Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Hi PeWe!

>>But now I have to ask if it is necessary to format these medias, or if an initialisation is enough.
>>If you read the Akai FAQ they say that you "never ever" should format exchangeable drives.
>>http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/akaifaq_removable_media.htm

>Well,- if you get any used media from somewhere ever, and it had been used w/ whatever PC and now you wanna use it w/ a Akai or any other sampler,- >you should erase the data on this formerly used media, right ?
>So,- formatting is the easiest way to do this.

For PC drives this is 100% clear.
But maybe for Akai sampler initialiszing and arranging means somehting different.

>I am no SCSI expert so I don't know what is initialize. Is it just the function to make the drive known to the connected SCAI master
>or is it like partitioning an already low level formatted media.

On the PC you need a format after partitioning to generate the filesystem. Does the Akai make this step in arranging?
 
>I don´t know this exactly too. The only I know is "initilizing" is not formatting and I assume the "arrange" function of the 
>AKAIs isn´t formatting but initializing and partitioning. Maybe initializing is similar to mounting a harddrive.

The only experience I had with formatting a syquest 88M media was with a Roland S550 sampler. It tooks hours!

Ciao
Peter

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