awesome music software!

It already exists though - sox will do this. SoX - Sound eXchange download | SourceForge.net

you just need to carefully construct command lines

these will prob work -

μ-law encoded like LinnDrum or DMX

sox -t raw -e mu-law -b 8 -r 32000 input.bin -t wav -e signed -b 16 -r 48000 output.wav

linear pcm like drumulator or drumtrax

sox -t raw -e unsigned -b 8 -r 32000 input.bin -t wav -e signed -b 16 -r 48000 output.wav

If the audio is distorted, noisy, or pitched weirdly, adjust sample rate (-r) or encoding (-e).

If there is unused data you can trim it with sox, too, with the trim effect

there are other utils here as well

They are old dos/windows apps but will probably run on Wine or Crossover on a Mac

1 Like