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Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-10 by Cornelius Schöler

Hello !

just got back my Hohner HS-1/E Sampler from servicing.
Floppy drive was cleaned but still isn't always working correctly.
Sometimes loads a disk, then don't.
Replacement seems to be quite complicated.

I wanted to ask if anyone would like to exchange sounds on floppy disks for the machine ?
I got quite a few disks when I bought the sampler
and am interested in old sounds. (e.g. strings, bassoon, clarinet, drums)

I hope copying disks will work now, haven't tried yet.

Best regards
Moto

Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-10 by JAMIE logan

floppy disks have a life of about 5 years before becoming bad its always good to make back ups and why fz1 bank transfers are great as it allows you to back up your disk collection to a computer

the hxc floppy emulator works with the fz1 so you can load the fz dumps direct as images and load them direct for the sdcard
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On 10 January 2015 at 08:55, Cornelius Schöler studio@motomoto.de [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello !

just got back my Hohner HS-1/E Sampler from servicing.
Floppy drive was cleaned but still isn't always working correctly.
Sometimes loads a disk, then don't.
Replacement seems to be quite complicated.

I wanted to ask if anyone would like to exchange sounds on floppy disks for the machine ?
I got quite a few disks when I bought the sampler
and am interested in old sounds. (e.g. strings, bassoon, clarinet, drums)

I hope copying disks will work now, haven't tried yet.

Best regards
Moto


Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-10 by JAMIE logan

i have over 500 floppy disks for mine from my rave days and hardcore from 1989 to 1995 of user samples

which im still imaging
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On 10 January 2015 at 14:43, JAMIE logan <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
floppy disks have a life of about 5 years before becoming bad its always good to make back ups and why fz1 bank transfers are great as it allows you to back up your disk collection to a computer

the hxc floppy emulator works with the fz1 so you can load the fz dumps direct as images and load them direct for the sdcard

On 10 January 2015 at 08:55, Cornelius Schöler studio@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello !

just got back my Hohner HS-1/E Sampler from servicing.
Floppy drive was cleaned but still isn't always working correctly.
Sometimes loads a disk, then don't.
Replacement seems to be quite complicated.

I wanted to ask if anyone would like to exchange sounds on floppy disks for the machine ?
I got quite a few disks when I bought the sampler
and am interested in old sounds. (e.g. strings, bassoon, clarinet, drums)

I hope copying disks will work now, haven';t tried yet.

Best regards
Moto



Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-10 by Rkm

+1 for Lotharek's hxc floppy emulator.  Mine's in the mail now for my Ensoniq EPS sampler.  My collection of 300 floppy disks will easily fit on a small SD card and I won't have to cringe whenever my floppy drive makes weird sounds or won't load a disk.

-Richard


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On Jan 10, 2015, at 8:44 AM, "JAMIE logan jammie.emma@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> i have over 500 floppy disks for mine from my rave days and hardcore from 1989 to 1995 of user samples
> 
> which im still imaging 
> 
> On 10 January 2015 at 14:43, JAMIE logan <jammie.emma@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> floppy disks have a life of about 5 years before becoming bad its always good to make back ups and why fz1 bank transfers are great as it allows you to back up your disk collection to a computer
>> 
>> the hxc floppy emulator works with the fz1 so you can load the fz dumps direct as images and load them direct for the sdcard
>> 
>> On 10 January 2015 at 08:55, Cornelius Schöler studio@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>> Hello !
>>> 
>>> just got back my Hohner HS-1/E Sampler from servicing.
>>> Floppy drive was cleaned but still isn't always working correctly.
>>> Sometimes loads a disk, then don't.
>>> Replacement seems to be quite complicated.
>>> 
>>> I wanted to ask if anyone would like to exchange sounds on floppy disks for the machine ?
>>> I got quite a few disks when I bought the sampler
>>> and am interested in old sounds. (e.g. strings, bassoon, clarinet, drums)
>>> 
>>> I hope copying disks will work now, haven't tried yet.
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> Moto
> 
>

Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-10 by gordon@...

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 08:54:12AM -0600, Rkm rkm31415@... [CZsynth] wrote:
> +1 for Lotharek's hxc floppy emulator.  Mine's in the mail now for my Ensoniq EPS sampler.  My collection of 300 floppy disks will easily fit on a small SD card and I won't have to cringe whenever my floppy drive makes weird sounds or won't load a disk.
> 
> -Richard

I've never really found floppies to be a problem.  The Mirage is slightly less forgiving of dodgy floppies than the EPS, too, but sticking a nice new drive in helps.

-- 
Gordonjcp MM0YEQ

Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-10 by JAMIE logan

not if the disks drive is mis aligned and when using a new floppy drive you get crc errors but when using the original its ok i have had this a few times on emax slimfloppy cf card drives upgrades
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On 10 January 2015 at 15:03, gordon@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 08:54:12AM -0600, Rkm rkm31415@... [CZsynth] wrote:
> +1 for Lotharek's hxc floppy emulator. Mine's in the mail now for my Ensoniq EPS sampler. My collection of 300 floppy disks will easily fit on a small SD card and I won't have to cringe whenever my floppy drive makes weird sounds or won't load a disk.
>
> -Richard

 I've never really found floppies to be a problem. The Mirage is slightly less forgiving of dodgy floppies than the EPS, too, but sticking a nice new drive in helps.

--
Gordonjcp MM0YEQ


Re: Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-12 by Cornelius Schöler

Thanks for the posts !

hxc floppy emulator seems to be a good solution.
What model based on SD-Cards would work with the Hohner HS-1/E ?

Best regards
Moto

Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-12 by JAMIE logan

get the version that includes a proper 3.5" metal case

a 1gb to 2gb card is big enough


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On 12 January 2015 at 10:01, Cornelius Schöler studio@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Thanks for the posts !


hxc floppy emulator seems to be a good solution.
What model based on SD-Cards would work with the Hohner HS-1/E ?

Best regards
Moto


Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-01-12 by analogmonster@...

Do NOT get one that doesn't fit in a 3.5inch floppy bay unless youre up for a lot of case modding. I've been using these for a few years and they're great devices but were a huge PITA to fit in some machines until the redesign. You want a rev F not a rev C if you want it to be easy to fit, it's totally worth the extra euros 




On 12 Jan 2015, at 10:14, JAMIE logan jammie.emma@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

get the version that includes a proper 3.5" metal case

a 1gb to 2gb card is big enough
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> On 12 January 2015 at 10:01, Cornelius Schöler studio@motomoto.de [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>  
> Thanks for the posts !
> 
> 
> hxc floppy emulator seems to be a good solution.
> What model based on SD-Cards would work with the Hohner HS-1/E ?
> 
> Best regards
> Moto

Re: Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E Sounds

2015-05-03 by casiocz4000@...

Hello. Do you mind if i ask where you got your service done ? I just brought one from germany and sadly it needs some maintainance. I cant even get the disk to format. I am based in London. Thanks - Alex

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