Hey guys!
Need your advice about loading samples in my S1100 via
SCSI.
If you have a AKAI IB-103 SCSI interface card in your S-1100,-
you´re be able to access and adress SCSI harddives, removable media
drives
(ZIP, MOD & Syquest) - size of 520MB at max..
Pay attention these drives/media are formatted w/ 512 bytes/sector,
especially if using MOD media 128MB - 520MB.
640MB and larger w/ 2048 bytes/sector won´t work for AKAI S-1xxx
series samplers.
For CD-ROM, you need a compatible drive like old Apple 2x - 8x speed
at max..
I have a sampler and Adaptec ava2904 scsi card in my PC
with mini centronics50->HD50 cable.
I have the same card in a older PC Win XP SP2 and the same cable.
Is worth nothing unless you have an application installed which
recognizes a AKAI S-1xxx series sampler under WinXP and w/ the
Adaptec card installed.
You must have installed a compatible ASPI in addition,- I use Frog
ASPI or the ASPI Steinberg Wavelab 4 installs.
Steinberg Wavelab 4.01b is the latest Wavelab version which deals w/
SCSI,- but unfortunately not w/ the AKAI S-1xxx series samplers via
SCSI.
It´s MIDI SDS only w/ Akai,- and that´s too slow.
I know my combo runs because I also have a EMU e64 sampler which is
supported by Wavelab 4.01b via SCSI, under Win XP SP2 and exactlly
this Adaptec card.
Unfortunately, I´m not aware of any application supporting a AKAI
S-1xxx sampler on PC, Win XP and w/ a SCSI card build into that PC.
As i understand, i have two choices - or buy some old
500mb SCSI hard drive, or some old compatible SCSI
CD-Drive. Which way can be best to transfer samples from
akai libraries to sampler? Which way is more comfortable.
That's my first experience with SCSI, so sorry for lame
question
I have pretty usual modern PC under Windows XP. Does both
ways are compatible with it?
Old samplers need old gear.
I´m using 19" Synthax, HybridArts, Kronauer and Lacom 19" rackmount
drives,- some include a SCSI (I or II) CD-ROM drive and HD, other´s
include removable media drives.
I have Syquest 88MB removable media cardridges and 230MB Verbatim
removable optical media.
If you find a PC application dealing w/ AKAI S-1100 under Win XP and
the Adaptec 2904 card,- please let me know.
P.
