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Format procedure Fairlight series 3

2012-09-27 by ataritt

Hi, How do i format a new disk. I've got 2 Seagate 4Gb drives and need them formatted. Can i also use ZIP drives to backup? If so, how do i format these? Regards Karel Post

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-25 by Howard Smith

This all sounds very exciting.... I look forward to it. Thank you H --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "WT" wrote: > > As long as it´s a plug and play solution, there should be no problem for any > CMI IIx user to upgrade to this. I would suggest even going so far as to > incl

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-23 by WT

As long as it´s a plug and play solution, there should be no problem for any CMI IIx user to upgrade to this. I would suggest even going so far as to include a preformatted card including the OS-disk and the complete soundlibrary. WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "tama_rat"

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-23 by tama_rat

Yes, and I agree -- this would eliminate the problems many have getting a PC set up with an 8" drive and ImageDisk. --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "dd_62622" wrote: > > would it be possible to copy our 8" disks direct to the cf card using the drive select signal switches ?

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-23 by dd_62622

would it be possible to copy our 8" disks direct to the cf card using the drive select signal switches ? would be a great way to preserve our libraries if one could make the transfer to img on the cmi itself. cheers, DD --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "tama_rat" wrote: > >

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-23 by tama_rat

Right. You don't need 2 HxC emulators -- each one can look like 2 drives. I want to have a couple of switches to choose whether each drive select signal goes to the HxC or the old 8" drive. In my setup now I have both 8" drives disconnected and the HxC is emulating both the left

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-22 by WT

See Kirks answer below That´s how I´ve believed it works. To switch "floppy" you have to use the HCX menus. WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter K." To: Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement The

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-22 by Peter K.

The HxC emulates 2 drives. Doesn't that meen they act as 2 seperate drives? Peter Kersten. From: WT Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:26 PM To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement Yeah, two cardreaders is what

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-22 by WT

Yeah, two cardreaders is what I´d go for. WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirk_keyes" To: Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:47 PM Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement The actual time to load off the HxC SD card should be the same time as

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-22 by kirk_keyes

The actual time to load off the HxC SD card should be the same time as loading off a floppy. At least that's how it is on my Emulator II with the HxC. Wouldn't people want to have two HxC on a Fairlight - one with the OS disk on it, and then the second with the sound library on i

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-22 by WT

It wouldn´t be any different to using actual floppies except for the loading time. WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "elanb" To: Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 10:30 PM Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement this is very interesting!.. flipping

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-21 by elanb

this is very interesting!.. flipping though disks is the most tedious part of constructing a song on the IIx having all the sounds available at once would be a dream. --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "WT" wrote: > > Good points ! I didn´t really think it through about havein

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[Fairlight CMI] re: front panel replacement hinges

2012-09-19 by Att

Well, since I bungled , hugely, with a misdirected email ( apologies to all concerned) I might as well say that what I won't be messing up are the replacement hinges I'm working on...:) Everyone know what a drag it is when a front panel hinge breaks, so I'm working on prototypes

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-19 by Att

Crap, I didn't mean that to go to the group Sent from my iPod On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Att wrote: > Hey Joe, > How are you? > It's Glenn in Cupertino > > Thanks again for your help with the floppy library, and for selling me the two USB mouse/monitor adspters( embarrased to s

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-19 by Att

Hey Joe, How are you? It's Glenn in Cupertino Thanks again for your help with the floppy library, and for selling me the two USB mouse/monitor adspters( embarrased to say I've used the fairlight a few times since, but not hooked up the usb devices yet (health and time) This proba

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-19 by WT

Good points ! I didn´t really think it through about haveing it on a card inside the CMI. One must be able to access the buttons on the HCX. How does the writing to the card work when you are making a sequence ? Any problems with that ? WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "tama

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-19 by tama_rat

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been able to reply sooner -- too much (non-Fairlight) stuff going on! I'd like to make a CMI retrofit kit for the HxC, and probably will, but it will likely take a while. I've only got a little time on the weekends to work on it. The older machines ha

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Fairlight-CMI HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement ...

2012-09-19 by horiprod

Hi All. If it helps in a bulk purchase, count me in. I also do a shed-load of industrial design, and would again be glad to help out in any way. See a picture of a similar project I did creating a CMI III solid state boot drive on an internal card, in the Yahoo Fairlight pics. It

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R: [Fairlight-CMI] HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-18 by fabio delben

I am in! Ciao Fabio --- Dom 16/9/12, Peter K. ha scritto: Da: Peter K. Oggetto: [Fairlight-CMI] HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement A: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Data: Domenica 16 settembre 2012, 17:42 First of all: Thanks very much Joe for your help. . I read on the HxC f

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-18 by dd_62622

Guess I would like to go for a breakoutbox myself. or a perfect fitting door. just could never chance the face of a perfect beauty : ) yes she is! --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter K." wrote: > > Quote: "or does my fear of losing the original industrial design seems ri

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-17 by Peter K.

Quote: "or does my fear of losing the original industrial design seems ridiculous : ) ?" Not at all! Uploaded two pics, of how the upgrade could look. First of how a plain Fairlight-colored plate would look. On the other picture a black stripe is placed where the 8" drive was. Lo

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-17 by Peter K.

Think about this: If you hide your HxC in an empty slot, this meens that every time you want to acces it, you have to open the cagedoor. I personally wouldn't want that......... The door would show wearsigns very soon.... Not desirable I think. An external box would be an option

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-17 by dvdborn

Me too! David http://dvdborn.blogspot.com --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "WT" wrote: > > I´m in ! > > WT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter K." > To: > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:42 PM > Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-17 by WT

Actually, that would be a very cool solution. Dual card readers, dual switches, mounted on a card that fits into a slot. The only problem I can see is the amount of cabling that needs to be fitted. WT 17 sep 2012 kl. 09:56 skrev "dd_62622" : > any chance we could develop a hidden

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Re: HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-17 by dd_62622

any chance we could develop a hidden drive solution ? I somehow don't want to temper with the original appearance of the cmi. as I type this line a few ideas come to mind.. how .bout making a card witch holds the HxC and fit this one in one of the empty slots? or maybe create a f

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-16 by WT

I´m in ! WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter K." To: Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:42 PM Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement First of all: Thanks very much Joe for your help. . I read on the HxC forum that problems with image seem to be

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HxC and CMI IIx Floppydrive replacement

2012-09-16 by Peter K.

First of all: Thanks very much Joe for your help. . I read on the HxC forum that problems with image seem to be solved. ( http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=118&p=6950#p6950 ) Next step would be creating a frontplate, same size as one floppydrive, holding two HxC

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Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!

2012-09-11 by dvdborn

Hi Joe, That's fantastic news. Thanks for investing the time and resources to test this out. Do you mind sharing the info on how one has to make the cable to connect the HxC with the IIx? I'm guessing that this would be the right HxC model?: http://www.lotharek.pl/product.php?pid

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Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!

2012-09-11 by dd_62622

this is just brilliant ! thx Joe --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "tama_rat" wrote: > > I received my Rev F HxC and spent some quality time with it the past couple of weekends. > > The short story is that I was able to get it to work with my IIx -- booting, reading, writing,

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Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!

2012-09-09 by tama_rat

I received my Rev F HxC and spent some quality time with it the past couple of weekends. The short story is that I was able to get it to work with my IIx -- booting, reading, writing, formatting. I just posted some pics and HxC disk images. The slightly longer story is that I did

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: 4 Gbyte Solid State Drive

2012-09-05 by Peter K.

Thanks David. Didn't know about this one. I turns out this is actually the same as what I have, but fused onto one pcb. This has he same firmware as an Acard AEC-7720U. It's possible you need to replace the firmware with an earlier version to get it to work........... Peter Kerst

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Re: 4 Gbyte Solid State Drive

2012-09-04 by dvdborn

Over at the EIII forum (http://EIIIforum.com) users have had success with the CF AztecMonster CF-3.5" SCSI Converter Card: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CF-AztecMonster-CF-3-5-SCSI-Converter-Card-for-Mac-AKAI-sampler-/300774442670?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item46078dc6ae This solution

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: 4 Gbyte Solid State Drive

2012-09-02 by Joe Sleator

Yeah, I played with a stack of devices a few years ago. CF card (which IS an ATA interface) to an ATA->SCSI to a CMI. You can use a good binary editor, one which will allow editing anything, files, volumes, raw volumes, memory, etc, such as 010 edit, to image old SCSI drives, arc

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"Black Beauty" CMI pictures .....

2012-09-02 by horiprod

Hi All. Just posted some images of my old studio CMI which might amuse: an MFX tower system, professionally powdercoated black. I now have a rack system instead, which takes up much less floorspace (to the considerable relief of my wife). System is coming up for sale on the Bay o

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: 4 Gbyte Solid State Drive

2012-09-02 by Peter K.

Well, I'm not JB, but I can confirm that not every SCSI/IDE bridge will work. In 2010 I did a lot of testing with an EIII-rack. There is a difference between brands and even in firmware. So the task is to find the cheapest, working ones. As for the 4 GB IDE Flash Module, I used a

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Re: 4 Gbyte Solid State Drive

2012-08-31 by horiprod

Hi JB. Did you try this SCSI/IDE bridge?? I've bought several different ones and not everyone works. Regards, PW --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Jean-Bernard EMOND wrote: > > Very simple and low price solution : > > > UltraSCSI 50pin SCSI <> IDE (165 US$): > > > 4GB IDE Fla

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Re: "CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!

2012-08-28 by Howard Smith

Hi Peter Thank you for the info - Yes I would be very interested in being part of this. I can easily sort the front plate out. Please keep me in the loop. many thanks Howard --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter K." wrote: > > I'm not the Peter you ment, but I can answer t

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4 Gbyte Solid State Drive

2012-08-28 by Jean-Bernard EMOND

Very simple and low price solution : UltraSCSI 50pin SCSI <> IDE (165 US$): 4GB IDE Flash Module (44-Pin Vertical) (66 US$): Total solution : 231 US$ (without shipping), If you looking good there found probably better price... JB

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Synclaviers for sale

2012-08-26 by Tobias Enhus

Hi all! Selling my two spare Synclaviers (yes yes I know this is a CMI forum) http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/msg/3231359637.html Hit me up if you're interested Cheers! Tobias

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Old PSB tracks

2012-08-25 by Att

They were cool though and thx Sent from my iPod On Aug 25, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Peter Connelly wrote: > The videos have been removed :( > > P > > On 22 August 2012 11:42, JAddams wrote: > > Great to see the Series III actually operating, both loading and playing the Real-time sequen

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Old PSB tracks

2012-08-25 by Peter Connelly

The videos have been removed :( P On 22 August 2012 11:42, JAddams jaddams80@yahoo.com > wrote: Great to see the Series III actually operating, both loading and playing the Real-time sequencer. I was surprised at how long it takes to load from disk. On 20 Aug 2012, at 21:04, tama

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