Hey! I’ve managed to ‘brick’ my Edirol V-8 by accidentally going into the midi update system menu. It powers on, but now only displays E00 on the display, there is no video output and I can’t access the menu.
I can still access the midi update system, however, I don’t have a SysEx file to upload. Does anyone happen to know if one exists, and if so, where I could download it please?
…sorry, i do not have time to read up on this at the moment, but if there is anything that you find which would allow me to export the firmware from my V-8 to a SYSEX-file i can send you i’d be happy to help you with this…
Thank you, I’ve tried looking into this. I know there is a way to dump V-8 settings into a SysEx file but I don’t think there is a way to do it with the firmware but I’ll keep digging.
I have, no luck unfortunately. I think firmwares were stored in something called “Service Net” which I believe was for authorised technicians only and not publicly available.
It’s a long shot but I’ve even contacted Roland to see if they have the firmware in their achieves and if they’d be able to send me it if so. I don’t expect they will, but figured it was worth asking.
I was gonna say, Roland usually give out the OS files, they have done so for me in the past too, for a way older 1980s synth. They made mistakes in that OS at the time, and were still honouring the work, and sending out Eprom chips to users via the postal service.
Hi. Are you still planning to upload the V-8 firmware here (or somewhere?). I reached out to Roland to obtain it myself, just in case I ever need it, but they’re pushing back for some reason.