Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

wow thank you guys for all that info! i also didn't know that it is not recommended to AKAI-format external HD's, i did it with mine, a very old 60MB seagate (from an old Atari ST) and it worked without problems.
thanks again, great community!
best,
roger



--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
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> Am 23.04.2010 21:29, schrieb Ullrich Peter:
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> > OK, interesting. Seems that I should start working with the S100 after 
> > storing if for years ;-)
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> 
> You mean S-1000,- no ? :-)
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> > I mostly worked with ready made cdrom libraries. Sampling has been 
> > done on the Roland samplers only as the user interface ist more 
> > friendly (mouse and monitor).
> >
> 
> Well, me too,- tons of CD-ROMs here, not sure if all are in good 
> condition,- but also audio sampling CDs.
> It´s there, so the easiest usage is to use the AKAIs,- I have 3 working 
> and one damaged.
> 
> I tried converting all the ROMs for Halion 2,- worked in 95% of all 
> intakt CDs (some samples weren´t readable anymore),- but needed a year 
> for about 300 CDs.
> It´s boring work, so you won´t do it every day, you know.
> In addition, it´s not exactly the same sounding and you´ve to make too 
> much editing then.
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> > >That´s why I format ext. drives w/ a old Mac PPC OS 8.6
> >
> > Interesting. Maybe I could use an old imac for that thats stored in 
> > the cellar. Or a PC with SCSI card...
> >
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> I would be careful w/ a PC and SCSI card,- you´d need a old Adaptec PCI 
> card doing only SCSI 1 and w/ a 50-pin Centronics connector.
> The computers used for music apps in the past were Atari and Mac, so I 
> rely on Mac in regards of SCSI.
> 
> Eventually, a iMac is too young, don´t know. Does it run Mac OS 8.6-9.22 ?
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> I wouldn´t recommend any OS higher than these because I´m not familiar 
> w/ OSX or universal binary Mac OS.
> If you find any old PPC,- 6100 is o.k. too, but I threw it in the bin 
> last year,- you´d be fine.
> I´m sure it will cost nothing because everyone who has it in his cellar 
> is happy if someone picks it up.
> 
> I used a program to format the external harddrives and Syquest media, 
> but I forgot the name and trashed it together w/ the 6100,- it was on 
> it´s harddrive.
> Have to ask my friend who is on tour for some days now,- next week.
> I´ll get it back and let you know.
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> >
> > Ciao
> > Peter
> >
> ditto
> 
> PeWe
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