I noticed that firmware dump for vintage synth can be incredibly hard to come by unless you know exactly where to look. Most of the time, if you are looking to upgrade or repair your favourite synth, you might find some firmware buried deep in synth forum’s while some other seems to only be available by buying very overpriced preprogramed EPROM chip from sellers on eBay. This is my attempt at resolving the situation and making as many firmware dumps as possible freely available for everyone. This page became much more popular than I originally anticipated and seem to have quickly become the biggest vintage synthesizer firmware collection freely available online. Now I understand that this page is pretty simple and lacks several things that would make it more professional and useful. T…
I noticed that firmware dump for vintage synth can be incredibly hard to come by unless you know exactly where to look. Most of the time, if you are looking to upgrade or repair your favourite synth, you might find some firmware buried deep in synth forum’s while some other seems to only be available by buying very overpriced preprogramed EPROM chip from sellers on eBay. This is my attempt at resolving the situation and making as many firmware dumps as possible freely available for everyone. This page became much more popular than I originally anticipated and seem to have quickly become the biggest vintage synthesizer firmware collection freely available online. Now I understand that this page is pretty simple and lacks several things that would make it more professional and useful. Things like standardization of the filenames, proper credit, better classification, proper database and more information about the chips used is currently lacking but I am planning to fix this in the future. I just haven’t managed to find the time yet to do all this so bear with me as I figured that sharing the data was the main purpose of the page and that I better share what I have like this compared to wait to do it more properly and not share anything until.
If you have access to any other chip dump, contact me! Also, if you have a synth with a firmware or sample chip you would like to have dumped and preserved, contact me and I will be happy to help out reading the chip content for you and share it on the page.
*Keep in mind that I do not own any of those Synth and can’t test the data myself nor can I answer specific questions about them. I am only sharing the dumps hoping that they will be useful to peoples.
Huge thanks to Rasputin from VintageSynth forum for his help kickstarting this archive, Andreas Markusen along with Claudio ’‘SerialSinger’’ Falcone for not only providing many synth dumps but also for his invaluable help finding out the numerous duplicate dumps that were cluttering the page!
*Please, do not comment or e-mail asking for specific firmware. If I had it, it would be here. If somebody wanted to share it, it would get added. Request comments won’t be published in an effort not to have a wall of peoples asking for random firmwares.*
Special Thanks to Vadim, who paid good money so he could share the Akai MPC60 v2.14 firmware with everyone!
Another long overdue update, with several rare and hard to find firmware! Thanks again to everyone’s helping and to the queen of Synthetizer, Alison Cassidy, who seem to be working extra these days to provide us with very hard to find stuff.
Sorry for the long delayed udpate, I had some health issue over the last year or so that took me a while to recover from and my mail box filled up during that time and only just noticed that I was no longer receiving email.
Previous Update
12/16/2021:
Another long awaited update! Sorry again for the wait.
| Filename | Contributor |
| Casio_MT-540_Sound_Rom_Dumps.zip | John Bennett & brassicGamer |
| Yamaha SY85 IC8 1.10S.zip | Uniccoplus |
| Dynachord Add One OS-2 22B.zip | Marc Marc |
| YAHAMA PCV-87A XM456C0 27C256.zip | Fausto |
| YAMAHA PCV87A XM453C0 27C240.zip | Fausto |
| JoMoX_AirBase99.zip | Thom K. @ analogwizard.com |
| Sequential Circuits DRUMTRAKS OS v0.4.zip | Justin Mullins |
| Jen Synx 508 - Version 1.zip | Marco Molendi |
| Fernando Lachari | Emu_esi32_Firwmare3.0.zip |
| Vermona SK86 roms.zip | Andreas |
| Alesis Datadisk_v209_eprom.zip | Andreas |
| Eventide H949 Roms.zip | Stefan Huebner |
| Synthex Rev.1 Version 4 firmware.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| E-mu Proteus XR Firmware V2.03.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| Korg_X5DR_v12.zip | Kiskadar69 |
| Dynachord Add One OS-2 22A.zip | Marc Marc |
| Per Linne UC-1 Sequencer Firmware 2.0.zip | Stefan Huebner |
| DX7-V1-8.zip | Anthony |
| emu_darwin_v2_50.zip | Stu George |
| emu_darwin_v2_02.zip | Stu George |
| Kawai ACR20.zip | Runegame |
| YamahaRX15_v1-0_HN27128AG.zip | Nicolás Dinapoli Fariña |
| Yamaha-SU700-v101-103.zip | Benedict |
| DR BOHM DD BIN FILES IC104-IC120.zip | Ondrej Pavelka |
| Roland_CD-5_v3.1b_SONY_SCSI_IC802.zip | llamamusic |
| Bohm DD16.zip Bohm Digital Drums EPROM Set with 104 blue 105 red 109 red 110 blue.zip Bohm Digital Drums EPROM Set with 104 green 105 black 109 110 yellow.zip CM Labs PM216.zip Control Synthesis DB9 v2.2.zip Doepfer ms404 v1.01.zip Kenton ControlFreakLive.zip Kenton Pro dcb.zip Korg Ex8000 v850905.zip Lexicon LXP1 v1.06.zip Lexicon MRC v3.01.zip Lexicon MRC v4.00.zip Lexicon PCM70 Proms.zip Lexicon PrimeTime 93 Prom.zip Waldorf 4pole v1.48.zip | Rob Willis |
06/04/2021:
Long awaited update! Sorry for the wait.
| Filename | Contributor |
| casio_sk5.zip | d-tech music |
| dbx_290_project1.zip | d-tech music |
| digitech_gsp5.zip | d-tech music |
| drawmer_m500.zip | d-tech music |
| dynacord_mcc1.zip | d-tech music |
| hammond_gm1000.zip | d-tech music |
| hohner_adam.zip | d-tech music |
| kawai_gmega.zip | d-tech music |
| korg_a2.zip | d-tech music |
| rocktron_progap.zip | d-tech music |
| roland_ra50.zip | d-tech music |
| roland_xp10.zip | d-tech music |
| sony_dps-d7.zip | d-tech music |
| sony_dps-v55.zip | d-tech music |
| sony_dps-v77.zip | d-tech music |
| tc_triple-c.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_avs10.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_cvs10.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_dd55c.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_psr40.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_psr79.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_pss102.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_pss680.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_ry30.zip | d-tech music |
| Moto Midi Timepiece AV USB 1.32.zip | Garry Hughes |
| Akai_MPC60_V1.12.zip | zwukolow |
| Akai_MPC60_VOICE_1.0.zip | zwukolow |
| Solton_Arranger_Plus_Rhythm_EEPROMs | Flavio |
| Eventide_H3000.zip | Flavio |
| Eventide H3000SE 2.16 with SV.zip | Flavio |
| Eventide H3000 High Tide.zip | Flavio |
04/02/2021:
| Filename | Contributor |
| Oberheim_OBXa_Firmware_Rev_9.zip | Falk |
| Peavey SX.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| Peavey SPM SP - 1.20.zip | Andreas Markusen |
06/04/2021:
| Filename | Contributor |
| casio_sk5.zip | d-tech music |
| dbx_290_project1.zip | d-tech music |
| digitech_gsp5.zip | d-tech music |
| drawmer_m500.zip | d-tech music |
| dynacord_mcc1.zip | d-tech music |
| hammond_gm1000.zip | d-tech music |
| hohner_adam.zip | d-tech music |
| kawai_gmega.zip | d-tech music |
| korg_a2.zip | d-tech music |
| rocktron_progap.zip | d-tech music |
| roland_ra50.zip | d-tech music |
| roland_xp10.zip | d-tech music |
| sony_dps-d7.zip | d-tech music |
| sony_dps-v55.zip | d-tech music |
| sony_dps-v77.zip | d-tech music |
| tc_triple-c.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_avs10.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_cvs10.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_dd55c.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_psr40.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_psr79.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_pss102.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_pss680.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_ry30.zip | d-tech music |
| Moto Midi Timepiece AV USB 1.32.zip | Garry Hughes |
| Akai_MPC60_V1.12.zip | zwukolow |
| Akai_MPC60_VOICE_1.0.zip | zwukolow |
| Solton_Arranger_Plus_Rhythm_EEPROMs | Flavio |
| Eventide_H3000.zip | Flavio |
| Eventide H3000SE 2.16 with SV.zip | Flavio |
| Eventide H3000 High Tide.zip | Flavio |
04/02/2021:
| Filename | Contributor |
| Oberheim_OBXa_Firmware_Rev_9.zip | Falk |
| Peavey SX.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| Peavey SPM SP - 1.20.zip | Andreas Markusen |
11**/30/2020:**
Another long overdue update!
| Filename | Contributor |
| Kurzweil K2000 v3.54C (Calvin) OS Firmware ROMs.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| Alesis QS6 OS ver 1.00.zip | Evgeniy |
| Peavey DPM-SP - Version 1.47.zip.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| simmons-portakit-1.6.zip | Ray Bellis |
| simmons-portakit-1.6-oled-patched.zip | Ray Bellis |
| Yamaha EX5 - Version unknown.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| MXR 185 CONTROL 10.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| KPC2 v2.20_5336.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| Kawai K1 Firmware V1.04 P104E.zip | Armin |
| Ensoniq SQ80m voice rom 020.zip | Johnny Diggs |
| Sequential Circuits Studio 440 v150 | Anthony Lauzon |
| Sequential Circuits Studio 440 v220.zip | Anthony Lauzon |
| Sequential Circuits Studio 440 v230.zip | Anthony Lauzon |
| Sequential Circuits Studio 440_unrelease_v2.21_Source.zip | Anthony Lauzon |
| Roland HS-80 - Version 5.0.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| Ritmi-Arranger-Plus.zip | Flavio |
| OB-xa Doc and potential V8.zip | Flavio |
| PPG Wave 2.3 version 6.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| Roland_E-20_02.03.zip | Dennis Gralke |
09/12/2020:
I’m very excited for this update as we are adding our first dump coming from a vintage Soviet synthetizer! I must admit I am personnaly very interested in old Soviet gears and technology and i hope we will get more Soviet EPROM dumps in the future! Thanks to Max ’‘Synthhead’’ for this rare treat!
| Filename | Contributor |
| Soviet_Cadans_S12_Firmware.zip | Max ’‘Synthead’’ |
| cheetah_md16_2.06.zip | Jürgen Driessen |
09/05/2020:
| Filename | Contributor |
| ART_MULTIVERB_alpha2_EPROM_Firmware_v2.02.zip | Robin Sutcliffe |
| ART_FXR.zip | Robin Sutcliffe |
| akai mpc 2000 pad cpu rom v 1.0 am27c256.zip | Felix Bohmann |
| DKI Synergy Roms.zip | Alsún Ní Chasaide |
| behringer_dsp1424p_ultramizer_pro.zip | d-tech music |
| casio_sk-10.zip | d-tech music |
| casio_sk-2.zip | d-tech music |
| emu_proteus-2xr.zip | d-tech music |
| lexicon_reflex.zip | d-tech music |
| roland_jd-800_waveroms.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_playcard_216pcs.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_psr-160.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_psr-260.zip | d-tech music |
| Kurzweil K2VX Setup V5.zip | Graham Hunter |
| QS6.2_V1.0.bin.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| Korg Trident MKII - MCUs ROMs.zip | Manfred Veber |
| 360 MIDI Bass (EPROMs, alternate set).zip | Rasputin |
| Access Virus B (am29f040b_4v9).zip | Rasputin |
| Access Virus C (am29f040b_6v6).zip | Rasputin |
| Akai MPC2000XL Operation (op) ROM for panel CPU [M27C256B, 0x3267].zip | Rasputin |
| Alesis MIDIVerb (u51 27c128 MVOBJ 2-6-86).zip | Rasputin |
| ARP ProSoloist (PROM board B and C).zip | Rasputin |
| Bohm Digital Drums IC104-107 (4x2764).zip | Rasputin |
| E-mu Emax (ROMs, GALs, and PALs).zip | Rasputin |
| Emu Emax II serial EEPROM (93C06N, from 8 MB EMAX II).zip | Rasputin |
| Emu Emulator II (PROMs IC135 and 137).zip | Rasputin |
| Ensoniq EPSm v2.41 firmware (EPROM) [SCSI support].zip | Rasputin |
| Fairlight CMI (Q032 4x270).zip | Rasputin |
| LinnDrum v3.1 OS ROMs.zip | Rasputin |
| Nord Lead 1 (27c4001 or 27c040 EPROM) (2.70 is final version_ 2002-11-05).zip | Rasputin |
| Nord Lead 3 OS v1.08 (via MIDI).zip | Rasputin |
| Nord Lead 3 OS v1.20 (via MIDI).zip | Rasputin |
| Novation Super Bass Station V1.9 [27C512].zip | Rasputin |
| Oberheim OB-Xk v1r4g (mitsubishi-M5L-27128-2-u16-8415).zip | Rasputin |
| Roland D50 PCM ROMs.zip | Rasputin |
| Sequential Circuits (SCI) Prophet 2002+ (2002 plus) [v4.3B].zip | Rasputin |
| Sequential Circuits (SCI) Studio 440 SMPTE v1.50.zip | Rasputin |
| Simmons Tom Tom (32K).zip | Rasputin |
| Waldorf MicroWave II EPROMs.zip | Rasputin |
| Yamaha DX5 v6.zip | Rasputin |
| Yamaha SY77 WaveROM (IC220_8_MSB).zip | Rasputin |
07/29/2020:
I understand that we got a very rare submission today, thanks to Gaetano Marchese for sharing this with everyone!
| Filename | Contributor |
| Roland_DJ-70MKI_v01.01_IC22.zip | Gaetano Marchese |
07/21/2020:
| Filename | Contributor |
| UrsaMajor_Stargate323_EPROM_full.zip | Robert Vettel |
| Roland_XP-10_Ver1.02_96-10-11.zip | scev0la |
| Alesis Microverb 1 - 10-27-86 5c08.zip | Zack Nelson |
| Microverb 10-27-86 5c08.zip | Zack Nelson |
| Emu ESI Version 1.04 [ESI 32, 2000 and 4000].zip | Andreas Markusen |
| ROLAND_MKS7_ROMS.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| MXR 185 Drum Computer - CONTROL 11 BOOT ROM.zip | Alison Cassidy |
| Korg DW8000 1.3 AT27C128.zip | Miguel Viscarra |
| DX7_Voice_Rom2.zip | Miguel Viscarra |
* The new Ursa Major Stargate 323 is replacing the current dump that was shown to be corrupted, thanks Robert!
05**/18/2020:**
Sorry, this one was way overdue, but that whole world pandemic thing is really starting to cramp my synth game!
| Filename | Contributor |
| casio_cz-1_cartridges_rc-10_rc-30.zip | d-tech music |
| korg_sas-20.zip | d-tech music |
| kramer_sg-6005.zip | d-tech music |
| tc-helicon_voicelive.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_dsr-1000.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_pss-12.zip | d-tech music |
| yamaha_ydg2030_ydg2006.zip | d-tech music |
| Akai MPC60 Panel eprom OP V1-1 2764.zip | Mauro Tarelli |
| Atari Mega STE 205 ic 018-19 tms27c010.zip | Mauro Tarelli |
| Digidesign Control 24 U3-U10-U13 v108.zip | Mauro Tarelli |
| Korg DW8000 1.3 AT27c512r.zip | Mauro Tarelli |
| KORG PROPHECY 1.01 IC2-IC22 tms27c240.zip | Mauro Tarelli |
| Simmons SDS9 4.0 27128.zip | Mauro Tarelli |
| Casio SK-1.zip | Andreas Markusen |
| Arp Quadra - P8048-0214 MCU.zip | Manfred Veber |
| Digitech RP3.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Orla Concorde 305.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Roland Juno Alpha1.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Roland SDE330.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Yamaha DX11.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Yamaha SPX90.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Yamaha SPX990.zip | Thibaut Joly |
| Kurzweil_K2000R_GODOT_PSEUDO_GALS | Brad Boegler |
| Kurzweil_K2000R_Setup_Rom_V1_0.zip | Brad Boegler |
| Super Bass Station V1.9.zip | Zack Nelson |
*Deleted the "Yamaha TX81Z EPROM Firmware Last Revision". It seem it was simply v1.6 with the text string "V1.6 03-Feb-88" at 0xF041 change to "V YBB 16Oct2006" - Thanks to Kádár for the heads up!
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