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Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

2012-02-01 by tomas_peterka

Hi,

I have S1000 and couple of sample CD-ROMs (Akai format). I was not able to find SCSI CD-ROM drive compatible with S1000, but the S1000 works OK with ZIP drive.

Is it possible to copy the samples and programs from Akai CD in Windows PC to Akai formated ZIP drive? (in Awave, Chicksys Translator, CD-Extract or some other software)

Thanks

Tomas

Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

2012-02-04 by Ben Clark Jr

I think you can use CDXtract to do that. I might still have a SCSI CD Rom that works with the S1000. Haven't used it in a while
but I will test if you are interested in it.


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 From: tomas_peterka <a.tom.x@...>
To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:11 AM
Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Akai CD-ROM  transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows
 

  
Hi,

I have S1000 and couple of sample CD-ROMs (Akai format). I was not able to find SCSI CD-ROM drive compatible with S1000, but the S1000 works OK with ZIP drive.

Is it possible to copy the samples and programs from Akai CD in Windows PC to Akai formated ZIP drive? (in Awave, Chicksys Translator, CD-Extract or some other software)

Thanks

Tomas

Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

2012-02-04 by PeWe

CDXtract is ideal for AKAI S-1000/S-1100, EMU, Kurzweil etc. and it also does conversions to software samplers like Kontakt and Halion as well as between the hardware samplers.
It also stores images of CD-ROMs to the harddrive of a PC.
But,- once the data is stored on the PCs harddrive, the data can be read by CDXtract only and in the original format.

For communication w/ a AKAI s-series sampler,\ufffd you\ufffdd need a program reading that format and communicate w/ a SCSI card built into the PC and a to that SCSI card connected S-1000/1100 or SCSI drive.
I\ufffdm not sure whether CDXtract can access a SCSI card built into a PC or not,- I never tried and I doubt the latest version does.
Maybe earlier versions ...

I have a Adaptec card in one of my PCs,- I believe it\ufffds a 2904 and it works w/ Win XP and has a Mini Centronics 50 connector externaly as well as a SCSI connector internally.
The only application I know, working w/ samples over the external SCSI connection of that card, is Steinberg Wavelab 4.01b, which is the highest version supporting SCSI,- but it works only w/ EMU E64.
For the S-1000, there\ufffds MIDI sample dump standard only and that\ufffds slow.

With a old Mac PPC, which has a SCSI connector and running Roxio p.ex., it\ufffds absolutely easy to do 1:1 SCSI copy of any optical, harddrive or removable media drive, but works only for the complete content/media.
So doing a SCSI copy of a CD-ROM to a ZIP media doesn\ufffdt work because the Zip media stores 100MB or 270MB at max..

Digidesign Sound Designer 1.5 for Atari / Mac works w/ AKAI 16Bit samplers.
Macs from that era have SCSI,- ATARI and S-1000/1100 need to have the AKAI IB-??? Supra drive card built in, not the IB-103 SCSI card.

The only "almost no compromize" app was MESA for the Mac and AKAI S-2000, but didn\ufffdt work w/ S-1000/S-1100 unfortunately.

Best is to have a compatible SCSI CD-ROM drive, harddrives etc. w/ S-1000/ S-1100, but all the editing is from the AKAI\ufffds frontpanel then.


Am 04.02.2012 02:39, schrieb Ben Clark Jr:
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I think you can use CDXtract to do that. I might still have a SCSI CD Rom that works with the S1000. Haven't used it in a while
but I will test if you are interested in it.

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To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:11 AM
Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

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Hi,

I have S1000 and couple of sample CD-ROMs (Akai format). I was not able to find SCSI CD-ROM drive compatible with S1000, but the S1000 works OK with ZIP drive.

Is it possible to copy the samples and programs from Akai CD in Windows PC to Akai formated ZIP drive? (in Awave, Chicksys Translator, CD-Extract or some other software)

Thanks

Tomas

Re: Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

2012-02-21 by tomas_peterka

Finally I found a CD-ROm that works - Apple CD600e.

Anyway I have old Mac PPC with SCSI that I use for Yamaha VL7 editors (strange that nothing else works with them) which might be running the Sound Designer 1.5. 

Is the Sound Designer able to edit S1000? (I used to have Emulator II with Sound Designer that worked as a full editor for EII) ... and what about the S950 over serial port? Where I can get these vintage softwares?

Thanks

Tom

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
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>
> CDXtract is ideal for AKAI S-1000/S-1100, EMU, Kurzweil etc. and it also 
> does conversions to software samplers like Kontakt and Halion as well as 
> between the hardware samplers.
> It also stores images of CD-ROMs to the harddrive of a PC.
> But,- once the data is stored on the PCs harddrive, the data can be read 
> by CDXtract only and in the original format.
> 
> For communication w/ a AKAI s-series sampler,  you´d need a program 
> reading that format and communicate w/ a SCSI card built into the PC and 
> a to that SCSI card connected S-1000/1100 or SCSI drive.
> I´m not sure whether CDXtract can access a SCSI card built into a PC or 
> not,- I never tried and I doubt the latest version does.
> Maybe earlier versions ...
> 
> I have a Adaptec card in one of my PCs,- I believe it´s a 2904 and it 
> works w/ Win XP and has a Mini Centronics 50 connector externaly as well 
> as a SCSI connector internally.
> The only application I know, working w/ samples over the external SCSI 
> connection of that card, is Steinberg Wavelab 4.01b, which is the 
> highest version supporting SCSI,- but it works only w/ EMU E64.
> For the S-1000, there´s MIDI sample dump standard only and that´s slow.
> 
> With a old Mac PPC, which has a SCSI connector and running Roxio p.ex., 
> it´s absolutely easy to do 1:1 SCSI copy of any optical, harddrive or 
> removable media drive, but works only for the complete content/media.
> So doing a SCSI copy of a CD-ROM to a ZIP media doesn´t work because the 
> Zip media stores 100MB or 270MB at max..
> 
> Digidesign Sound Designer 1.5 for Atari / Mac works w/ AKAI 16Bit samplers.
> Macs from that era have SCSI,- ATARI and S-1000/1100 need to have the 
> AKAI IB-??? Supra drive card built in, not the IB-103 SCSI card.
> 
> The only "almost no compromize" app was MESA for the Mac and AKAI 
> S-2000, but didn´t work w/ S-1000/S-1100 unfortunately.
> 
> Best is to have a compatible SCSI CD-ROM drive, harddrives etc. w/ 
> S-1000/ S-1100, but all the editing is from the AKAI´s frontpanel then.
> 
> 
> Am 04.02.2012 02:39, schrieb Ben Clark Jr:
> > I think you can use CDXtract to do that. I might still have a SCSI CD 
> > Rom that works with the S1000. Haven't used it in a while
> > but I will test if you are interested in it.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* tomas_peterka <a.tom.x@...>
> > *To:* akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:11 AM
> > *Subject:* [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to 
> > ZIP disk in Windows
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have S1000 and couple of sample CD-ROMs (Akai format). I was not 
> > able to find SCSI CD-ROM drive compatible with S1000, but the S1000 
> > works OK with ZIP drive.
> >
> > Is it possible to copy the samples and programs from Akai CD in 
> > Windows PC to Akai formated ZIP drive? (in Awave, Chicksys Translator, 
> > CD-Extract or some other software)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tomas
>

Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

2012-02-21 by PeWe


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Am 21.02.2012 01:53, schrieb tomas_peterka:
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Finally I found a CD-ROm that works - Apple CD600e.


Have a old Apple too, one with a caddy.
Teac 2x, 4x and evtl. 8x speed work too.


Anyway I have old Mac PPC with SCSI that I use for Yamaha VL7 editors (strange that nothing else works with them) which might be running the Sound Designer 1.5.

Is the Sound Designer able to edit S1000? (I used to have Emulator II with Sound Designer that worked as a full editor for EII) ... and what about the S950 over serial port? Where I can get these vintage softwares?

Sounddesigner Universal 1.5 supports sample transfer, sample editing and processing w/ 16Bit samplers, so the S-1000 too.
There\ufffds no SCSI support,- only MIDI sample dump.
I have it for Atari Mega ST 4.

PM if interested.
It\ufffds original boxed w/ manual, all docs, serial number & Digidesign docs, original disks.

Digidesign Sounddesigner Emulator is a different application and only for the EMU II.

Akai S950 has no serial port IIRC.
No Akai has ...


Thanks

Tom


Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: Akai CD-ROM transfer samples to ZIP disk in Windows

2012-02-21 by Mike Wolak

The Akai S900/950 have DB25 serial ports which you can enable from the front panel. There is an old Win95 app that supports sample dumping over this interface but I can't recall the name.
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On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:00 PM, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:

> 
> >>>
> 
> Am 21.02.2012 01:53, schrieb tomas_peterka:
> 
>>  
>> Finally I found a CD-ROm that works - Apple CD600e.
> 
> Have a old Apple too, one with a caddy.
> Teac 2x, 4x and evtl. 8x speed work too.
>> 
>> Anyway I have old Mac PPC with SCSI that I use for Yamaha VL7 editors (strange that nothing else works with them) which might be running the Sound Designer 1.5. 
>> 
>> Is the Sound Designer able to edit S1000? (I used to have Emulator II with Sound Designer that worked as a full editor for EII) ... and what about the S950 over serial port? Where I can get these vintage softwares?
> Sounddesigner Universal 1.5 supports sample transfer, sample editing and processing w/ 16Bit samplers, so the S-1000 too.
> There´s no SCSI support,- only MIDI sample dump.
> I have it for Atari Mega ST 4.
> 
> PM if interested.
> It´s original boxed w/ manual, all docs, serial number & Digidesign docs, original disks.
> 
> Digidesign Sounddesigner Emulator is a different application and only for the EMU II.
> 
> Akai S950 has no serial port IIRC.
> No Akai has ...
> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> 
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