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"360 Systems - Digital Keyboard (s/n B358 ) The 360 Systems Digital Keyboard is from around 1984 and was one of the early 8-bit sample players. It is generally all working well, the keyboard really needs new bushings as it is a bit clattery and switch 16 does not work, although due to the sample blocks loaded into this unit, sounds 14, 15 and 16 are not active, so the faulty switch (16) wouldn’t do anything anyway. The “VAR” switch doesn’t seem to do anything, but presumably this is due to none of the ROM options installed having any variations, it was the strings that had variation, but this unit does not have strings installed. This is an early unit, and although it has MIDI sockets, it does not have the MIDI option fitted (So no MIDI). This unit is set to 240V. The voices installed are: 1- Flute 2- Nylon Guitar 3- Jazz Guitar 4- Slap (Funk) Bass 5- Electric Guitar 6- Clavinet 7 E.Piano (Rhodes) 8- Saxophone 9- French Horn 10- Trombone 11- Trumpet 12- Piccolo Trumpet 13- Grand Piano 14 - 16 - not active as the piano uses all 48 ROM chips
VEMIA can collect and pack: 24GBP."
Very interesting. The listing says that switches 15-16 aren't active because the piano sound "uses all 48 ROM chips". That's a lot of chips for one sound. It really shows how things have changed.
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