From tande.adamson@btinternet.com Wed Nov 26 13:53:29 2003
Subject:Soundside VK8 Upgrade Set (www.soundside.de)

Hi,
( For those to whom it may be of interest ) I've just downloaded the
up-grade from Soundside into my VK8-M.
Here are details of the new presets.
Soundside VK8 Upgrade Set (www.soundside.de) (c) 2003
--------------------------------------------------------

Bank 4: (new features)
-----------------------

4-1 Rotary Bypass off (normal setting to compare with the next
one)
4-2 Rotary Bypass on (No rotary used)
4-3 Vibrato Chorus C3 - Vintage Setting '50
4-4 Vibrato Chorus C3 - Vintage Setting '60
4-5 Vibrato Chorus C3 - Vintage Setting '70
4-6 Vibrato Chorus C3 - Vintage Setting '50 & Rotary Bypass on

(you can modify and store these patches - the new features will be
stored too)

Bank 5: (Soft patches)
----------------------

5-1 Loud & Clean
5-2 Chorus
5-3 Vintage I
5-4 Vintage II
5-5 Soft Bee
5-6 Child In time

Bank 6: (Overdrive patches)
----------------------

6-1 Soft Over
6-2 Rock Lead
6-3 Rock Dist
6-4 Overdrive
6-5 Marshall I Break
6-6 Marshal II Break

Patches 6-5 and 6-6 use no rotary (brake mode) - you can use the
rotary if you like.

Banks 1 through 3 are not changed during the download.
As all the original presets are doubled up 1-3 = 4-6, there would
seem to be no danger in doing this up-grade. In any case re-
intiallization is an option on the Roland clone.

Reading the midi specs from the VK8-M manual I noticed that true by-
pass is an option for this clone through sysex, so I don't know
whether there really are 'new features', like better Leslie sim than
the factory setting, that couldn't be achieved during normal
editing/tweaking using the on-board facilities. Vintage chorus C3
50/60/70 does seem to be a new feature though.

Thomas.